My life is currently in a little turmoil, both positive and negative (the responsibles for this situation definitely know why :D), and it is daunting how much is changing. Even though I am not complaining, I am a little scared of these changes, and I try to focus on the bright side of it all.
I have a huge backlog of movies yet again and perusing some of these blogs and articles is one reason why. (Another reason consists of long discussions about life and what needs to be done next.)
- It’s probably an insult to anyone actually working in the service industry, but making coffee or serving it in a café has a strong appeal to me. I have been devouring this article on working as a barista.
- Reading blogs such as Stil in Berlin and Abandoned Berlin makes me extremely excited about my home city again. It’s odd to come back to Berlin from the US, which essentially gives me the eyes of an expat. While I am suspicious of the uber-hipster atmosphere and gentrification in the city, I am also extremely grateful for anyone who comes to Berlin and adds more internationality to the mix. Also, deep down I am a foodie and reading restaurant reviews with tasty pictures makes me very hungry. I don’t love all foods, but I like quite a good variety of stuff. I suppose my favorites are: Noodle soups (it’s its own category!), Chinese, Korean, burger, Japanese, Middle East, brunches, German bread, Thai, French, unusual cultures and cuisines (Russian!). Practically everything I am adding to me to-do-list falls into these categories.
What’s more, Stil in Berlin even has a cute, eclectic movie taste.
- Discovering one blog always makes me discover multiple other blogs. In a similar vein, Slow Travel Berlin has a surprisingly good list of graves of famous people from Berlin. There are a few they overlook: The scientists (Helmholtz, Jacobi, Kirchhoff, Kronecker, Minkowski, Weierstraß – it sounds to me like all electrical and systems engineering theory originated from Berlin), opera composers (Meyerbeer, Humperdinck), Murnau (really, they included Thea von Harbou but not Murnau?), Hans Scharoun, Harald Juhnke, Otto Lilienthal, Heinrich Mann, Käthe Kollwitz and poor Kleist whose grave is too in the middle of nowhere.
- To be most fair, this post must include Apartment Therapy even though I have been into this website for quite awhile now. This one is definitely a life-changer since it inspired me to re-do and declutter my room. (Heck, I would never have used the term “decluttering” without it.) It’s a work in progress and necessitates a trip to IKEA and another one to the hardware store.
- I have also been on a diet with the following rules: Eat two meals a day. Don’t eat in the morning until hungry. Eat only when hungry, stop instantly when full. Eat a lot of meat and vegetables. Eat chocolate when very hungry and frustrated. The diet is working marvelously, but I suspect it wouldn’t work for anyone but me. Despite minimal wrinkles I have reached an age where hairbands on me look frumpy instead of cute, and a ponytail looks casual instead of child-like. So dieting is important!