Healing is never linear — I remembered something last month: Healing is never linear. Or rather — I was remembered of this fact. I didn’t actually want to remember this. The instability so inherently ingrained in my life once again resurfaced and punched this bitter truth in my face. At full speed. Wham. There you…

Can’t we all finally admit that we are just barely surviving? — Lately, all of my social media feeds have unanimously decided that it was time for Emilia to finally become the best version of herself. Meh. I have since been bombarded by things that I should do, shouldn’t do, should buy, shouldn’t buy, should use, and shouldn’t use — and all…

It’s time for employers to provide more sustainable solutions — Public life in Germany is once again on the brink of chaos as this country is running smash into an unprecedented fourth wave of this never-ending pandemic. No one saw this coming. Well, except for absolutely every single virologist in this country and every other sane person, of course. These…

This is the good news you needed today — Have you heard of the Swiss village Mettauertal in the canton of Aargau? Well, now you have. But why should you be interested in this remote spot at all? Because this village has a unique machine that will make your day. What used to be an abandoned and useless telephone…

I am NOT your IT support! — Dear colleagues, Most of you are very dear to my heart. Well alright — no, not you, Bob. If I hear you loudly chewing your liverwurst sandwich at 07:25 AM in the morning ever again then I swear to you, you might not survive that day. So let me start…

Here’s what you should do instead — In January 2018 The New Yorker published an intriguing piece titled “Improving Ourselves to Death”. Alexandra Schwartz, the author of this article, made a statement that got straight to the point: What they’re (self-help gurus) selling is metrics. It’s no longer enough to imagine our way to a better state…

Is it just me or have humans become intolerable? — I have never been a fan of huge crowds. Just how people are able to delight in diving into masses of perspiring humans will always remain a mystery to me. Like, you know, going to a soccer game which is nothing but a disgusting olfactory assault to one’s nose, not…