- Andrea Pitzer - Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- Peter Matthiessen - The Snow Leopard
- Tom Hornbein - Everest: The West Ridge
- Jamaica Kincaid - Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya
mar 4 2021 ∞ mar 4 2021 +
- January: Sarah Wilson - This One Wild and Precious Life
- Sarah Wilson - First, We Make the Beast Beautiful
- Benita Cantieni - Tiger Feeling
- Benita Cantieni - Faceforming
- Deepak Chopra - MetaHuman
- Katherine Arden - The Bear and the Nightingale
- February: bell hooks - all about love
- Jill Heinerth - Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
- March: Katherine Arden - The Girl in the Tower
- Katherine Arden - The Winter of the Witch
- April: Matt Haig - The Midnight Library
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Currently reading
- Dr Pippa Grange - Fear Less
- Siri Hustvedt - Living, Thinking, Looking
- Laura Day - Praktische Intuition
- Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter et la coupe de feu
- Gabrielle Bernstein - Judgement Detox
- Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
- Susan L. Aberth - Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy a...
jan 1 2021 ∞ apr 10 2021 +
- write it off
- vagus nerve stimulation
- nasal douching with salt water
- manifestation, creation meditation
- cold showers
- (self-)massage
- nasal breathing, resonance frequency breathing
- self-compassion / a positive judgment of self-worth; not dependent on success or failure; accepts imperfection / self-compassion kicks in when self-esteem leaves us; it means accepting own imperfect nature / compassion is the desire to alleviate suffering.
- delayed gratification: I can have it - in 10 minutes
- start where you are because that is where you need to be
- habit stacking (attach it to an anchor - an already established habit) / habit bun...
dec 13 2020 ∞ feb 6 2021 +
“Every recipe, whether we cook it or not, offers a vision of the good life, and a way of tasting food in your brain. It doesn't need to actually have been eaten in its time to feel real to us now." - Bee Wilson
Favourites:
sep 5 2012 ∞ apr 10 2021 +
- Yellow turmeric stains. On kitchenware, the countertop, my skin. Everywhere. Nasty.
- People. People are SO annoying. On public transport: talking loudly. Touching me. Talking on the phone! Talking to me. Someone with restless legs syndrome in my field of vision.
- Flashlight-style phone alarms. Phone alarms/sounds in general. Just put it on silent for God's sake. I really don't need to hear you playing Candy Crush.
- Not cleaning after your dog. Or actually doing it but throwing the poo bag on the ground instead of the garbage can. WHY?
- Littering in general.
- People not wearing their face masks (properly).
- Loud breathers.
- The smell of clementine peel.
- Not being able to pluck an eyebrow hair b...
dec 5 2020 ∞ jan 15 2021 +
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Ich bin zur Zeit immer wirklich traurig, wenn ich aufwache, weil in meinen Träumen so viel mehr passiert als in meinem Leben.
- A short-lived mood lift.
- Painting.
- Clean sheets. Amazing smell.
- Oranges, eating them with and without cake.
- Taking a walk with Martin on Good Friday. Seeing toad couples, bees and a few dogs. Martin climbed a tree. There were white and pink blossoms on the bushes. A nice day.
- Rewatching Im Juli for the first time in years.
- Being reminded of choose your own adventure books.
- A long letter from Anika.
- Making eggplant burgers with Manu. Watching Sister Act .
- A surprisingly good frozen falafel dish.
apr 10 2021 ∞ apr 10 2021 +
- January: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1 (2018)
- Your Name. (2016)
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 (2019)
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #3 (2020)
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 (2020)
- Emily in Paris #1 (2020)
- Die kleine Hexe (2018)
- Amadeus (1984)
- February: The Minimalists: Less Is Now (2021)
- Locke&Key #1 (2020)
- My Octopus Teacher (2020)
- Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- I May Destroy You #1 (2020)
- Wild (2014)
- I Am Not Okay With This #1 (2020)
- Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (2018)
- Chef's Table #1 (2015)
- Street Food #2: Latin America (2020)
- To All The Boys: Always And Forever (2021...
jan 1 2021 ∞ apr 10 2021 +
I'm not even sure it's wise to set goals for the coming year because I don't know what will be possible. However, in this spirit I will phrase my first intention:
- Find a new goal. A new direction. I feel awfully stuck and stagnant at the moment and while sitting with this feeling surely is a lesson I have to learn I am longing for movement and progress. What do I really want in life?
- I'm going to try a habit forming technique. I chose three areas I want to improve and I'm going to dedicate 5 minutes to each of them every day. Meditation (mind), strength training (body) and drawing (creativity). Don't break the chain!
- Find people I vibe with. I've been so disappointed by many of my friends. By their limited world-view, by their lack of drive, openness, understanding, sense of adventure. I really need a new tribe.
dec 28 2020 ∞ jan 5 2021 +
- Hays Code
- Hilma af Klimt
- Leonora Carrington
- symbolism and surrealism
- Magic realism
- Ashtanga and Kundalini yoga
- Reiki
- Psychosomatic medicine
- cancel culture
- Michael Armitage
- pencil bouquet (You've Got Mail)
- Slawomir Elsner
- Maurice Ravel - L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
- Naomi Klein "Take back power" (New Statesman)
- lunar astrology
- Miss Christine / Frank Zappa's Hot Rats
- schizophrenia, loss of motivation, dysregulation of dopamine system
- Churchill's garden
oct 24 2020 ∞ dec 5 2020 +
- touch: get a massage, manicure or a haircut
- written word: read motivating books, go to the library or browse through the shelves with free books around the city
- water: go swimming, take a bath
- movement: yoga class, foam roller, stretching
- nature: go for a walk in the woods, look at a large body of water / buy new plants for the balcony, take care of them
- creativity: draw, knit, work with wood or clay, write
- order: sorting/tidying/cleaning, write to-do-lists to clear the mind and get rid of bad thoughts, make plans, act on them
- support: talk to a good friend or, you know, mum
- nourishment: cook a nice healthy meal, maybe try out a new recipe
- sound: watch ASMR videos, listen to mantras or singing bowls
- warmth: have tea or matcha latte, get a hot water bottle, take a bath, wear warm and comf...
jul 30 2018 ∞ sep 4 2020 +
- denim dress
- a New Yorker subscription
- an e-bike / a shop in Munich
- a telescope
- a new bed
- ✔ a new computer / laptop
- Ravine base game
- new running shoes
- crystals: a black tourmaline and a citrine wand / a crystal singing bowl
- constellation quilt DIY / embroidery triangle
- The Tarot of Leonora Carrington
- perfume: AESOP perfume (Hwyl sounds interesting), Byredo Mojave Ghost or Super Cedar, Ecsentric Molecules No. 1
- Wandler bag (mytheresa)
- a nipple piercing (Medusa piercing)
- Perifit
- Prismacolor coloured pencils (col-erase)
- clothing in royal blue
- (expensive) art objects for the everyday
aug 31 2012 ∞ feb 5 2021 +
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- WindowSwap let's you enjoy someone else's view somewhere in the world.
- Robin Sloan's Reading Room for members of the Society of the Double Dagger. I just love this author's way of thinking and what sparks his interest.
- Lena's Amaretto walnut cake. Incredibly moist and buttery.
- Going on a very windy walk through the woods. A little lake, deer, talking about our potential love lives.
- Getting to know my neighbour Martin. He feels so familiar and very laid-back. A bit random, too. We ended up lying on my living room floor the other night, drawing. Trying out all my paints and pens. Then we checked out weird tattoos. And I straightened and braided his hair.
- Using up leftover paint with a fan brush. Creating a kinda wild-looking 5 minute mushroom painting.
- Hanging out on the sofa at school on a Mo...
mar 2 2021 ∞ apr 10 2021 +
after the lockdown
nov 17 2019 ∞ feb 18 2021 +
- the Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond
- Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own
- motorcycles and chainsaws
- the year of lush roses and nasty ants
- greek mythology: Demeter and Persephone (Baubo/vulva presentations, the Croatian on the subway telling stories about his daughter and Greek wife, Carmen Rohrbach mentioning the myth in connection with Sicily, Demeter's home country)
- the number 22
- the urge to write a book and buy a house
- Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations
may 19 2019 ∞ feb 6 2021 +
- Shibori
- learn Spanish (conversational level; trips to Barcelona and Mexico)
- French (finish reading Harry Potter and work with the grammar books)
- book a language course
- ✔ screenprinting
- metalsmithing
- a better swimming technique
- 100 ASL signs
- Russian (brush up my grammar and vocabulary)
- sailing license
- paint on sage green cardboard in royal blue ink, glue it on muted rose-coloured paper
- Bali hands project: paint or sculpt hands (wood, print, clay, limestone, papier maché, linocut)
- join the sofa singers
- glass blowing workshop
jan 2 2018 ∞ feb 6 2021 +
- 2005: London (alone, staying with a host family for three weeks and meeting Ann-Katrin and Friedericke)
- 2006: Paris (graduation trip)
- 2007: Paris (Friedericke)
- 2010: London (Tamara)
- Stockholm (Lexi)
- Paris (university)
- Côte d'Azur (Lena, Lexi and Amélie)
- Venice (Bert)
- 2011: Barcelona (Lexi)
- Prague (Lena, Michi and Christian)
- Venice (university)
- Hungary (university)
- Vienna / Balaton (Lena)
- Côte d'Azur (Lena, Lexi, Tobi, Michi, Yanic, Christian)
- 2012: Budapest (Lexi, Yanic, Michi)
- Amsterdam (Lexi)
- 2013: Antibes / Côte d'Azur (Lexi, Yanic, Michi)
aug 26 2015 ∞ aug 4 2020 +
- Germany: a fucklot of cities and villages in Bavaria (where I grew up); Berlin; Baden-Württemberg: Neufra/Rottweil, Villingen-Schwenningen, Schramberg, Tuttlingen, Zimmern, Friedrichshafen, Jena
- Austria: Vienna, Riegersburg, St. Pölten, Linz, Salzburg, the area next to the German border (Schärding, Esternberg, Schardenberg / Bregenz), Attersee, Traunsee
- France: Strasbourg, Paris, Agde, Montpellier, Grasse, Cannes, Fréjus, Grenoble, Marseille, Castellane, Nice, Sainte Maxime, Saint Tropez, Les Issambres / San Peire, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Vallauris, Anthéor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Perpignan, Sète, Ramatuelle, Lyon
- Czech Republic: the area next to the German border, Prague, Český Krumlov
- United Kingdom: Brighton, Cambridge, London, Oxford, Cardiff, Bournemouth, Canterbury, Caerphilly, Edinburgh, Scottish High...
may 21 2011 ∞ aug 4 2020 +
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