• I managed to use my iPad as a second monitor for my computer. So tech savvy. Yay me!
• Joking about developing a sex-based cardio programme with Manu. Powerfucking! Might help against aggression as well.
• A late night phone call with Tom. Not saying much.
• Making a huge pot of my grandmother's signature veggie stew.
• More Bon Appétit test kitchen videos. Chris recreating tacos. Claire making Ben&Jerry's. Priya making her mum's Indian curries.
• Writing a letter to Lena. Drawing upside down bats (which makes them look like they're having a wicked dance-off). Just the act of writing. I thoroughly enjoy looking at my handwriting.
• Using the Salted Coconut handscrub by Lush. Especially now that I wash my hands so...

// cinema, museums, theatre, concerts, workshops

• January:
• 06.01. / Knives Out (2019) / Cinema / Dennis, Margit
• 10.01. / EHC Munich - Kölner Haie / Olympia Eissportzentrum / Maxim, Kristina
• 12.01. / Ronja Räubertochter / Residenztheater / Bibi
• 13.01. / Pub Quiz / The Keg Bar / Maike, Barbara, Lena, Maria
• 14.01. / Spanish tandem / Aumüllers Backhaus / Lorena
• 18.01. / SAUNA club / Munich / Tom
• 20.01. / Pub Quiz / The Keg Bar / Sperli, Mone, Verena, her boyfriend
• 21.01. / Spanish tandem / Aumüllers Backhaus / Lorena
• 27.01. / Pub Quiz / The Keg Bar / Steffen, Katharina (gf), Dennis, Margit, Marina
• 28.01. / Spanish tandem / Harras Library ...

• Kady Orloff-Diaz (Jade Tailor) // The Magicians
• Maureen 'Moe' Truax (Kiana Madeira) // Trinkets
• Katarina 'Kat' Stratford (Julia Stiles) // Ten Things I Hate about You
• Paris Geller (Liza Weil) // Gilmore Girls
• Winifred Sanderson (Bette Midler) // Hocus Pocus
• Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein) // The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Amy Stone (Rachel McAdams) // The Family Stone

Georgia

• Georgia | 2 | 3
• hiking | 4 | 5
• Public transport 10-day itinerary
• Tiflis | 2 | 3
• Regionen: Nationalpark im Norden, Schwarzes Meer, Halbwüste an der Grenze zu Aserbaidschan
• Monastery Dawit Garedscha
• Kazbegi

Kenya

• Nairobi
• Mombasa
• national park
• Uganda, Namibia, Ethopia
• coffee plantation tour with Lena and Obi

Portugal

• 1

NY Times: 52 places to visit

“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:

• Roasted fennel and cauliflower with chic...
• Eggplant and sweet potato with harissa, ...
• Bhindi Masala - vegan okra curry
• Potato broccoli curry
• Linsensuppe
• Coconut Soup
• Chocolate cookies with buckwheat
• Sourdough bread

Ideas:

• Sesame Ginger Cabbage with Tofu and Shii...
• Pickled onions
• Vegan Japchae
• Mushroom Tempeh Stroganoff and Bourguignon
• Vegan Borscht

plant-based nutrition, do sports, move, for my mind. lose 20kg do yoga, try quigong and look into martial arts travel, be more open to adventures and challenges de-stress. me first. self-care. sleep enough learn meditation be kinder, more patient learn spanish draw, paint, woodworking, clay

How to Be Kind to Yourself and Still Get Stuff Done

• 80% vegan
• fermented food, beans and legumes, fruit and veggies, nuts and seeds
• intermittent fasting, one meal/day, no food after 6
• calorie restriction
• coffee? find the right milk
• more tea
• omega3, vitamin B complex, D3/K2
• habit: moving 5min/day or more
• new yoga practice
• stretching, use the blackroll/ball, self-massage
• weight training
• flossing, dental cleaning
• face brush, peeling
• self-care plan
• walking
• meditation (headspace)
• silence (noise-cancelling headphones, ear...

• get a massage, manicure or a haircut
• go to the library
• go swimming
• browse through the shelves with free books in front of public bath
• yoga class
• go for a walk
• draw, knit, work with wood or clay, do something creative
• sorting/tidying/cleaning
• talk to a good friend or, you know, mum
• write to-do-lists to clear the mind and get rid of bad thoughts
• make plans, act on them
• read motivating books
• cook a nice healthy meal, maybe try out a new recipe
• buy new plants for the balcony, take care of them
• have tea or matcha latte
• watch ASMR videos

• IKEA Självständig bowl
• new Reeboks 1 | 2 | 3
• earrings
• salted coconut hand scrub
• wool scarf
• An earcuff
• Retap bottle
• H&M favourites: dressing gown | utility dress | bedclothes 1 | bedclothes 2 | khaki pants
• Monstera Obliqua
• rainbow bathing suit
• Izipizi sunglasses
• Penguin Modern
• a new pair of Greek sandals
• GoPro camera
• Morgenland Kokosmilch Drink
• An ice-hockey jersey
• Byredo Super Cedar
• Reebok High Top sneakers / or Royal Prime / or 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
• A new water bottle.
• Kiehl's Hydro-Plumping Re-Texturizing-Serum and the Daily Reviving Serum

• Drink at least 3l of uncarbonated water every day - these bottles are a great idea. Have some tea as well!
• Consider a personal version of the 5:2 fast.
• Take magnesium, biotin, psyllium husks.
• Go for a walk. Every day. Even if it's just 5 minutes. Preferably in the woods.
• Ride your bike to work/the city whenever possible.
• Consider a very alkaline, plant-based diet, eat a lot of fresh fruits and veggies. Go slow on carbs and dairy. Consider eating fish.
• Track your food and exercise.
• Try to go to bed before 1am.
• Don't eat after 8pm.
• Eat your feel-good breakfast every morning: plain yoghurt, nuts, some muesli and fresh fruit.
• Think about life goals and a good daily r...

- - - unfinished business - - -

RELEASE - What did you let go of this year? // I let go of a lot of weight. Quite literally. I established some healthy routines for myself like certain food rules and trying to move every day. Which made me lose 35kg and made me feel great. I learned that doing a little bit every day has so much power. I also had to sell my car which was a big step for me. Now I’m relying on public transport, my own feet, my bicycle. And you know what? Right now I wouldn’t want to go back. Sure, there are times when a car would come in very handy but I’m used to these obstacles by now. There is always a way. And not having a car forces me to lead a much more active life.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS - What were you deeply proud of doing, making, being, etc. this year? What made you feel good? // I just had a look at my 2017 and 2018 goals and noticed that I actually managed to meet most of them. It might have taken me longer than one year but that’s a...

• January: Spinning Out #1 (2020)
• Knives Out (2019)
• Hidden Figures (2016)
• On the Basis of Sex (2019)
• Hampstead (2017)
• Little Joe (2020)
• Sex Education #1 (2019)
• Sex Education #2 (2020)
• February: High Fidelity #1 (2020)
• Shrill #2 (2020)

• draw in a museum (Glyptothek)
• Medical Art and More
• Munich Readery
• Roller Derby
• theatre (Medea?)
• Hippie Chay
• Madam Chutney
• finish hot water bottle cozy
• work on granny square blanket
• book improv theatre workshop
• edit sailing photos / botanical garden
• (visit Ramapriya at a yoga class
• do facial muscle training
• paint my living room (dark green, blue, mustard yellow?)
• attend a horse race and place a bet
• print something with this technique
• finish reading Harry Potter et la coupe de feu
• look into making a book out of my Things I Love lists
• read books about artists (Bourgeois, Abramovich, Beuys)

• 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)

• Bell Book and Candle - Rescue Me
• Faith Hill - Where are you Christmas
• You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
• Roxette - Milk and Toast and Honey
• Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
• Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing at All
• Anthony Stewart Head - Standing in the Way
• Johnny and June Carter Cash - Jackson
• Cher - Strong Enough / Believe
• ✔ Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
• Hall&Oates - Private Eyes
• No Doubt - Don't Speak / It's My Life
• ✔ Nina Hagen - Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen
• Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman
• Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow
• Elton John - Rocket Man / Mona Lisas and Mat Hatters / I'm Still Standing
• ✔ Elle King - Ex's&Oh's
• Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
• ✔ Rupert Holmes - The Escape
• ✔ Cutting Crew - Died in Your Arms Tonight
• Fiona Apple - Werewolf

• 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

• 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)