"You plan for one thing, something else happens instead..." I watched this talk of Kathryn Schulz more than once. It moves me as much each time. She says we are all so obsessed by being right and getting things right because doing so makes us feel good, valuable and safe. Yet, being wrong is a most natural … Continue reading On Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz
This last week has been one of those whenI needed to think about my identity or identities a little more intensively, again. I read things, had conversations or met new people, who made me think or react in certain ways that I had to reflect upon. I read an essay from an expat girl from the US, … Continue reading On Being Myself
I came back from a city called Nijmegen in Holland this evening. I never knew it existed before I moved to Cologne. My ignorance. Now I know that this little Dutch city is famous for two things: its university and the tango. There is a tango salon called El Corte there. I never knew it … Continue reading Weekend @ El Corte
I recently discovered a series of talks on TED (Ideas Worth Spreading) named 'A Better You.' The talks are about you and your life, it is about the things that may or should matter to you. They make you reflect upon yourself.They are of varying length, from 3 minutes to half an hour, so that … Continue reading ‘A Better You’ on TED
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