If you don’t know the feeling of sinking into social media, YouTube, or any other form of modern and simple entertainment, you might find this blog post a little alienating. The title does a pretty good job of describing what this post is about: how consumerism affects my relationship with […]
Monthly archives: February 2023
This week I want to share three anecdotes with you that pleased me and went well, and three where things went wrong, embarrassed me, or even made me a little angry. I’ll start with the more negative ones and then enjoy the positive memories. 15 minutes of pure joy for […]
Before coming here to do this Workaway I had a similar conversation a few times: Now that I’ve spent a few days here, I can answer your questions. At the moment I’m relaxing in the small, poorly insulated hut I live in, which brings me to the first point I […]
I am sitting on a Swiss train. Soon I will change trains to travel through France and – after a few more changes – arrive in Madrid in the evening. This gives me a sense of déjà vu: in 2015, I spent two months in the USA to fulfil the […]