Working from home does have its benefits. Especially when you are not feeling great. I was able to keep all the important stuff going yet also take a bit of time for myself as clearly I needed it… Now this might be a female thing but there is nothing better than a mini shopping tour. So on my lunch More +
Archives for 2014
Sometimes beta-blockers are just what you need
In Germany, there is this cute tradition to give children a so-called “Adventskalender”. It contains 24 little gifts that they can unwrap from Dec 1st all the way up to Dec 24th – so all the way up to Christmas Eve. My husband made me one the first year we met, and that memory is still very present today. He More +
When words fail
The morning after a good party is usually a little groggy. This time tough I felt more worn out than ever. It had really been a very turbulent week. I am a very talkative person but this day it seemed all words failed. All I wanted to do is embrace. Hold on tight and feel warm and cosy. Everything is More +
Let it all out
This evening we were invited to a dress up 80ties party and I could actually drink beer :-) Believe it or not just 3 days before I had my mom on the phone and we talked about pretending to drink as I did not want all my friends to know yet about the baby. I had an entire plan worked out from swapping glasses More +
I am sooooo so stupid
So last night I told my husband that I wouldn’t proceed with this new job idea – no trips to Amsterdam because a tiny little something was growing inside me. He wasn’t exactly excited. More scared as shit to be honest. Yet this is not something you can get to any compromises. I would never have been able More +
WOOOHHHH
There is one big complication. In theory I could be pregnant. And a new job and a baby are going to be too much. I am 3 weeks beyond my date and I really could have done a test much earlier. Yet for some reason I just did not quite want to do one yet. I can't ignore it any longer. So I bought a test and More +
When is the grass greener?
I applied for the job. After spending lots of time on their website and browsed their pretty awesome “Snoutbook” I got more and more enthusiastic about their work philosophy. I sure do realize that the grass isn’t greener at the other side of the lawn yet sometimes a slightly different greenish colour is More +
Sometimes you just need to sleep on it!
In my turmoil of who I want to be and where I want to take my life a dear friend calls me up and tells me there is a job at his company I really should apply for. I wasn’t considering changing jobs at all so my first reaction was no – not the right time for such plans. But curious as I am I must take a More +
If you let go you free up two hands
I have the most wonderful mom of the whole wide world :-) She is always there for me when I need her. My mom sent me: “In the end it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.” - Van Shing Xiong Als je loslaat heb je twee handen vrij (If you let go More +
The importance of honest feedback
I enjoyed the feedback on my little video series that much that I felt like I needed to create another one. Before distributing it I asked a few colleagues to give me their feedback. One of them is British but he can be as direct as a Dutch person. He probably has been abroad too long to live the English More +