Category: Personal Snippets
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Freelancing – with a Schnauzer
Having a dog has changed my life I always dreamt of getting a puppy. But, neither work nor digs would support such an idea. I ended up choosing cats – or shall I say, they chose me. Now that I am freelancing, things have changed. I work from home, and the crazy shift hours are…
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To be FREE – lancing
So you decided to become a freelance translator? What an excellent choice. But, translating aside, do you know what the life of a freelancer entails? It is more than showing your middle finger to corporate life and flashing your laptop in Café Hipster. Freelancing, if you want to make it work, needs structure and discipline,…
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Keep your office clutter-free
My boss used to say “A tidy office is a happy office!” This was well before Marie Kondo glamorised decluttering, and in those days he got on my nerves with his regular tiding. Today, I follow his advise and keep my surfaces clear. For a simple reason: I work more efficiently this way. Most freelance…
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How to speed up your Reading Skills
Whether you flick through a newspaper, glance through a blog post or peruse a brochure, you do some reading every day. But embracing dense passages of literature can be time-consuming, mentally demanding, and a strain on your eyes. There are some ways you can achieve faster Reading while still comprehending the essence of the content.…
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Goodbye summer
Summer is over, time to take stock All good things come to an end, so does my first summer in Slovenia. And what a summer it has been: blue skies, temperatures in the high 30ies and mighty thunderstorms – just as I remember it from my childhood in Switzerland. Not ending, however, is my new…
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Muesli: not only etymologically interesting
Muesli – a Swiss German word Back in Switzerland, it was fairly common to eat oats either in the form of a Bircher Muesli (Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and a pioneer nutritionist, August 22, 1867 – January 24, 1939) or in a soup (Haferkernsuppe). I liked muesli as a lunch, especially during the hot…
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A new beginning – Retour à la nature
We have Liftoff: Just like Jean Jaques Rousseau recommended, I have turned my back to the crowds and moved into the countryside. And I don’t mean moving (from Tooting) to Haslemere – no, after 7 rainy summers and a Brexit vote I have had the courage to leave everything behind and move to Slovenia.I ended…