Tag: Personal

  • Freelancing – with a Schnauzer

    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…

  • To be FREE – lancing

    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,…

  • Goodbye summer

    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…