Resources from my first week of learning Korean – how I cope with life stress
This week I share how learning Korean is helping me with Stress management. The post starts with a list of resources for you to use to learn Korean as a beginner.
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About my recent TEFL course completion
“You have a postgraduate degree, this TEFL is not a big win, it’s a lower qualification, what if people now think less of you.” ..
I took a 120 hour online TEFL course. Stop thinking about it.
My 15 year broken-record-list of: “Should I do a TEFL? What is the best TEFL. Will it be too hard? Will it be worth it? Is this TEFL course a scam?” I considered all of these and this is my experience:
What to do: When you struggle taking the first step.
I have nothing to sell here. But this is my experience when struggling to take the first step in life and maybe sharing it with you is helpful for you, too. … How many years has it been now since you first had that idea? plan? wish? ambition?…
Questions about big change decision making.. (#2)
For whom it is a useful mental image, perhaps it helps to channel Tarzan swinging from one vine to another in the jungle. Or less politically problematic: A circus act. Letting go of the swing to be caught by the hands of the next swinging trapeze artist requires a tremendous (educated and rehearsed) leap of faith. Do you dare to let go of the old before you can firmly grasp the new, while hoping that you can reach the new just in time before the uncomfortable fall from the heights into (hopefully) the safety net? Well enough of the hypothesizing. I am in the process of preparing to climb the circus ladders to begin the act of swinging the one swing I know I already can reach (the current and old) and then summon the courage to swing strong and let go… and accept either the fall or emerge victorious on the next swing, or caught by the hands of change. I just said less cryptic and stayed just as cryptic. Well suffice to say: …
How to look at indecision differently – maybe
Are you also finding yourself nearly paralysed by the stress of big decisions? We have a few existentially monumental decisions ahead of us, and we have known for a long time that we have to make these decisions. And yet, week after week turned to month after month of not being able to decide.
Living for (almost) free in San Francisco
Part #2 of my Absolute beginner Entrepreneur series is delayed…House moves are time and energy consuming, they often lead to a backlog of business tasks that get pushed further and further back, while new tasks pile up on top, leading to a somewhat insurmountable mountain of tasks. But maybe that is just called:…. (click to read more)
Where do dreams live? (journal of an emigrant)
Having experienced life on different. continents, having become familiar with different life perspectives I think I may have a little bit of an idea of where dreams may still be found alive, even in 2020. …… Is there an age limit to the capacity for dreaming? I don’t think so, but I am only in my 40s. This is a question worth exploring. Are you ever too old to dream or do you (we) just think you (we) are?….. (click to read more)
Part 1 / How to escape poverty: A Guide in baby steps (I believe in you!) (English and German text)
Free Action steps, nothing for sale: How to escape a poverty trap, in effective baby steps. (Let me know in comments if I am going to fast or skipping any question you may have) …click here for more…
I commissioned an artist on Fiverr to make an illustration of Jason and Fig
I hired an illustrator on Fiverr for $12, would I do it again? You’ll have to tap to find out.
Money saving tips from a frugal person:
#1 is my newest tip. A coupon website that seems brilliant! I found out about ‘Honey‘ today. It is a website that searches the internet for money off coupons, use of the website is free of charge and from the research I have done so far it looks like there is no negative hook. So I feel confident sharing the sign up link with you. Follow it and check if your an find a coupon the next time before you buy your regular brand new shoes. These codes seem to not be limited to clothing. So go explore! Save money. But don’t buy things you don’t need! joinhoney.com/ref/1ktfzl Check it out before using it, but it seems like an amazing tool to me. (I looked them up on Reviewopedia ) #2 is another money savings tip and this one is thoroughly tried and tested by myself and several of my friends is: Transferwise! If you use my link to sign up and make your first international transfer then you will get your first transfer for free and …
So very soon I will return to America!
I can’t quite believe just HOW soon I will return to living in America! HOW did this happen? Remember back in the years before I met Jason? Back then I had just absolutely no interest in the Americas. And then whoosh, I got swept off my feet and piece by piece of me got slowly reeled in like a fish on a tasty worm-laden hook… I am also completely hooked on the books by Isabelle Allende, many of which taking place in the early days of discovering and establishing life in South & North America. So many stories of immigrants, so many courageous women in the pages of her books! And now, now I have a green card, now I am preparing to envision my life in America! I am still bewildered by it all. I know it’s been a slow and gradual process and maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised, but I thought I’d just go visit, stay a little while, go back to Europe and that would be it. Little did I realise that …
