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.. visit zoos, ride horses or sing along to “Baa baa black sheep” Some things in life aren’t very nice - actually, a lot of things in life can very not nice, if you think about it: war, famine, climate crisis (just to name a few global things), or stubbing your toe, fighting with a loved one, etc (to name a few very local things). The title is mainly referring to a slogan I saw on a T-shirt once: ...

Recently, I’ve been very concerned with the question of what it means to be happy, or what it means for me to be happy - so less of a search for the general phenomenon and more of a self-reflection type of search. All of that started when I had the first psychotherapy session of my life. Already in the days before the appointment I felt myself be more “better” to myself and others - I expected some sort of cathartic moment talking to a therapist, and that expectation alone gave me a different perspective on how I conduct myself and the way I handle things. ...

The internet is full of blogs, full of people throwing their opinions and experiences out there. Well, here’s mine: the vegan section of my blog. My goal is not to be a vegan blogger. I decided to make part of my blog be about veganism because it’s a defining part of my personality - and this is a personal blog. I write about the stuff that moves me, and that I can actually write about, because there is progress and process ...

Moving house is not very fun - it’s exhausting and stressful, especially when you’re like me and forget where you set down a tool immediately after setting it down, and then spending and eternity looking for it in all the wrong places while slowly getting angrier. Moving is also a lot more stressful for your cat (if you have one) - I got away with some deep scratches, he got a nice trauma. (But he got accustomed to the new place very quickly and struts about as if he were the owner of the building.) ...