In today’s digital age, social media has become an integral part of our lives. While it connects us with others and offers countless opportunities for self-expression, it has also inadvertently shaped our perception of self-value. In this blog post we delve into how social media influences our self-perception, distorts our body image, and sets unrealistic […]
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
What seems like a very simple story at very first, quickly becomes an intriguing read with a very deep message. Before the coffee gets cold is a multi-layered ode to coffee and human nature. From very detailed description of coffee shop and coffee making procedure, to open exposure of feelings and thoughts that make us […]
To write or not to write
On one hand it seems like an ongoing almost love-hate relationship with this blog right here. On the other hand, it also seems like it is always here, at least for me. To hold my thoughts when I need them to and to wait for me to be ready to write again when I need […]
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best time of the year is here, I really, really love December and its magic. I do think it’s the most wonderful time of the year and I also try to make it that way for me and my family. This year I decided to include some Christmas classics reading to it, not to do […]
Books in Mojka’s words
I love books and I love reading them. I love holding book in my hands and flipping through pages, fully focused on the story I’m following. After reading books I also think about them, their messages, what I learned and how I would connect it to what I already know. So here you won’t really […]
Autumn story
It’s autumn again, a very special time of the year for me. I love how trees are turning yellow, red, orange, and brown. I love the intensity of all these colors around me and around us. The world has changed, but the nature is still following its cycle of seasons. So, let’s not forget to […]
I’m back and I did it!
It’s been such a long time since I wrote something, and I have to blame it on one big project in my life, but I’ll talk about that one at different times. I started this blog as a way to express myself, my own thoughts after a knee injury. It is true, that I did […]
Dear Diary
Today I was reading my old diaries. Of course, because I’m just in the middle of writing my master thesis, so going down the memory lane sounded like such a better idea. And actually, it was not that bad of a choice as it became quite an eye-opening moment. I was writing diary on and […]
6 months later: It’s a lesson
My knee injury is a lesson, a lesson that I really needed. If you missed what I’m talking about, read the first two posts about what happened. In the first one I explain how this injury happened and in the second one, you can see how my journey of recovery started. So, this lesson became […]
6 months later: What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger!
In previous blog post we started with the first part of my story, now let’s continue. So I fell during skiing and hurt my knee. I was trying to come from the hill to the doctor with ski lift. There are long slopes, so even ski lift ride to the bottom of the hill takes […]