Maree('s) Muses

Hello hello, this is an introductory post to a short series on how I took up a new (but not so new) hobby and it made me feel and think differently. I thought perhaps some of you people out there might find interesting or perhaps even inspiring, so I’m going to share the story. But before I get to the point, I want start in a wider perspective and lay out something for you to consider. Zdravíčko, toto je úvodní článek ke krátkému seriálu o tom, jak jsem začala s novým (ačkoli ne až tak novým) koníčkem a jak to změnilo moje pocity a mé myšlení. Napadlo mě, že by to mohlo některé z vás zajímat, či snad dokonce inspirovat, a tak se o ten malý příběh podělím. Ale než se dostanu k jádru věci, chtěla bych začít z trochu zeširoka a předložit vám něco k uvážení. The positive effects of physical exercise on mental health have been well documented. The internet is full of articles about this phenomenon. Everybody knows it: Exercise makes you feel better, apparently. Similarly, we al...

Let's keep the bilingual party rolling!  Pokračujeme v dvojjazyčné krasojízdě! What happened in 2016 I read more books than the year before. I travelled. 4 short trips to Germany (Interesting. How did that happen to me?), 1 to London. I did a looooot of culture. A grand total of 24 events including music, film and theatre <3 I had a down in the dumps depressed summer I did not have a proper holiday. As in a prolonged period of time off work, when I travel somewhere else and do something completely different. My heart has been going though things... I gained a new interest in Operation Anthropoid (yes, thanks to the movie) and that particular era of our history, so I began a journey to a hopefully better and deeper understanding of certain aspects of my nation’s heritage. Work was… what work is, I suppose. Sometimes turbulent, painful, or mind numbingly drilling… Other times exciting, interesting, challenging, occasionally even rewarding. Co se stalo v...

We all run into those idiots in our lives, don’t we? Každý občas narazíme na nějakého blbce, že ano? For example yesterday: First day of work after the holidays, new year, new start, I arrive to work fresh and rested (haha. But definitely more so than before Christmas), eager to get into the giant pile of things I need to get done. When out the blue *TU DU DUUUUUN*  I get a phone call from an idiot, who had nothing better to do on this fine and optimistic morning than to pointlessly shout at me on the phone, because apparently I’m useless. Happy New Year to you too, sir. I don’t care that he’s an idiot incapable of understanding how much work I have, but he caught me unprepared and in the moment I didn’t have the right words and feistiness to stand up to him. That I hated the most. That I allowed him to be mean to me. And the whole thing dampened my whole morning and killed the good mood I had when I got up. Tak například včera: První pracovní den po svátcích, nový ...