Maree('s) Muses

packing list notepad from Flying Tiger Copenhagen 1) The first thing I do is that I compile a preliminary list of books I would be interested in buying, should I run into a nice copy. I have this tradition, you see, that when I travel abroad, I always buy a book. As in, I try to be a good girl and not by too many O:) Especially if I’m visiting the bookshop heaven that is London. We all know how dangerous (for the purse) can spontaneous bookshopping be! I figured having a shortlist of titles that I would like to add to my collection, would do me good. Here’s what I got: 1) První, co udělám, je že sestavím předběžný seznam knížek, které bych si chtěla koupit, pokud narazím na pěkný výtisk. Mám totiž takovou tradici, že vždycky, když cestuji, koupím si nějakou knížku. Tedy, snažím se být hodná a nekoupit jich příliš O:) Zvlášť pokud je cílem návštěvy ráj knihkupectví jako Londýn. Všichni víme, jak nebezpečné (pro peněženku) může být spontánní nakupování knih! Usoudila jsem, že mít ...

Even for the last times. I finished my very last bit of proofreading for the magazine I have been working for. My time here is swiftly coming to an end. I to, co je naposledy. Dočetla jsem svoje poslední korektury pro časopis, pro který pracuji. Můj čas tady se blíží ke konci.

Welcome to the second part of my series about how I took up a new hobby and what it did or didn’t do for my mental health. Click HERE , if you want to check out the introduction explaining fully how it came about. The gist of it, that you need to know, is that I signed up for a solo latin dance class for ladies and it was a big deal for me. Here is an account of how my first lesson went. Vítejte u druhé části seriálu o mém novém koníčku a jaký má nebo nemá vliv na moje duševní zdraví. Klikněte SEM , pokud si chcete přečíst úvod, který podrobněji vysvětluje, jak k tomu všemu došlo. Jádro pudla, které potřebujete znát, je, že jsem se zapsala na hodiny sólového latinskoamerického tance pro ženy a že je to pro mě fakt velká věc. Následuje vyprávění o první lekci.

Recently I have had a chance to take a couple days off work and actually leave my very lovely but very busy home town. Me and my sister enjoyed a winter mini-break and a much needed change of scenery, visiting a small town in Southern Bohemia, where our grandparents used to live. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a frosty photo-heavy blog post. Nedávno se mi poštěstilo vzít si na pár dní volno z práce a dokonce opustit moje překrásné, ale hlučné rodné město. Vyrazila jsem se svojí sestrou a užily jsme si zimní prodloužený víkend v městečku v jižních Čechách, kde dřív žili naši prarodiče. Zde, pro potěšení vašich očí, je příspěvek, plný zamrzlých fotografií.  I tried to find balance between time spent outside and resting in the warm cosiness of the apartment where we were staying, and I think it all turned out rather lovely and relaxing. 10 point to Gryffindor/your respective house, if you can recognize where we were:   Snažila jsem se najít rovnováhu mezi tráv...

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 ...