Tag: Boston
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Defeating a moment’s impermanence
When you least expect it… …when you don’t really care, when there’s no pressure, when you’re just content with how your life is going, when you’re absolutely fine with who you are, that’s when you’re open to whatever it is you thought you were ok without. Love, in my case. This summer, on a humid…
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They know you, and they still like you
Today I was talking to a woman from El Salvador about our experiences living in the states. She asked me if I had moved here with my family. When I explained to her that my entire family lives in my home town in Germany she looked at me and asked whether I was very lonely……
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Hier bin ich, und hier bleibe ich!
Seit Wochen schreibe ich Blogideen in mein Notizbuch: Wie es ist, in einem Startup zu arbeiten, wie herrlich die ersten Strandtage in Neuengland sind, wie ich mich gefuehlt habe, als ich mein Arbeitsvisum erhalten habe. Aber alle Notizen nuetzen nichts, meine Schreibmuse hat mich voruebergehend verlassen…oder ich ziehe den Strand dem Schreiben vor. Deswegen starte…
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Arbeiten in den USA: Greencard, H1-B und warum mein Papa ständig auf dem Dachboden rumkriecht
In den letzten Wochen haben viele meiner Freunde von einer Greencard gesprochen, wenn ich über meine anstehende Visums-Bewerbung gesprochen habe. Hier ein paar Erläuterungen und Anekdoten zum Thema Arbeiten in den USA. Greencard: Eine Greencard ist eine permanente Aufenthaltserlaubnis in den Vereinigten Staaten. Man erhält sie in der wohl bekannten Lotterie oder nach einigen Jahren…
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It was never a dress…
Alrighty, I have been gone for some time. From jetlag to feeling like I am constantly drinking out of a firehose at work to x-mas, to skiing to jetlagged again… I am back! And I have lots of stories for you in the next weeks. How it is to work in the US, how I…
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“It will feel right”
That is what my non-virgo, non German friends kept telling me: You will feel when it’s right. And I did feel an exciting and warm feeling from deep within as I was flying into Boston’s sunset last week. I am thrilled to announce that I will be returning to Boston, joining one of the coolest places…
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Mindful
When was the last time you have… switched off your phone for a whole day or a couple of hours? sat down to journal about how you are feeling? paused, anywhere, to simply look around and soak in your environment? simply done what you felt like and not what you were supposed to do? spend…