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How to Pack for a Work Trip
I have travelled a lot for work through the years, everywhere from the US to Korea and India, from Qatar to South Africa. Now that I work in Luxembourg, I go between Luxembourg and Brussels on a weekly basis. As a result, I have become quite good at packing and out of all the options, packing for a short work trip is possibly my favourite genre.
Lockdown Life: Rethinking Things
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Writing this post has proved trickier than I thought: not because I have no views on isolation living or because they are too complex to get down on paper/screen (frankly, they are pretty basic). It’s not what I have to say, it’s the cont..
Important Life Lessons Pertaining to Coffee and Sunglasses
I am broadly in favour of high standards: without them, we’d probably still think bone flutes are the height of sophistication. But after almost 40 years of living, I have also realised that constantly upholding high standards in every single area of one’s l..
On Using My Own Stuff, Like Seriously
As a consequence of my Estonian Designer Project*, the trip to Australia and some very unfortunate and unforeseeable expenses/lack of planned revenue, my financial situation is worse than it has been for years. It’s rather embarrassing, really, I’m no longer..
How to Read More Books
Statistically, the questions I hear most often are: “Oh my god, are you unwell?” when I haven’t applied any make-up and “How do you manage to read so much?” when I’ve finished another book and feel the whole world should know. The latter question is often as..
A Year of Blogging
It’s strange to think that my blog turned one year old this week, it feels both like it should be more and less than that. Characteristically, I’m a few days late celebrating it – questionable health, increasing workload and some lovely guests have all playe..
How I Survived the No-Buy January
It’s of course ridiculous to say that I ‘survived’ a month without buying any make-up, perfume or skincare products: lots of people need to make do without stuff that is immeasurably more important than this. But one needs catchy headlines, no? And in the wo..