Reflecting on everyday life in a few words. From my perspective.

Man, do I love my coffee routine.

July 10, 2025 — Coffee routine

On that note: I think it is really essential that we teach our kids to embrace boredom. Just sit and don‘t think of anything. Can you?

May 25, 2025 — Boredom

Screen Time should also consider frequency and the overall total of opening an app or the phone itself. How often have you picked up your phone today to do… nothing, really?

May 25, 2025 — Screen Time

I made a mistake. I borrowed my father’s Zuriga espresso machine while he is traveling.

January 09, 2025 — Zuriga

While watching one of Apple’s stunning screensavers on the Apple TV, I just realized:

there must be several film teams constantly traveling the world on the hunt of new drone shots that capture the most spectacular perspectives of our planet earth.

Well… maybe in another life.

November 08, 2024 — Screensaver

Elon Musk is a terrible person, but his company caught a gargantuan rocket booster with “chopsticks” today.

October 13, 2024 — SpaceX

Raising a child is the toughest job on earth. It has good compensation, though.

June 08, 2024 — Parenting

I’m fully aware of our consumer society and its implications. I tend to lean against consumerism.

But the urge to have, to need something I discover that ticks all the boxes, is so strong. It’s really hard sometimes to take a step back, to resist and reflect.

June 02, 2024 — Consumerism

Isn‘t it odd that our sun, the single most influential and essential factor for life on earth, receives almost no credit from today’s major religious movements?

May 12, 2024 — Sun

Raising a child is hard, especially today. And tomorrow. And probably the day after tomorrow, too.

April 14, 2024 — Parenting

One year ago, we spent three weeks on the Azores. With our then five- and one-year-old kids, the trip was challenging and exhausting—and is one of my fondest and most cherished memories so far.

April 14, 2024 — Azores

I don’t need motivational or inspirational posters on my wall.

Instead, I watch our Clematis montana as it stretches toward the sky, climbing the rope inch by inch, all the while sprouting new leaves and nourishing butterflies with its vibrant blooms.

April 13, 2024 — Clematis montana

Approximately 4,000 weeks. That’s how long I’ll live (statistically)—make ’em count.

March 17, 2024 — Weeks

Once again, we just had free, fair and secret elections. This can not be emphazied enough.

March 17, 2024 — Elections

A few days ago, I had a million-dollar idea. Maybe.

February 24, 2024 — Million-dollar idea

Some days, you just try to get from one cappuccino to the next.

January 13, 2024 — Cappuccino

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