Category: Daily thoughts

I have been wandering a lot around other people blogs lately, searching for something else than facts. In fact, i think many people use the blog as a place to list facts. Facts about who they are, what they do, what they like/dont like, etc. But i think that is not the most interesting part… Continue reading blogging and… real life

After spending lots of afternoons (and money!) in coffees, i have discovered 2 things today to add some magic in my not so easy life: * taking my cd player with me when i go out and having it playing LOUD in my hears! I have listened to the new radiohead album twice today, on… Continue reading Things to make me feel better

Even if i am putting lots of energy to get things moving, nothing is doing so. I am even at the point where i start to look for a flat even if i havent found work yet. Sitting still is not possible, i have to move forward. Comon life! wake up, something must happen now!… Continue reading When nothing seems to move

Why should i choose to live in montreal? I am making a search for myself, finding reasons and facts to answer my question: – University of the streets cafes (l’université dans les cafés) is one good initiative: people gathering together to discuss around a topic, in a coffee in their surroundings. Topics covered for now… Continue reading Montreal links

Since i am back i have been traveling quite often to my hometown, where both 2 of my parents are still living. Its about 2 hours aways from montreal, a small city near the country side, with lots of green spaces and a strong feeling of community. I am thinking about if i should come… Continue reading Choices

tonight while talking with martine about my search for a part time job, she told me: “i just dont have enough time to work full time. I need at least 5 hours everyday to live my anguish and distress…” i guess its the same for me. Some days i wish i wouldnt always have so… Continue reading tonight

that is basically the first thing i think about when i wake up each morning: which day are we, how much time left, what do i have to do today. It is quite exhausting. As much as i dont want to see the day when i will have to leave florian and the cats (which… Continue reading a big deal of trust in my backpack

I really hesitate to put this entry online, but it feels good just to write it down, so i will give it a try. “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present… Continue reading Rough time

sublime moments of courage and joy followed by questions and doubts about where i am from and where am i going- answers to lots of questions, and then again too many questions for so less answers- where is that going to bring me, this i already know- one though later and i’m not sure anymore.

Reading a lot lately about sustainability and eco-responsibility i have decided to go on and buy my first eco friendly soap, and i might go on with the same for clothes cleaner soon. Did you know that usual cleaning products can make our indoor air unhealthy, provoke skin, eye, and respiratory reactions, and harm the… Continue reading eco-friendly cleaning

Two weeks ago, before the war started, i was discussing with my boyfriend of ways how we could avoid this war if the American government doesn’t take consideration of the thousands voices manifesting out there around the world. First i thought “hm, let’s see… if there would be a law that says that if a… Continue reading what about…

Watching tv gets more dramatic everyday. It is really hard to skip through tv channels and find one who has something good to say… I’m really afraid of the consequences of the war, but so do i about the consequences of the coverage of this war by the medias. How are we supposed to go… Continue reading Our power vs the medias…

Spring is at the door, and people seems to be blossoming of creative ideas! First Keri, creator of Bea’s Diary, has just created “Bea’s Mini Guide to Making Artists Journals”. I’ve already ordered my copy! * Bea’s mini guide Also, andrea from superhero design has just launched her newly born weblog. If you don’t know… Continue reading Spring is at the door!

Since i left my 9 to 5 job, i discovered how far away i was from my body feelings. Of course, working so much didn’t help me to focus on my body needs, and all his reaction to food, stress, fear, weather, people around, etc. One thing which i realized over the pass months is… Continue reading The full moon and my creative process

I finally took some time back on the drawing table. I had an idea in mind, but it took me a while to settle down and finally get to do it (as always…;) So, here it is. My latest comic is about courage, a word that came really often on my mind in the last… Continue reading About courage and trust

Aromatherapy is something i discovered lately, and i totally enjoy these new smells in my workplace! It’s also one more reason to light a candle… It helped me a lot going thru the winter and the gray days we had over here, give it a try for yourself! Aromatherapy in 2 steps

Havn’t got so much time to write in the last days, i got a load of jobs coming to me. Next week will run smoothly i hope, so i might have the time to work on a piece i have in mind. I wish i could draw and paint more, it seems like i always… Continue reading This week

Many things all mixed together: First, we got our ikea order delivered last week, and we finally took our courage and built the table and fixed the shades. So with that, i now have my third working place ready, which is really cool. I already had 2 workplace in the flat, but as i get… Continue reading A bit of everything

Is it because it’s February that i feel so crappy? Or is it the gray weather that make me feel so lonely, disoriented career wise, not knowing where to go, where to start, what to do with my hands, my head, my whole life. Well, i hope it gets better soon, i am more than… Continue reading Crappy days

There’s a comic i’ve done in the days following my return from holidays. I’ve been thinking a lot about my life, my ambitions, and the last 12 months. I’ve realized that even back from holidays, i wasn’t feeling ready to start to build all the projects i had in mind. All the courage i once… Continue reading Power

There’s a powerful tea recipe that i have tried by myself, and i can tell you that it works! I tried it 3 days before i had to fly for xmas holidays, i was really sick and couldn’t imagine how i would move out of my bed. So, in the hope that this little sharing… Continue reading Tea recipe for bad cold days

To our real -and virtual- world i would like to make a wish: may peace be in our hearts and in our minds, may we be courageous and flexible while facing changes, may we discover some happiness in every day, may we not forget to laugh every day, may we love ourselves and each others… Continue reading * h a p p y n e w y e a r ! *

I wanna do it since a long time, so here is my top 10 of the people who inspire me the most, because of their courage, creativity, and integrity – people who give me goosebomps reminding me that everything is possible! Let’s start the list now, i will keep it growing with time… (in no… Continue reading Top 10 inspiring people

I was sitting yesterday, same coffee i use to go, remembering the lasts times i was there in the last weeks. Somehow these small parts of my days spent outside my studio where kind of refreshing, insight-full, even sometimes extraordinary!. Its in these small parts of my days that i got my best ideas, saw… Continue reading Synchronicity

grrrr… i am working on illustration proposals, and god, it takes me everything to keep sitting on my chair and JUST DOING IT! There is always the dishes to wash, the clothes to wash, clothes to take out of the washing machine, clothes to take to the dryer, and oops, im hungry again, and hm,… Continue reading “how to keep yourself away from your goals without recongnizing it”

Ok, there is time for a pause well deserved. I have worked more on my personal projects in 3 days then in the lasts 2 months. Coming back from holidays i got totally depressed, but then i got back on my feet, stronger than i have been since long. I decided to (this time its… Continue reading What do you eat for breakfast?

3 times this week, no, 4 times i log-in to type something. 3 times, no, 4 times i ended login-out in less than 30 seconds. I hope this time i can do it.

As i read in the newspapers, watch on tv, and see everyday more of the harm humans made on earth, i wonder what I can do. What can we do make this world a better place to live in? what can i do this stop this massive pollution destroying so many species and natural parts… Continue reading What can we do?

Often i feel like i am turning around, going 3 steps forward, and then 4 steps backward. So many tools i used in the last year, so many books (check out the reading section self exploration books), so many inspiring people on my way, and still, i feel there is something wrong, something missing. What… Continue reading A never ending quest

Well, nothing really special, thats why i kept quiet in the last days. I am really busy right now with a 4 days/week freelance contract, trying to update my portfolio, and trying to build up the new unitedsituation website. Why am i always running against time? Even when i stopped to work, i didnt had… Continue reading The right amount of time

I havnt wrote since a week or so. I had to stop everything for some days, to take some time doing as less as possible. And i did. (of course i think i did nothing but when i look back i still managed to do some website update, maintenance, read a lot, went to painting… Continue reading like another day

For all those out there who like me want to do too many things in a day but never know where to start, i found this very helpful: Sark’s take home tool for procrastinator, enjoy!

So yeah, i’m back. Not only back in hamburg, but back to my “normal” life (most people would’nt find it so normal but i do). Normal life means, responsibilities, money worries, life worries, well, all kind of worries you dont really have while on holidays (that’s why holidays are so great!). I spent wonderful time… Continue reading Back to my “normal” life

how to write about all that, about all of what’s going on in my head. I always think ‘i should write about that..’… but everything goes so fast, i cant catch up on my own thinking. Today, while waiting for the sushi rice to cool up, i went to alex’s site. I remembered a book… Continue reading Changes