Life
Life happened in 2019.
I told you all about the last last year 2018 and how my apprenticeship ended in the beginning of 2019.
After that, I went silent. As opposed to what a blog should be, I didn’t post anything new. And here is why: How could I post anything new, when there is my old blog, still sitting there and waiting to be translated? I wanted to finish that project first, before I start blogging about my further life.
And I did. I finished translating all of my old blog. Now, I can blog like I used to. Whenever I make experiences or/ and have something to say, I can just do so. Without thinking about the old stuff I didn’t yet translate.
This process took me a while. And 2019 was the first year after the second apprenticeship, so I had to adapt to this new kind of life. Which, by the way continues. And the point of this multi-part retrospective, ‘again one of those’ you might think, is to prove the motto of this blog.
Life is a mix. Like the music we listen to. At least for me, it is switching back and forth between the known, established and the unknown, sometimes experimental side.
Before I tell you all about the somewhat adventurous side, I like to elaborate on the more or less established side of things. Life in the latter areas happens at home and and work, mostly.
The picture above is a great example of the good ol’ side of life. Christmas. In my time abroad I had some other versions of this holiday, but it stayed the same at home.
Work
As I proudly proclaimed in the beginning of the year, my apprenticeship is done, finished and over!
I evolved into a customer service representative and love not only our costumers, but my colleagues and the company as a whole.
In my department, I was put in charge of making the life of our current apprentices and interns a good one. Also, next to my everyday duties, I had the opportunity to shoot some pictures for several use-cases at work.
Those tasks are valuable on a mutual basis and I am grateful for being entrusted with those ‘side quests’. 🙂
Life at work will go on and there is much room given for development. That is a plus and I like to ride that wave.
Home
As I translated the old blog posts, I was taken back in time regarding the state of my room. It is, for better or worse, one of the places I spend most of my time inside of.
But now, it features a genuine couch with a coffee table (on which my sturdy Yamaha stereo resides), remote-controlled sockets (makes switching on and off the subwoofers SO much easier), an absolute unit of a laptop (for developing photos, of course) with some accessories to work with it and many smaller improvements. It just feels so thoroughly good, improving your everyday life. 🙂
Also, one of the biggest improvements in life I carry with me, are my hearing protection plugs. They are of a custom made model, which was made to fit my ears and dampens noise in a linear fashion. This way, everything sounds the same, only quieter. It feels like a super power, being able to hear everything at a more comfortable level for the mind behind. For me, they are a total game changer.
The next posts will tell my 2019 along more pictures, so be excited!
