Working abroad
- ✔ Buy a smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S4!)
- Buy a tablet (Samsung or Acer?)
- Find out about mobile internet costs and availability (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, England)
- ✔ Buy a solar charger
Cycling
- Get bikes checked
- ✔ Get new tires
Camping
- ✔ Buy new camping pots/pan
- Buy more gas
- ✔ Check tent, sleeping bags and mats
- ✔ Check outdoor clothes (buy items that are missing)
Fitness
jan 26 2013 ∞
nov 2 2015 +
- Start a button collection
- Make little ships from treebark and let them sail over a pond or puddle
- Rent a boat for a day full fo adventures
feb 20 2012 ∞
feb 20 2012 +
- Have an Outdoor Tea Party. Invite friends and fantasy guests: The Mad Hatter of course, Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, Calvin & Hobbes, a flock of Woodstock birds.
- Bake an Easter bread and eat it fresh from the oven when it's cooled down a little but is still hot enough to make margarine melt.
- Visit the Botanic Garden for an Easter walk.
- Use a sunny day for some happy window cleaning, listening to catchy Rock'n'Roll songs and humming along.
- Make a mobile with Easter eggs, bunnies and chickens from coloured paper and wire. Add spring-coloured beads if you like.
- Replace your winter wardrobe with bright and cheerful colours, matched aesthetically of course. Every colour looks brilliant in contrast to black.
- Make Easter candy with chocolates, powder...
apr 20 2011 ∞
jan 11 2013 +
- beaded jewellery
- homemade sweets and jellies
- jam/marmelade/jelly
- herbal oils and vinegars
- DIY spice mixes
- selfmade herbal teas against the flu
- sewed felt puppets
- rubberstamped letterpaper
- photo calendars
- homemade cookies and gingerbreads
- homemade syrup and crackers
- a story personally written for someone
- a favourite poem in calligraphy
- a mix CD/tape
dec 9 2010 ∞
dec 9 2010 +
- Go outside and let yourself get soaked. Dance in the rain if you like and get your friends and other loved ones to dance with you.
- Play football in the mud and have a hot bath afterwards.
- Make a mug of hot tea or coffee or chocolate and drink it while trying to save raindrops from falling in
- Cuddle up in bed with your favourite book.
- Listen to the rain's music on the window.
- When it's stopped raining go for a long walk and enjoy the smell.
- Play melancholic music while watching the raindrops.
- Write a story or poem or song or just a post on rain.
- Make paper airplanes and fly them across the room.
sep 29 2010 ∞
sep 29 2010 +
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Emily of New Moon
- Dracula
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Neverwhere
- The Neverending Story
- Lycidas/Lilith/Lumen
- Pippi Longstocking
- Ronja the Robber's Daughter
- His Dark Materials
- The Picture of Dorian Grey
- The Railway Children
- to be continued :)
sep 6 2010 ∞
sep 6 2010 +
- 100 ways to cheer yourself up
- 100 things to do for Yule
- 100 things to do in winter
- 100 ways to live a simpler life
- 100 ways to live a more natural life
- 100 things to do for Easter/Ostara
- 100 alternative ways to celebrate your birthday
- 100 free things to do in Berlin
- 100 ideas for a small vacation
- 100 things to do on a rainy day
- 100 things to grow on a balcony
- 100 things to eat on Simple Food Day
- 100 things to make on Fairy Food Day
- 100 professions I would like
- 100 things I'm grateful for
- 100 ways to save money
- 100 things I'm good at
- 100 things I want to learn
- 100 things I want to do before I'm 40
- 100 places to visit before I die
sep 6 2010 ∞
feb 20 2012 +
- Make yourself a hot chocolate with lots of (soy) cream on top.
- Get out some old letters and read them (pleasant ones by people you like).
- If you can drag yourself out, get onto a swing and SWING! (Black dogs sometimes cannot tolerate that for long.)
- Take one of your most favourite books and get someone to read your favourite chapter to you.
- Listen to your favourite song on repeat.
- Make soapbubbles and try to make the biggest one you have ever seen.
- Watch Amélie and try to get soaked up in the film.
- This is definitely not for everyone but: watch a Bollywood film!
- Dance to T-Rex or other silly cool music
- browse Flickr for pretty photos
- make grimaces at yourself in front of the mirror
nov 13 2009 ∞
nov 14 2009 +
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- Build a blanket fort.
- Read your favourite book in one go.
- Listen to your 10 favourite CDs while singing along, and possibly dancing.
- Write a love letter to yourself.
- Go on a mini road trip or bike trip.
- Take an extensive lunch break somewhere green.
- Cook or bake your favourite meal and practice the art of slow eating.
- Go outside, take your camera and try to take a photo of everything beautiful or interesting you spot on your way around the neighbourhood. Back home, watch your photos in a slide show. Maybe you can even make up stories around the photos.
- Write a short story.
jul 17 2013 ∞
jul 17 2013 +
- Stay-In-Bed Day
- Origami Day
- Picnic Day
- Ask a Stupid Question Day (28 September)
- Towel Day (25 May)
- Friendship Day (first Sunday in August)
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 September)
- Mischief Night (30 October)
- National Hug Day (January 21)
- Pi Day (14 March) or Pi Approximation Day (22 July)
- Buy Nothing Day (November 27–28)
- World Laughter Day (January 11)
- Tolkien Reading Day (March 25)
- Star Wars Day (May 4)
- Teaparty Day
- Tapas Day
- International Sushi Day (June 18)
- Random Acts of Kindness Day (September 1)
jun 11 2011 ∞
jun 11 2011 +
- a wooden house in the Swedish forest
- a castle
- an igloo
- a lighthouse
- a windmill
- a treehouse
- a houseboat
- a barge
- a house on a small lonely island
- a tower in a fortress
dec 17 2010 ∞
dec 17 2010 +
- ✔ Berlin
- ✔ London
- ✔ Amsterdam
- ✔ Prague
- ✔ Oslo
- ✔ Stockholm
- ✔ Helsinki
- ✔ Kopenhagen
- ✔ Vilnius
- ✔ Riga
- Paris
- Madrid
- Rome
- Budapest
- Athen
- Tallinn
- Warschau
- Luxemburg
- Brussels
- Lissabon
- Edinburg
oct 1 2010 ∞
nov 3 2010 +
- Douglas Adams
- Neil Gaiman
- Terry Pratchett
- Diana Wynne Jones
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Christoph Marzi
- Walther Moers
- Astrid Lindgren
- Edith Nesbit
- Philip Pullman
- Tove Jansson
- Marcus Sedgwick
- E. A. Poe
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- to be continued :)
sep 6 2010 ∞
sep 6 2010 +
- Rita Mae Brown + Sneaky Pie Brown – Pawing Through The Past ♥
- Kai Meyer – Die Sieben Siegel – der Dornenmann ♥
- Philip Ardagh – Allerletzter Akt ♥♥♥
- Penelope Lively – Der Geist des Apothekers ♥
- Jurij Brežan – Die schwarze Mühle ♥
- Joan Aiken – Mr. Mendelson & Co. ♥
- Marian Broderick – Walpurgisstraße 13 : Hexe im Haus
- Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown – Rest in Pieces ♥
- Ian Ogilvy – Miesel und der Drachenhüter ♥♥
- Kai Meyer – Die Sieben Siegel – Schattenengel ♥
- Sally Nicholls – Wie man unsterblich wird : Jede Minute zählt
sep 6 2010 ∞
oct 3 2010 +
nov 13 2009 ∞
nov 15 2009 +
- ✔ collect colourful leaves
- Identify the leaves and glue them into a notebook. Name them and research about the trees they come from.
- ✔ Collect chestnuts and make animals from them.
- Have a conkerfight.
- Find a huge pile of (clean!) leaves and jump right into it. Make sure to tidy up the mess afterwards too.
- ✔ Make a mug of hot tea, light a lantern and watch the flame flicker.
- Make a paper lantern and take it out for a walk.
- Carve a pumpkin and make (Carribbean) pumpkin soup.
- When the storm is howling outside, build a ship from your bed, lots of cushions and blankets and pretend to be a pirate in the middle of a thunderstorm.
- Turn off the lights, lie in the dark and ...
nov 7 2009 ∞
sep 6 2010 +
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general
- collect more quick and simple healthy recipes using fresh ingredients
- take care of my inspirational journal
daily:
- aroma therapy (lemon balm for calm sleep)
- half an hour of doing absolutely nothing
- half an evening hour of reflecting the past day
- half a morning hour to meditate and reflect the coming day
- start and end the day with a mug of tea
- start and end the day by reading a few pages
- make a positivity list for every day
- stick to a regular sleep pattern
- half an hour of walking in the fresh air
- half an hour of exercising in the morning
jan 11 2013 ∞
jan 11 2013 +
- ✔ Shower under a sprinkler
- ✔ Play Speedminton in the park
- Try as many different potato salads as possible. Make up your own recipes too.
- to be continued
jun 11 2011 ∞
jan 11 2013 +
- Write a letter to Santa
- Take a photo with Santa
- Make your own Christmas Cards
- Make paper ornaments for the tree
- Decorate the table with oranges and nuts
- Sit down with your beloved ones to decide on the Christmas menu
- Make paper chains to decorate your walls
- Bake a huge colourful gingerbread house
- Drink alcoholfree mulled wine
- Sit down and crack nuts all evening (and don't forget to leave a few shells to make animals from them)
- Leave a carrot out for Santa's reindeer and some juice for Santa himself
- Learn a Christmas poem by heart
- Sing Christmas songs with your beloved ones
- If you don't like Christmas songs: Sing silly versions of Christmas hymns or listen to punkrock versions of Christmas songs...
dec 21 2010 ∞
dec 21 2010 +
- be fluent in several languages: English, French, Swedish, Finnish
- be good at playing the guitar
- be good at drawing things from my mind
- take professional photos
- ice skate backwards
- be REALLY good at Badminton
- know my favourite 10 poems by heart
nov 3 2010 ∞
nov 2 2015 +
- The Lord of The Rings
- Amélie
- Dracula
- Nosferatu
- Harry Potter
- The Secret Garden
- Anne of Green Gables
- Dr.Jekyll + Mr.Hyde
- Frankenstein
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Wizard of Oz
- Charlie + the Chocolate Factory
- Sleepy Hollow
- Chocolat
- the Sponge Bob Film
- the South Park film
- Austin Powers
- The Spyderwick Chronicles
- Emily of New Moon
sep 6 2010 ∞
sep 6 2010 +
- dress up as a witch or wizard and wear zombie makeup.
- carry a broomstick and wear a witch hat all day.
- carve a pumpkin, try to find alternative patterns or make up your own.
- make all kinds of spooky food.
- dance around the bonfire.
- hang up pumpkin garlands.
- rent spooky books from the library and read them at midnight.
sep 6 2010 ∞
sep 6 2010 +
- AFI (4x)
- Caliban (3x)
- Good Clean Fun (twice)
- Boy Sets Fire (7x)
- The Casting Out (4x)
- Tiger Army (twice)
- Social Distortion (4x)
- Zeraphine(4x)
- Solar Fake (3x)
- Dreadful Shadows
- Crüxshadows (4x)
- Paradise Lost
- Epica
- Emery
- the Cure
- Deine Lakaien (twice)
- Alkaline Trio
- Silverstein
- Heaven Shall Burn
- Waterdown
- Bleed The Dream (twice)
nov 13 2009 ∞
nov 2 2015 +
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