2025 + 2026 inspo

• may: london (booked) ✔
• june: women's retreat (booked) ✔
• norway (work and travel / wildcamping)
• eastern finland
• switzerland
• december: vienna
• 2026:
  • northern pakistan
  • berchtesgaden (with anja), faroes, west highland way, peaks of the balkans or caucasus

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• > check my workaway & worldpackers faves and fb groups + saved fb posts, couchsurfing, homestays instead of hotels, more (wild)camping, house sitting, wwoofing - try out everything

americas

reads / books

• robin wall kimmerer - braiding sweetgrass
• benjamin myers - the offing
• jacqueline harpman - i who have never known men
• britta teckentrup - the memory tree
• patti smith - woolgathering
• not perfect but worth mentioning: agustina bazterrica - the unworthy / naomi novik - uprooted

reads / poems

• stolberg - auf dem wasser zu singen
• thomas - do not go gentle into that good night
• thomas - and death shall have no dominion

music

• eluveitie

2025

• everything is embarassing by faith zapata
• temple of death by m.e. rothwell / cosmographia
• the lure of the labyrinth by zio baritaux
• the enchanted realm of water lilies and ... by zio baritaux
• the utopia of a life offline by florencia ornelas
• your fave is selling a p*dophilic fantas... by jade hurley
• i am an archivist at heart by maariya
• ouroboros by alyssa polizzi
• literary references in donna tartts the ... by bookishnaomi
• i wish i had my own place on the interne... by chicgirlmoment
• no reading lists in the afterlife by chloe violette
• the folklore of bramble: the mountain ki... by chloe

favs

• postcards by elle
• foraging gardener / the bog of my brain

other essays, articles & sites

• kardashev scale wiki / fermi paradox

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions." - Albert Einstein.

EDUCATION, LEARNING & EXPERIENCES

• Wander-und Naturführer training
• Travel with Workaway/Worldpackers.
• Volunteer at an animal sanctuary/shelter.
• Learn Spanish, again (-> at least the basics.)
• Learn Swedish and/or Norwegian, depending on where I want to live someday. (-> at least B1)
• Leave No Trace course

BUSINESS

• Creative workshops / retreats / courses

TRAVEL & ADVENTURES

• See wild alpacas in South America.
• Travel to the Great Rift Valley/Cradle of...

read in 2024: 53/52 / books from my tbr pile: 7 / my goodreads

notes

• books on my tbr pile: 51-ish books :/
• books i got in 2024: 9 (5 new / 2 via tauschticket, 2 via bücherschrank)
• themes & genres to read more often
  • scifi
  • older fantasy (80s/90s or earlier)
  • nautical
    • pirates
  • gothic
  • scandinavian thrillers
  • standalone fantasy
  • dark fantasy / dark fairytales
  • southern gothic / midwest gothic
  • horror subgenres
    • occult horror

• the witch
• over the garden wall
• tarot cards
• pan's labyrinth
• folklore / evermore
• phantom of the opera
• the secret history
• gretel & hansel
• dark
• the lighthouse
• jane eyre / wuthering heights
• sleepy hollow
• the world to come
• a song of ice and fire
• themes: dark cottagecore, folkgoth, witchy, occult, moody
• samhain
• dark yule / dark christmas

• tornadoes
• black holes (as portals)
• public toilets

Wishlist

• Flower sprouts
• Red basil
• Rhubarb chard
• Moon and stars watermelon
• Chinese broccoli
• Mushrooms
  • Shiitake
  • Pink oyster mushrooms
• Long yard beans
• Chinese aubergines
• Artichoke
• Romanesco
• Rhubarb
• Green asparagus
• Sweet potatoes
• Chinese red cabbage
• Pink celery
• Jalapenos
• Herbs for tea (Chamomile, peppermint)

• seeds
• pressed flowers
• polaroids
• drawings
• photos
• quotes & poems
• playlists
• postcards
• washi tape

the north makes me feel so much more alive. life goals: to live in the north, at least for a while. experience all the seasons. document life.

sweden

• stockholm ✔
  • gamla stan ✔
• stockholm archipelago ✔
• stay in a tiny house for one or two weeks, with a partner or good friend, to slow down, hike, read, journal, write, meditate, make art. 1 2 3 4 5
• visby
• skåne ✔
• kungsleden
• småland ✔
• retreats 1 2
• the canoe trip
• trail riding (ratekjokk trail)
• suderbyn

• retreats
• solawi + community gardens
• volunteering / work and travel
• festivals (cat & cow, yoga)
• workations
• co living / co working
• clean ups
• gift economy

• scandinavia (sweden: southern or central sweden, norway: southern or central norway)
• huge veggie garden, homegrown food
• greenhouse
• more minimalism & zero (less) waste
• no/less plastic
• wildflowers everywhere
• chickens
• bees (maybe even beehives) & butterflies
• not necessarily off grid but far away from neighbors/humans
• nearby forests and lakes
• cozy
• attic as workshop/small atelier for my creative projects
• create a safe space for myself & my loved ones
• maybe even create some kind of retreat space, community or bnb with some sort of community garden

• move or travel for a longer time
• go to more flea markets & secondhand shops
• back to more minimalism & zero (less) waste
• photography trip to the north / retreat or workshop
• solo hiking
• become more sensual
• keep working on my business -> next steps, be brave
• read 50 books / work on my sub & do reading challenges
• varying solo dates
• share more of my photography & poetry online, work on my social media & website
• less time on the phone
• seek discomfort
• build my portfolio, take tons of photos. landscapes, portraits, self portraits, couples. witchy photoshoots. eerie photoshoots. drone stuff. turn my vision into som...

• bake cookies
• drinks tons of glühwein
• go to the christmas market
• decorate the tree
• snow walks
• forest walks
• christmas movie marathon
• have hot chocolate
• create a vision board for 2024
• write some christmas cards
• try out a different hair/makeup style
• choose a nice outfit for christmas
• light (scented) candles
• listen to my yule playlist

m o r n i n g

• get up before sunrise
• sunrise walk
• yoga
• meditation
• journaling + manifesting
• raw cacao
• dancing (shake it off)
• gua sha
• celery juice
• cold face rollers
• dry brushing the skin
• tapping

e v e n i n g

• journaling / gratitude journal
• reading
• fairy lights on
• light candles
• tapping
• listen to affirmations

• Diptych Dials
• Sundials
• Lunulae
  • crescent moon shaped amulets and talismans from ancient Rome
• Astrolabe
  • an instrument used by astronomers and navigators

• The Seven Summits
  • Mount Everest (8848 m, Himalaya, Tibet/Nepal, Asia)
  • Aconcagua (6962 m, Andes, Argentina, South America)
  • Denali (6190 m, Alaska Range, Alaska, USA, North America)
  • Mount Kibo (5895 m, Kilimanjaro-Massiv, Tanzania, Africa)
  • Mount Elbrus (5642 m, Caucasus, Russia, Europe/Asia) + Mont Blanc (4810 m, Alps, France/Italy, Europe)
  • Mount Vinson (4892 m, Sentinel Range, Antarctica)
  • Carstensz-Pyramide (4884 m, Sudirman Range, New Guinea (West), Indonesia, Oceania/Asia) + Mount Kosciuszko (2228 m, Great Dividing Range, Australia, Oceania)
• The Volcanic Seven Summits
  • Ojos del Salado (6,893 m, Andes, Argentina/Chile, South America)
  • Kilimanjaro (5,895 m, Tanzania, Africa)
  • Elbrus (5,642 m, Caucasus, Russia, Europe)

• mum's vegetarian krautkrapfen
• sushi
• savoy cabbage stir-fried in soy sauce
• homemade focaccia; filled with tomatoes, olives and wild garlic
• yaki udon
• taifun's tofu rosso
• potato dumplings & bread dumplings
• vegan landjäger & kabanossi
• hummus (with garlic!)
• edamame in sweet soy sauce
• cape malay masala tomato soup @ gold res...
• my tacos: a soft tortilla, tomatoes (homegrown if possible), avocado, black olives, vegan feta, onions fried in some olive oil, dried herbs, salt.
• violife's greek white (especially in my stir fried veggies or pasta)
• vegan hot dogs
• naan, especially garlic naan
• green asparagus fried in olive oil (+ fet...

• camera strap
• brotbeutel
• soap
• candles
• tea
• sewing
  • long dark coat
• wooden things, craft them myself if possible (wooden bowls, spoons etc.)
• basket weaving
• broom making
• fibre crafts
• zines (poetry & mini paintings)
• short stories. a novella. a poetry collection.

• own a travel company
• travel through space
• travel through time
• open up an animal shelter
• own an observatory
• plant and grow a forest
• own a permaculture veggie farm and anima...
• build (or at least live in) a transition town or eco-village
• have my own zen garden, my own little pa...
• work for NASA or ESA
• build a co-working/co-living housing complex insp.
• own a flower shop (plus flower delivery service!)
• own a senior dog sanctuary
• work for the max planck institute of astronomy/astrophysics
• own a plant conservatory
• organize a bohemian nature-music-art festival

• aztecs, maya & inca
• ecocides
• tarot
• minerals & crystals
• basket stars
• body snatching
• the romanovs
• elisabeth of austria-hungary
• tiny houses, cabins & sustainable archit...
• real estate
• retrofuturism
• consciousness
• soviet residential buildings (khrushchyovkas)
• brutalist architecture
• squids and octopuses
  • glass octopus
• bioluminescence
• animals of the deep sea
• dinosaurs

• senja 1
• lyngen alps
  • blåvatnet
• lofoten
• vestland / hordaland
  • vøringsfossen
  • borgund stabkirche
  • dnt tungestølen
  • rakssetra
  • dnt kiellandbu
• innerdalen
• saksa 1 2
• wildcamping
• dnt cabins 1 2

some experiences and interesting observations i had while meditating

• when your body starts to feel weird (iykyk)
  • my arms feeling longer than they actually are
• almost having an out of body experience
  • hard to explain with words. it was as if something wanted out of my body (my ghost?) and "tickled" the underside of my skin.

inspired by lisa

• on the rooftops of chefchaouen (the call to prayer coming from all sides)
• riad yasmine, marrakech
• glen coe, scotland (the tiny waterfalls everywhere)
• sahara desert, morocco (incredible milky way, putting the beds outside so we could sleep under the stars)
• kruger national park, south africa (hearing the hippos at night + seeing the milky way)
• the northern lights over bavaria + seeing them from my bed
• our airbnb in dean village, edinburgh (right by the water of leith)
• our hotel in venice, italy
• earth station, raisting, bavaria
• levada do caldeirão verde, madeira (hiking through waterfalls & caves, i actually still can't believe i hiked this bit with my fear of heights)

• work with what you have
• seek discomfort

first: get rid of/sell some old stuff! i don't want to buy something i don't really need or already have.

priorities

• barefoot shoes (vivobarefoot - magna lite womens (brown), feelgrounds - chelsea, vivobarefoot - tracker forest)
• films for my kodak ektar (kodak gold 200, lomography 400, fuji superior 400, kodak colorplus 200)

magazines & books

• wort issue 1
• hellebore zine
• haus nostromo
• weird walk
• hwaet zine
• lady elder tree
• dark forest longing
• flowers of blood
• a beautiful edition of ASOIAF

biggest fears

• time
  • not being able to "go back"
  • the way time passes so quickly
• onism

"weird" fears to overcome

• cycling in cities
• going to a restaurant alone
• going running (being sweaty in public)
• writing / sharing my writing

childhood fears

• women with white hair
  • probably because of my great grandma
• trees falling over
• (cherry) trees growing out of my stomach
• spiders nesting in my ear

• rubihorn / unterer gaisalpsee
• coburger hütte
• augstmatthorn
• franz fischer hütte
• oeschinensee
• neue regensburger hütte
• bannalpsee
• archenkanzel
• bärenkopf
• schafberg
• herzogstand
• jenner
• jochberg
• hirschhörnlkopf
• simetsberg
• wallgauer alm
• zittauer hütte
• rifugio al legn
• brunnsteinhütte
• lamsenjochhütte
• olpererhütte

• the sanctuary
• library
• book shopping (the munich readery, oxfam buchshop, bücherschränke tour)
• pep gutschein einlösen
• picnic
• botanical garden
• journaling dates
• the tiny potter
• buch&töne
• bageri

• treasure hunting
• forest adventures
• days in the garden, swinging, playing games, reading, bathing in the fountain
• going swimming, days by the lake, having ice cream
• a cozy, warm christmas
• baking cookies with mum
• crafting, painting & creating
• going to the library, mostly choosing books about nature and animals
• books: das magische baumhaus
• late summer days in the beergarden, wind in the chestnut trees, lake views, childhood happiness

edinburgh

• samhain (31.10.) ✔
• dean village ✔
• the milkman
• the vennel ✔
• babyfaced baker
• victoria street ✔
• circus lane ✔
• arthur's seat
• calton hill ✔
• writer's museum
• armchair books
• greyfriars kirkyard
• black moon botanica
  • + retreats
• secret herb garden
• midnight lunar market
• the voodoo rooms
• wheel of fate
• museum context