- Mar 11
Reisefieber | Note 13
I’m stuck. Instead of flowing in lively meandering streams, exploring and experimenting before joining up in orderly rivers, my thoughts...
- Mar 6
Polar Opposites | Note 12
Call me old-fashioned, but I think that there are better ways to support trans rights than getting upset about people reading Harry...
- Feb 27
The Universe Doesn’t Care | Note 11
We all want to be productive. To get shit done. As though ticking things off an endless list was the one antidote against existential...
- Feb 20
Self-improvement | Note 10
I really hate self-help books. Or, at least, I can’t read them and definitely would hate it if I were forced to. Most of them are...
- Feb 13
Motivation | Note 9
It seems that we got motivation all wrong. Or, at least, I certainly got it wrong in climbing. It only occurred to me when I ended up not...
- Feb 6
Thinking Mythically | Note 8
A few years ago, not long after my thirtieth birthday, I was sitting with a good friend in the corner of a huge barn adapted for a common...
- Jan 30
Books | Note 7
One of the best things about getting your own place is that your books finally have somewhere to settle. Between moving out of my mum’s...
- Jan 23
Chamonix | Note 6
Sitting in my friends’ flat in Geneva, with a panoramic view of the city’s lights and the dark expanse of the lake, it feels surreal that...
- Jan 16
The Night School | Note 5
I’m standing next to the teacher’s desk, looking over her shoulder at the class register. She also stares at it, shaking her head in a...
- Jan 9
Deep Play | Note 4
In 1958, Clifford and Hildred Geertz arrived in a small Indonesian village of about five hundred. Decolonisation had not yet raised...
- Jan 2
On the Dole | Note 3
Monday, January 2nd. The first week of the new year. Barely awake after staying up until five am last night. Caught up with my bestie...
- Dec 26, 2022
Social Media Addiction | Note 2
“Compulsion had always plagued computer-facilitated social networking—it was the original sin.” Ian Bogost Flames were dancing in our...
- Dec 19, 2022
A New Beginning | Note 1
This is a beginning. Beginnings are hard. Since 2020, I have an organiser which, for the first time ever, is actually helping me get...
