What am I up to now?
Last updated: 27 sept, 2026
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Our baby is born. Now, my first priority is to take care of our small family and provide a supporting environment for our baby to feel safe and secure.
Current reading:
artgerecht - Das andere Baby-Buch by Nicola Schmidt.
Divan of Hafez: This one will be on my list for a long time. There are ca. 400 poems in his Diwan. At the moment, I manage to read one poem per week because I should listen to explanations for each poem. At the moment, I am at poem # 85.
Learning:
Drawing: This is something I started and stopped several times. I want to be able to make simple drawings. Now, my goal is to learn to draw faces with simple techniques. I upload my drawings here. Check them out if you are interested in seeing some beginner drawings.
Swimming: I paused my swimming classes for a while. In the last year, my technique improved a lot. I can swim more than half a kilometer with front crawling and breaststroke combined without getting too tired. But still , I want to learn more. Soon I will start the lessons again and pick up where I left off: dolphin kicks.
Spanish: Before going on our vacation to Mexico in december 2025, I started learning some basic Spanish words with Duolingo. My practice sessions continued after our vacation. Now, my streak is 330 days. I intend to continue learning Spanish. I probably won't be able to speak fluent Spanish, but it is a fun experiment to see how much I can learn of a new language without taking a course and just spending a few minutes on it each day.
Current projects:
Continue writing on my personal blog: I started this blog at bearblog because of its simplicity. My vision is to have a space to write my thoughts and everything else that I find interesting. I have been writing here more than 6 months now, sometimes more often sometimes less. I want to continue writing here.
Run a 10k race soon: I train running more regularly now. I want to run longer distances, maybe even a marathon at some point. But for now, a 10k race is a good goal, not too easy not too difficult. I wanted to take part in a 10k race in the summer of 2026. But I did not manage it. So my goal is to do it soon.