What am I up to now?
Last updated: 09 May, 2026
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Current reading:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoi.
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 # 62.
Learning:
Swimming: I am taking my third swimming course since last year. My front crawl technique has improved a lot, and I have learned to swim the breaststroke. The hardest part about the breaststroke was the kick, but now I can do it. Most importantly, I am starting to enjoy swimming. Swimming longer distances used to be exhausting, but now it is not as tiring as it was before. In the new course, I will continue to work on my technique and try to learn dolphin kicks. My goal is to swim half a kilometer without getting too exhausted.
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 190 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:
Starting a 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. For now my focus is to write more often until it feels natural to come here and write.
Run a 10k race next summer (2026): 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.