There are plenty of articles and videos on how journaling can help you focus, clear your mind, process your thoughts and so on. But if you are like me, you probably don’t really believe them. I’ve been keeping a journal since I was 8, when my school teacher read us passages from Anne Frank’s Diary …
Category Archives: non ELT
73 cows: a video about sustainability
I have recently watched this short film and I found it so compellingly beautiful that I thought about creating a lesson around it. 73 COWS 73 Cows is an award-winning short documentary about the journey and personal conflict of Jay Wilde, the first farmer in the UK to embark upon transitioning from beef farming to …
Yoga and the performance principle
I have recently had the pleasure to visit a contemporary art exhibition in Vienna, whose main focus was the experience of alienation. I am by no means an art expert, therefore I am in no position to judge or comment on contemporary art, but among all the amazingly thought-provoking installations and artworks I witnessed, one …
My #bucketlistchallenge
Following Hana Tichá’s post and her challenge to other bloggers to write their own bucket list, I’d like to share my own list of 10 things I’d like to do in the future. Some of these things have been in my bucket for years, some are new and exciting. I plan to do my best to …
Journalling and setting goals
I’ve recently purchased a journal (affiliate link) that is designed to help the user improve themselves and get things done by setting goals and reviewing them periodically. I’ve been journalling since I was something like 9 or 10, and I still find it helpful, so I decided to try this new experience starting from this new …
Mastodon
Though it is cloudy the way before us is clear; to act we must choose From Algot @Algot@mastodon.cloud Many people have written about the freer, decentralised, harassment-free alternative to Twitter. So why am I writing this post? Well, I felt I needed to write down my own personal point of view after many people asked …
My first experience with Vipassana meditation
I finally made it, I attended a (very) short meditation retreat and tasted what it feels like to be in a room full of people meditating. It has been an eye-opening experience.
11 things about me
I know this was a blog challenge some time ago (possibly a year ago or more!), but at the time I had just started this blog, so I didn’t take part. Anyhow, I now feel it is the right time to share a bit more about who I am and what I do (besides teaching), …
Book: the Road Ahead
DISCLAIMER: this is by no means a book review. I am not qualified to write reviews and would not know where to start. What follows are my very personal thoughts on an interesting book I came across by chance. Feel free to disagree or comment if you have read the book. The Road Ahead — …
#teacher5aday
I’ve had ups and downs at work lately, and March-April have been and will be hectic. So today I would like to tell you a bit more about what I do to unwind after a long day of teaching, planning and travelling. These things are essential to keeping my motivation — and my life balance.