Joy Blog
When was the last time you had 5 days to yourself? Me-time? A hotel room to yourself? If you are regularly on trips on your own, you might skip this email : ) it‘s about the excitement of going AWAY from family/job/everything and being ALONE at...
What we surround ourselves with has a big impact on our wellbeing, our thoughts aaaand on our subconscious. When you love the place you live in, your health and mood is better, you feel good. The pictures on your walls have a big impact on yourself...
It was an email I will never forget: “Dear Miss Sakata, we would like to have you on our talk show with the topic dual life as you are teaching people how to have fun and how to behave in Japan, you are teaching food science and producing...
Never slept less, never gained so much weight so quickly. 7kg or over 15 pounds in 7 weeks. Heartbreak was unfortunately common for me back then. But let’s start with the basics.
My day at the bakery looked like this: Getting up at 4am, walking...
We saw him on the dance floor. 10 years younger and we found him soo cute : ). Two married women in a club unleashed in 2006. No, I don’t like this word. As if we would be on a leash for one second. Our men at home wished us heaps of fun and...
Tomorrow we start a NEW YEAR! I’m always so excited even though we could celebrate a new beginning every single morning!
When I see fancy clothes in the stores and online titled New Years outfits I always smile. My outfit is not fancy....
If you are a Christmas-lover or hater…if you are celebrating this holiday or not…I’m sending you so much love, candle-light and warm, cozy, joyful feelings. You can create JOY - even a little glimpse of it - when you think...
If you are here for a while you know how my wish for a white wedding with a huge party went… my husband opted out. If you want to read about our love story and our proper but tiny wedding party you can read it on my blog.
No big wedding,...
Do you have friendships which are a miracle to you? Like too good to be true but very true and you enjoy every second spent together?
I met these 3 guys in 2012 and was their group-leader for a trip organized by their university. I loved that yearly...
Ken normally doesn’t like surprises and likes to celebrate his birthday quietly and preferably at home. When I saw this offer of a restaurant during a school-team-event I thought: THIS is the perfect present for my husband: A limousine comes to...
I’ve met so many people - especially women - that live their lives according to somebody else’s expectations. Or general expectations. Or their own expectations that have grown from outside expectations.
Yes, they live decent lives....
“I want a bigger audience!” That was my wish, that was my plan. Every month I held my small but very fun event in a Japanese restaurant in Zurich where I talked about Japan and how to have an amazing time there while traveling. I taught...