Joy Blog
I have one million fresh Japan Stories in my mind but THIS OLD ONE is the one I want to tell you. It was in spring 2004 when I was working at a pharma-company outside of Lucerne. The first job I found quickly after graduating as a food engineer and...
I’m still enjoying Japan to the fullest! 4 days to go until we’re home again. Switzerland seems soooo incredibly far away. Like “is it even real that we lived there?”. I’m not joking. It’s the same feeling I had...
Imagine the steepest road you know and make it even steeper. That’s about the hiking route up to lake Oeschinen in Switzerland. A very beautiful mountain lake…the one of the kind where you think this water could get bottled up as the blue...
Which country on this beautiful planet is just your BIG love? Maybe it’s a city? Or a special spot in the middle of nowhere?
I think it’s really wonderful to think about this: WHERE is my special place? Also where do I want to live? Where...
How often do you have fun?
How often do you laugh out loud?
How often do you do something just because it's the most fun thing you can do right now?
I often hear people say that they miss having fun or that they don’t know the last time they...
Tokyo was FUN!
My bestie Gian - you know him from the last two scrapbook stories : ) - told us about this new place he hasn’t been to yet: “There is a hole in the wall and a bear and it‘s small and a cafe!”
“WHAT are...
Only read if you can handle a little vulgarity and a lot of cuteness. : ) I think it’s a funny story, I hope you think so too! : )
Did you know that Japan celebrates the fertility festival “Kanamara Matsuri” in April, which is also...
Andy and Tinu said: „Ronja & Ken, this is our wedding gift, because you met underneath the cherry blossom trees. It’s a Japanese pink cherry blossom tree aaaand we added one branch of a Swiss tree with white blossoms. We did our best,...
…terrified of flying ALONE. Terrified of flying at all. Terrified to step into the unknown and sad to leave my boyfriend and family “behind”.
When the flight attendant informed us that we have technical problems and we can’t...
I just can’t keep things tidy. I just can’t. Can you relate or are you rolling your eyes? Well I’d better say: Keeping things tidy is a big effort for me. Chaos is not an issue and messy rooms are “normal”... AND I prefer...
Here’s how to create more joy and positivity in your life, without needing anything about your life to change.
With one single mindset technique, you can shift from getting upset about the “little” things to deal with it consciously...
Once upon a time a bunch of teenie scout-friends and I rented a little hut near a ski resort in the Swiss alps to spend a week snowboarding, cooking, board gaming and having a great time together.
Midweek, it was stormy, snowy and lots of fog. When we...
