I’m ploughing through my work as if I’m about to leave it, but I still have a couple of weeks before I can take a break. We planned a late vacation this year. We’ll be leaving mid August for a three week camper trip through some unexplored terrains. We’ll be heading toward Czech republic andContinueContinue reading “Bear necessities”
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It might be temporary
Oh God. My worst nightmare has become reality. You know. That thing that only happens to other people. In days of the past I used to see it happen all around me and I would think to myself: ‘That’ll never happen to me.’ Boy, you were a fool. You couldn’t have been more wrong. MyContinueContinue reading “It might be temporary”
Why the popularity?
About two years ago my wife Heike got me a plant for my birthday. It was a special kind of plant that I had been lookitfor for quite some time. A variegated Monstera deliciosa. They’ve since become very popular, and I believe we have tissue culture to thank for a large number of plants onContinueContinue reading “Why the popularity?”
You can’t have it all…
We decided to prolong the kindergarten family camping trip spontaneously, by driving off without a destination. Just the family and the Nugget. Then we were – equally spontaneously – called by another parent couple from the kindergarten. They happen to also have two kids. They happen to also have a Ford Nugget. And they alsoContinueContinue reading “You can’t have it all…”
The couch
Do you also get these days where roughly halfway through – if that – you get slammed in the face with extreme exhaustion? I get quite a few of those days lately. Yesterday, I had a meeting with my therapist early in the morning. He told me to take a seat, and that he wouldContinueContinue reading “The couch”
Teaching vs. Teaching
Over the years I’ve come to enjoy teaching quite a bit, I can’t deny it. But I can’t and won’t hide the fact that I’m not working in academia because of teaching. I’m a researcher, and this is the only reason I’m still here. And the way this system works is that they make meContinueContinue reading “Teaching vs. Teaching”
35 or so
This morning I went out the door and was met by a blissful fresh breeze. It was partly overcast, and for a moment it felt as if it would be a cool 25 degree day. Centigrade, of course. I dropped my daughter off at daycare, and continued to my office. All cool still. We haveContinueContinue reading “35 or so”
Fuck it 2.0
It’s crazy what happens when I don’t put myself on a writing schedule. Or rather, what doesn’t happen. Because; nothing, that’s what happened. It’s been a bit of a ridiculous mess om the blogging end, and I’m not happy with it. And it’s not that I don’t have stuff to write about. I have plenty.ContinueContinue reading “Fuck it 2.0”
#2
Over the last couple of weeks, I was in the running for a tenure track position that I really liked. A job where I could, in my view, work on making the world a better place, and potentially really make a difference. It was a position with an outlook on permanence, and that sounds likeContinueContinue reading “#2”
Not the best ‘first’ attempt
For the regular reader here it will be no surprise to read today that I have had my fair share of mental health struggles over the past fifteen or so years. In my early twenties, when I started having my first anxiety attacks, I had no clue what was happening to me, as I struggledContinueContinue reading “Not the best ‘first’ attempt”
Robin Heinen 