The Story Told vs. The Storyteller: Thoughts on Detachment
Half-my-life ago, teenager me used to ask himself how the adult life surrounding him had come to be. He was quite certain that he would never grow old – that things would always remain the same. He was sure that time would pass and years later, he would still be fighting the daily “Mother vs….
I’m addicted! – Confessions of a Travel Addict
I was twelve years old when I first boarded a plane to travel. The excitement I felt when flying for the first time – “Oh wow!”. This is one of those things from my childhood I remember very clearly – as if it happened yesterday. It was 1997 and I was not on my way…
Politically Incorrect Me: What I learned from being disliked in Social Media – and I’m thankful, not sorry.
PART 1 – From Facebook to the Police Station Some weeks ago I was doing my usual Facebook feeds reading as I made my way home from work. ‘Terrorism’ was the common denominator in a series of posts, which triggered an unpleasant emotional response in me. That’s when I decided to impulsively react to Facebook’s ‘What’s…
I’m a Narcissist and I love myself for that. (Oh wait! Was it redundant?)
As a result of my rather highly active social media life, I often hear comments related to my social media behavior from friends, acquaintances and online followers. Recently, due to some above-average amount of travelling in my agenda, the frequency of my activities on social media was also above (my) average, which led to some…
Jewish vs. Bacon: The Religious Man in Me
Born to a Jewish mother and raised in a rather conservative Jewish family, being “Jewish” has always been my identity as far as the answer to the question “What is your religion?” is concerned. After having gone through Jewish school in my childhood, and voluntarily studied Talmudic Law and Ethics as a young adult, I…
Master of Happiness: My Encounter with a Syrian Refugee & Fighting Tragedy: A (Super-)Human Trait
And the weekend began. It was Saturday 6.44AM when I boarded the train from Vienna to Munich carrying in my backpack nothing more than my camera and the traditional Bavarian outfit „Lederhosen” (leather shorts) on my way to the Oktoberfest, Germany’s largest and internationally-known annual beer festival. After boarding the train, I opened my computer…
Social Media as a Nation Branding Tool
Upon finishing my second graduation – this time in ‘Business Informatics’ at the FH Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria, I am very proud to have been given the chance to merge my professional life as Marketing Officer at the Commercial Wing of the Embassy of India, Vienna, with my academic course of studies by compiling my diploma…
How do I manage my time? A time-bending view on time management.
Friends and other people who follow me on social media often ask me: “How do you manage your time?” referring to my apparently restless lifestyle and routine which combines a full-time office job, a freelance home-based job, a distance learning degree program at a University of Applied Sciences, running a social initiative (the Free Hugs…
Charity, Productivity, Poverty and Gift-giving – the Intersection.
Helping people in need is an authentic and noble sentiment among people. Be it through acts of kindness, charity, volunteering, or any other means of providing something of value for people who lack that what we possess in excess or have at least enough to share. Many thoughts cross my mind on the subject “charity”:…
What is the true value of a life?
The last couple of days I’ve walked to work facing the same headlines in the newspapers. All of them had it printed in large: “900 dead”. The refugees’ catastrophe in the Mediterranean Sea has cost 900 lives! [And as I write it, I can’t avoid the goose bumps and the urge to shed a tear…