One upside, amongst many downsides, of the pandemic is that it taught me how to sell my services better. I’m serious. Back in January, I was in the comfortable position of having work lined up until August. Then COVID-19 happened, some of my clients got depressed,...
When you’re born in a country like Poland in the 80s, being racist, sexist, homo- and xeno-phobic is the only option on the menu. You don’t know any better because you’re a kid with no other point of reference other than the adults around you. You don’t leave your...
As week #1 of my productivity experiment (which you can read about here) draws to a close, I am equally baffled, excited, and terrified. The goal of the experiment is to work only when you’re at peak productivity, and then, once you become distracted or...
I’ve developed this thing where every time post arrives at our Berlin apartment, I experience a flash of dread. Not a lot. But I can’t help it. It’s my first reaction to any letter in German. Pages of legalese, with long, threatening words that even Google Translate...
On Tuesday, the internet has gone dark in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. What started as a protest of police brutality, grew in size and scope, drawing crowds across the world, both in major cities and online. On social media, people posted black images...
