30 terms and definitions - one year no. XVII

healthy - doing sports again - stabilized financial situation - cinema, still - wearing over-ear headphones - getting a glimpse of the capabilities of artificial intelligence (ai) - fear of becoming unemployed, either because of ai or because of excessive job demands - working (nearly) all around the year - reducing private trips to a minimum, especially comparted to 2024 - train delays, a lot of train delays - a weekend in pfronten - visiting a graveyard in sibiu, in a gloomy atmosphere: wind, candles, heavy clouds, dusk - recoginizing a night train is cancelled just minutes before its scheduled departure in budapest - changing a language teacher - keeping spanish up to date - looking for someone (including taking professional fotos of myself), but far from success - losing the interest in people - still trying to keep alive some personal connections - a cold apartment in winter - chocolate prices went through the roof - stable relationship to parents on a low level - playing soccer and basketball with nephew and brother - fear of failing in the job, every single day - business outbound trips on sundays - db premium lounge - imminent aggression - missing nature - accepting: pension is coming more or less three years later than anticipated - decline in economic growht, over years meanwhile, and demographic development will have a negative financial impact in the future

mehr als sieben jahre...

... ist es nun her, als ich vor dem planetarium, bei schönstem sommerwetter, auf den stufen saß und wartete, um die erste stunde privatunterricht zu beginnen. 2018 - eine andere welt. voller frieden, voller stabilität. was sich alles zum negativen geändert hat. jedenfalls ist es traurig, dass die sprachreise zumindest in dieser konstellation endet. von null auf ein gutes mittleres niveau, mit wenigen durschnittlichen stunden pro woche, viel spaß und einigen nicht so guten tagen, gerade gegen ende dieses jahres. trotzdem: die entscheidung, das thema bis hierhin zu verfolgen, war richtig. wie es weitergeht, ist offen.