Speaking of plans for the year
Plans for 2022 and the word I chose while I was standing in my kitchen, drinking coffee and thinking about what I want to do this year.
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Favorites of the Year 2021
I was so tired by the end of 2021, but here are the things I really liked
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I have one (1) issue with Loki
I have been liking the Loki series, but there is one thing that keeps me from fully enjoying it, and I need to talk about it.
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On the death of Prince Philip and how we don’t like to talk about the dead
Let’s stop putting dead people on imaginary pedestals.
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We need to talk about Kylo Ren’s character arc in The Rise of Skywalker
Kylo Ren’s character arc in The Rise of Skywalker was bad and we need to talk about it.
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Disney, little mermaids, and fish that don’t know racism
Boy, was it a scandal when Disney announced that the new Ariel for the remake of the Disney classic The Little Mermaid would be singer and actor Halle Bailey. Because we have a little time on our hands, just a little, let’s talk about the new hot topic.…
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2019: A Balanced Year
Every year I like to look for a quote to write in my notebook. I usually stick to the same three, the first by Alfred Lord Tennyson, the second by T.S. Eliot, and the third, my favorite one, by Ray Bradbury: “Next year’s going to be…
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What? You’re only Mexican?
«Where are you from?» This is usually the first question I’m asked when I’m introduced to someone. Not because people see me and instantly know I’m not German, but because Germany is full of people from everywhere. Particularly in German universities, not everybody is from the…
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Checking in and saying hi!
It is amazing how quickly times goes by. It is already September and here I am, thinking about all the things I have and haven’t done since 2017 started. I think now is a good time to go back and take a look at all the…
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Why I Keep a Journal (And You Should Too!)
How are you today? How is everything going? Today we’re not talking about books, we’re talking about notebooks. The personal kind of notebook: the journal. Keeping a journal was something I shied away for quite a long time. The thought of opening with the line «dear…
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2017: The Year of Disciplined Thinking
Happy New Year! I’ve never been one to make New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, I hate them. To want to do or stop doing something just because the calendar has a different number always seemed a little silly. Perhaps it is because school never started in…
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Choices and Changing Leaves
This is the story of how I made a decision that changed everything I had been planning for the last six months. The first two weeks of July were marked by waves of stress, bad moods, and unnecessary anxiety. I was frustrated, unmotivated and I didn’t understand…
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The Notebook in My Pocket says: Thank You!
And the year is over, my dear readers! First I want to thank you for reading The Notebook in My Pocket these past months. Thank you for staying despite my inconsistencies and my crooked photos, thank you for commenting and sharing the posts; thank you for reading, eating…
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Recalculating Route
Those who have GPS know that when you hear those words, it usually means you did something wrong and the GPS is finding a new way to get you to your destination. That’s what these four months have been all about. Recalculating my route. If you…
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