What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?
I am terrified of needles so no tattoo for me:) However, if it was pain free, probably a picture of tiger or owl as they are my spirit animals.
Blog prompt: What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?
I do not have strategies per se. I am a type of person who holds everything on the inside, until it gets too much and then explode. Nowadays, I am better at regulating my feelings and being able to either address or move on. If I am having […]
Blog prompt:
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? In Eastern tradition by middle name is the name of my father with -vna ending. I don’t use it in Ireland though. On the other hand my full name is Tatiana but everyone calls me Tanya 🙂
Blog prompt: What is the last thing you learned?
Yesterday, was my good son’s confirmation and we went out for a meal in the evening in the place called ‘Snail box’. When you walk in you straight away see that ceiling is covered in hats or caps. There are over 7000 hats hanging from that ceiling. So […]
Blog prompt: What is one question you hate to be asked?
Can you please tell me what do you envision yourself doing in 5 years from now… during interviews. That is always such a loaded question.. I know what I am doing tomorrow may be this year… but in 5 years 😅🤷♀️. I cannot really tell them that I […]
Daily blog prompt
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? I had a tough academic career. Not tough in sense of work itself but more so personalities that I had to work for or be colleagues with. I was a post-doc for 8 years minus […]
Daily Blog Prompt
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? If I had an autobiography my opening line most likely would be a quote: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” […]
Trip to Bective Abbey tea rooms
Yesterday, we were looking for a new place to go for a walk. We found out that if you use the tea rooms or stay at the cottage, you can use the private 3.5 km walk at Bective Abbey tea rooms. The tea rooms themselves are lovely. They […]
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What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Moving to a completely different countries as a teen. I never went through rebellious teenage years because of it. You quickly start understanding how important your family is. You adapt and grow up very fast.
Camino de Santiago
I thought I would mix it up a bit and show you the walk that we did between San Sebastián and Orio , which is part of famous Camino de Santiago. It was tough for my then five year old but he managed (even though he tried crawling […]
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