Insider Guides to Working in Norway by Karin Ellis (Ellis Culture)
I recently had the privilege of getting to know Karin Ellis of Ellis Culture. It was through Speak Norsk that I found Ellis Culture and from there I attended the free online seminar hosted by Karin on Applying for jobs in Norway.
You might be wondering why I’m doing this. Am I job hunting in Norway? […]
The Little Book Box by NLB
The Little Book Box is a book subscription service by the NLB targeted at young readers aged four to nine, offering a broad range of genres. It’s a carefully curated selection by the librarians suitable for children’s interests aimed at nurturing their love for reading. Read more about it here.
Although targeted at children, I’m very interested in the program and opted to subscribe to support this NLB initiative.
My Duolingo: Swedish Level 4
Duolingo has helped me get daily exposure to the foreign languages I’m learning and it still does. Bless that little green owl! In 75 days I would reach a 365 day streak earning me the “Wildfire” achievement. There are 12 “Achievements” to be attained and I’ve already gotten 10. So…
What I want to achieve this weekend:
Death
One day—some day—in the future, this will be my home. I’ll be given the role of a corpse. I’ll be lying still under the ground and I’ll have a tombstone with my name engraved on it.
Until then, I’m quite optimistic that I still have approximately 40 years or so of life left in me. How will I use the remaining years of my life? What would I have done? Who would I have become when I am 84?
Keep Creating
I burst into tears when I reached the part in the talk where Elizabeth Gilbert uttered those words in the above quote. I was re-watching some talks on TED and one of them is Gilbert’s Success, failure and the drive to keep creating. I love her book Big Magic (my book notes).
For Gilbert, her home has always been writing. She says:
Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself. So that might be creativity, it might be family, it might be invention, adventure, faith, service, it might be raising corgis, […]
