Tips and Inspiration

How to find a true answer to "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"

After finishing collage, having a degree in computer science, like any other fresh graduate, I started job scouting, and preparing for interviews. I was interviewing for a software engineer position in several multinational companies, and I noticed one of the common questions were : "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" Being a little… Continue reading How to find a true answer to "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"

Tips and Inspiration

The way you do one thing is the way you do everything

The number one complain in school that I heard from my pears was the following : what use has "x" subject in real life? Why do we have to study all these theoretical notions?" For some time I was in the same puddle, complaining about the same things, and finding it very very hard to… Continue reading The way you do one thing is the way you do everything

Tips and Inspiration

How to optimize your closet and spend less on clothes

Lately I started observing my habits with more interest, and I'm pretty disappointed about my closet management. Here are the top 3 issues I found: 1. Although I have over 30 pieces of summer clothing (even after the moving clean up), I still wear only 20% of them. 2. Even though I like some of… Continue reading How to optimize your closet and spend less on clothes

Love and Relationships

Do other people's opinions about us matter ? and how to deal with them

Imagine yourself in the first 7 years of your life like a blank computer program, ready to be written. You're just starting to learn about how things in life work, how society works , how money works, how relationships work and so on. Who is the first with privilege to write something in your program?… Continue reading Do other people's opinions about us matter ? and how to deal with them

Psychology

A sensitive topic : Depression

I noticed people are very sensitive to this topic, especially when it comes to pieces of advice to "cure" depression, claiming that in the most severe cases, you are actually experiencing a "clinical depression",  in which case the only treatment consists of medication or drugs. This makes it very very difficult to debate anything about depression!… Continue reading A sensitive topic : Depression

Out of the norm

A poem about fear

'Someone called. I have to go. Just an errand, nothing more.' Every step feels insecure. Every look, hard to endure. They say : ' Use imagination!' They say: ' Try it, for probation!' But you can't. And who's to blame? You or he who has you chained? Being fearful is no joke. Breathing hard and… Continue reading A poem about fear

Stories

Today is my Birthday!

Part.1  When I was born... Exactly 28 years ago, on the day I was born, started the Romanian Revolution in the city called Timisoara, the city I currently live in today. There is actually a boulevard in Timisoara with the name of my Birth date : "16 December 1989". My mother said some women from the… Continue reading Today is my Birthday!

Out of the norm

Introvert , Extrovert or Maybe Something Else? My journey to Self Discovery

Since I was a little girl, I had difficulties getting accepted and fitting in with the rest. I was always very quiet, not interacting with anybody, not making the first step to anything. At the parental meetings, the teacher never had complaints about me, saying I was just really behaved, sitting there in my bench,… Continue reading Introvert , Extrovert or Maybe Something Else? My journey to Self Discovery