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The Art of Balanced Lifestyle (Without Losing It)

In today’s fast-paced, hyperconnected world, the concept of a “balanced lifestyle” has become both an aspiration and a necessity. Well, let’s be real—modern life resembles juggling fire swords while balancing on a unicycle along a tightrope… over an abyss of emails. You get it now?

Amongst work deadlines, relationships, exercise, mental wellbeing, attempting to hydrate, and keeping your hormones sane, seeing “balance” become a reality feels like searching for a mythical place—something between discovering Atlantis and not killing your houseplants.

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Shall we get married Monday 9 a.m.?

My friend M. used to tell me with a smile in the corner of her beautiful lips as soon as I settled in the Netherlands “let me know when you start having a hard time, or when you shall miss our home country or when you simply got tired of this Dutch”. Sometimes it is! Although it’s not a real longing for my birth country. In fact, I miss going out having coffee with my friends, being able to leave my lovely daughter with my mom at any time, without checking her agenda for the first free day of the coming week. Read more

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The Unforeseeable Dutch Weather

It’s summer. I know, social media is overloaded with pictures from the beach, swimsuits are THE posts. People are checking-in on Facebook from Mamaia, from Greece, from Vadu, where is Vama this year, I haven’t seen many pictures from Vama in this begining of the summer. On the other hand … I didn’t even bother taking my sandals out of the boxes. Look, right now, the weather app shows that it will rain tomorrow and as a bonus, all the weekend. Of course, things may change from an hour to another. The weather in the Netherlands is more unpredictable than any woman since Eve.

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Miss J. dixit

“- How should I explain you, mom? There are actually two skies: one where are the sun, the clouds and the aeroplanes and one sky where are all the dead people.

– Well fine, but how such big heavy aeroplanes can fly?

– Ah, this is so simple, aeroplanes have gravitation. So does the sun. The sun is standing on the sky because it has gravitation, otherwise, it would just fall down. The clouds … Do not believe even for a second that clouds are made of cotton candy. Read more

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04:30 sharp*

“Pretty young, but not so young, lady, divorced for several years out of her own free will, looking for a sleeping partner, preferably lightly  snoring (to match my own snoring), who can bear my night fears. Those who know how to make coffee first thing in the morning get first in line.”

Do you know where the ad came from? Well, I shall explain!
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A Mom’s Tale of Pest Control

It started innocently enough. A casual scratch here, a little scratch there. Nothing alarming, right? But then, it became a constant. An itch I couldn’t ignore. A maddening, relentless scratching. Behind my ears, at the nape of my neck, on the crown of my head. I even found myself scratching in front of the dairy section at the supermarket while contemplating which yogurt to buy. A true sign of desperation.

Turns out, I had reason to scratch—I had lice.

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