It’s 2019 and it’s been eight months since my last link love post and it’s time to get back in a sharing routine. Here are some articles, videos, books, movies and podcasts that I recently read, watched or clipped to my Evernote and found worth sharing with you.
Read
Do you do New Year’s resolutions? We did it with friends and family this New Year’s eve and here are some we wrote down:
have regular family game nights, try new things, make new friends, less sugar, more yoga, adventures, camping, surf with daughter, weekly lunches/hikes with friends, call friends regularly, house improvements, etc.
I hope we will translate all these good resolutions into action, but I really want to write down some of The only resolutions you need to make for 2019 on a board for our family.
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Underrated is an article by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warrior’s #30, MVP, All Star and a nice guy. I agree with him that we should not only see, what people CAN’T do, but how to make the most of what they can.
The Overprotected American Child
Baking for others is like mindfulness, it is beneficial for your health. I’m glad, my daughter loves to bake.
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Expat Life
In November, I’ve been in New York City for the IchbinExpatFair. It was a wonderful and informative event for German expats in the US. 
Gabi Hegan, the founder and CEO of CityKinder and HeimatAbroad also organizes the fair with a handful of other clever German women. I met a bunch of people, who I’ve only known virtually before, in person: Beatrice from GermanKinderbooks, an online library for German children books, Katharina from Share the Love blog and Katia Vlachos, the author of the book “A Great Move”.
After my fun NYC weekend getaway, I read a bit more about expat life again and had to realize that I often suffer from the expat syndrome.
“Expat Syndrome’ is a condition whereby many expatriates see mostly either the best of their own nationality & the worst of the locals, or see the opposite.” -T. Crossley
The Expat Syndrome – Traveling Mark
The Problem with being a long-term-expat
Expat Syndrome: The New Beginnings
The study The shortest path to oneself leads around the world: Living abroad increases self-concept clarity shows the positive effects of living abroad. This article also talks about how expat can boosts a clearer sense of self.
This is a long (German) article about German Immigrants in San Francisco.
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Travel
This adventure would be my dream come true, but it’s unrealistic with a husband, two kids under 18 and now a dog. Maybe, one day…
Here’s the story of a woman who took a trip to Norway for about $200 instead of $12,000. One day, I will find the time to figure out all these credit cards!
Have you ever been to Carmel-by-the-Sea? It is a very pittoresk little town on the Central Coast of California, just a bit South of Monterey. Clint Eastwood was its mayor for and it has a cute downtown with lots of stores, restaurants and galleries. But if you want to walk there in heals, you need a permit – no kidding!
Listen
I don’t have time to do it all: Work, kids, dog, household, blogging, exercise etc. and I honestly don’t know how other women do it. But anyway, I really like to be at least generally informed about what’s going on in the world and foremost, in the two countries that I call home. That’s why I love to listen to these two podcasts almost every day.
Up First by NPR – a short recap of what happened the day before.
Der Tag – a German podcast that talks mostly about one story of the day, its background and outcome.
Should America Be Run By…. Trader Joe’s?
“The quirky little grocery chain with California roots and German ownership has a lot to teach all of us about choice architecture, efficiency, frugality, collaboration, and team spirit.”
Watch
Have you heard about the movie Angst? “The filmmakers’ goal is to have a global conversation and raise awareness around anxiety.” A couple schools in the area will screen it end of the month and I’m planning to see it. You can read more about it here.
Last week, my husband and I watched The Green Book. It is a wonderful movie about a world class pianist who recruits a tough-talking Italian-American as the driver for his tour of the South. Despite their differences, the two men develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation.
I LOVE that we now have so many women, young and from all backgrounds in the US congress. And I adore this picture by Martin Schoeller!
Let’s finish with something funny. Even though he keeps the government shut down (for the longest time ever in the US history) until he finally gets to build that wall, DT gave this sharp-witted advice fourteen years ago.
