Category: Personal

Testing: TooGoodToGo

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TooGoodToGo Logo

Maybe you‘ve heard of it already, but here in short: TooGoodToGo is an app that helps restaurants, bakeries and other shops minimize their food waste. As a customer, you can choose from different offers and you receive surprise bags or whole meals for a reduced price. It‘s really a neat idea and since I live in the very heart of Berlin now, I might as well try this out, is wat I thought.

Bag full of bakery goods

So I went ahead and after a long time browsing the app, I finally found something that caught my fancy and I ordered it. A surprise bag of baked goods for 3,50€ To be picked up between 19:30 and 20:00. Alright, I grabbed my dog and we took a stroll to said bakery and, oh my goodness?! We got a surprise bag indeed! It was SO HEAVY!

At home I checked what‘s inside: 3 (big!) sandwiches, which I immediately put into the fridge, so they wouldn‘t go bad, and everything you see on the photo on the side. It is really a lot and I can easily live quite some days off of what I got for mere 3,50€. I‘m not only very surprised by this bag, I will also totally do it again to see what else I can get. 😏

Seek yourself ∞ what matters most

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Seek yourself ∞ what matters most

This symmetry sketch is sort of vent art-ish for me, so this is getting quite personal here.

Last year around this time, so in June 2020, I had a severe mental breakdown. It was caused by a massive burn-out which was caused by me ignoring my depressions. Long story short: I went to clinic, had therapy, got meds, I‘m feeling way better now. But this event and everything that followed left an impression on me.

Ever since this all happened, I try hard to not fall into the same old habits and thinking spirals. And it‘s really hard to work on that, but I think I’m on the right path with it. And it also works way better than it did a year ago or before the breakdown. And I‘m really helpful for that.

So, what‘s with this picture now?

Seek yourself. Who are you and what defines you? What are the achievements of your (recent) past?

I, for example, have kinda learned to accept myself as I am. It takes time, though, and practice and it‘s tough. Not gonna lie. But I know myself good enough now to take care of myself, when I need it.

And what did I achieve? A whole lot. I managed to finish my Bachelors and my Masters, I got a job that pays the rent, and I‘m still doing art on the side. just to name a few.

What matters most. Ask yourself. What are the things in life that matter the most to you? Can you figure out what does not benefit your mental health? Can you remove that from your life? If you can answer the latter with „yes“, then go ahead.

Yes, it‘s easier said than done. But what is not? Life is a challenge and while we‘re all not up to it at some point, we gotta push through.

Seek yourself ∞ What matters most.