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Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovebirds out there! I hope you spend the day with people you care about, either your significant other or your friends and family :) As someone who was never in a relationship on Valentine's Day, I get that it can be annoying to see all your friends being super duper happy in their relationship. But remember, bitterness doesn't help or change the situation. Instead, try to be happy for them, even if they act like 14-year-old teenagers ;) Anyway, if you are still looking for a last minute gift, or if you simply have a craving for chocolate, these cookies might be just what you were looking for! This recipe makes enough cookies for one baking tray, which equals about 9 large cookies . They are easy to make and only take about 20 minutes of your time. So let's get started! Ingredients: 125g or half a cup of butter 125g or half a cup of brown sugar 1 egg 180g or 3/4 cup of plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla s...

Last week a friend of mine got offered a seriously great job. A job that I would one day like to have. And instead of being happy for her, I secretly wished that she didn't get it. So that I was still the one having the “cooler” job. It's hard to admit, but I was envious and didn't wish her all the best , a saying that we all know too well. Once I realized what I was thinking, I felt stupid. More than stupid, I felt like I was kind of betraying her. For not wishing her happiness and success. For not being a good friend. But why did I feel this way, even if it was only for a second? Was it because I felt like she was doing better than me? Or maybe it wasn't really about her being happy, but it was rather about me being unhappy?? I think her getting the job and doing something with her life left me questioning myself and what I was doing. It made me realize that I am not where I want to be yet. Not that I know what I want to do with my life, at least not in detail...

On the off chance that he is your boyfriend, don't read this and continue doing what you're doing. But if he isn't, keep on reading. Recently, I was catching up on the fourth season of New Girl, when Nick (a character in the series, if you didn't know already) said something that made me think. “The problem with Jordan Catalano? He isn’t real!” For all of you younger than 25, or for anyone who hasn't watched My So-Called Life , Jordan Catalano (played by a very young Jared Leto) is the popular kid in high school, adored by basically every female in the whole school. He's the typical romantic figure of every romantic movie/series/book ever written. He's popular, arrogant, the prototypical bad boy. Who falls in love with the wallflower who lived unnoticed by the male sex up until that moment. And it turns out that Jordan isn't all   that bad. What a surprise. Anyway, back to the quote. As much fun as it is to get lost in thinking about be...

Since y'all seemed to like my 20 Struggles of Being Short post, I decided to write a 20 Perks of Being Short follow up. Hope you like it, and if you do please let me know in the comments! :) 1. After a party at your friends house, you can comfortably sleep on their couch if you don't want to / can't go home. You can basically nap anywhere you want! 2. Short girls always seem younger, meaning when you're 35 you'll finally be able to be happy about it. 3. You'll always have leg room while travelling economy class on planes or trains!! 4. When you're at a concert, more often than not people will let you go in front of them. It's also a great conversation starter! (I met a couple of people at concerts who let me go in front of them and who I then became friends with :)) 5. You can shop in the children's section. Although you wouldn't wear most of the clothes, you can usually find something that you like. Some stores even sell...

If you know me in real life, you know that I am not the tallest person. More like the opposite. Being 5'1" or about 1,55m means that you are, what do people call it, vertically challenged?! Nice phrase. Anyway, here are some struggles I have encountered over time. 1. The obvious one: Being so small that people mistake you for a child. All. The. Time. 2. On that note: Having to show your ID even though you are 25 years old. (Remember, alcohol is served in Germany from the age of 16...) 3. Having to sit on a pillow while driving, because otherwise you can't see above the wheel. 4. Alternatively, having to put a pillow between your back and the seat. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to reach the pedals, even though you moved the seat to the very front of the car. 5. Not being cut out for certain jobs. You won't ever be a model. Or a pilot. Or a flight attendant. Or a police officer. And so on and so forth. 6. Not being able to play certain musical...

If you’ve ever owned a cat, you know what I’m talking about.   1 . You don’t need to worry about chaos on your table, your cat will always clear it up. By throwing everything that doesn’t belong on it under the couch. Like your pen. Or your glasses. 2. You cannot eat a meal without your cat staring at you and not-so-secretly judging you. 3. You buy a whole box of your cat’s favorite food, before she decides that she doesn’t like that flavor any more.    4. You would like to play with your cat during the day, but she decides that 2 a.m. is a way better time for having fun. 5. You don’t need to turn on the heating, your cat will make sure that you are not freezing. By laying on you. Even in the summertime. Just to make sure. 6 . Your cat will help you study. By laying on your laptop. Or your notes. We don’t want them to go anywhere, do we?! 7. Your cat will make sure that you are always covered in fur. So that you are not freezing, aga...

Hello internet, my best friend from high school got engaged a few months ago. Last month I met another high school friend who told me that she was engaged. And a couple days later my little brother told me that he was engaged. See the pattern here? Although I am beyond happy for all of them, it made me think. My old friend seems to live the life I always thought I would live: house, job, fiancé, dog. Basically I thought that at 25 I would be totally grown up, living an independent life and being a reasonable adult who knows where she wants to be in the near future. Yet here I am, clueless as ever and with a height of 5’1” I’m far from being grown up, literally and metaphorically. As a teenager I absolutely loved Gilmore Girls , and Rory seemed to have her life figured out, so I thought making a list would be a great idea. So, here goes nothing. Proof that I am an adult: I live on my own. Okay, I have a flatmate. But still. I have a cat. It’s basically...