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Erratic engineeress

Erratic engineeress

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Another book, another Wednesday! 📚 #erraticbook Another book, another Wednesday! 📚 #erraticbookwednesdays Today's book recommendation is a Russian Romantic era classic: A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov. 👤 While I realise many people consider Romanticism books to be whiny, depressive wastes of time, I think that this book transcends that and isn't getting the attention it deserves. It's a rather short story about the life of Pechorin, a very contradicting character, as told by his friend Maxim. In classic Romantic fashion he has trouble admitting his true feelings and believes himself to be cynically detached from the world, always seeking more to combat his boredom and weariness of life: more pleasure, more excitement, more newness. 🕶️ Oh, and he also considers travel the ultimate cure for his burdened spirit. Sounds familiar yet? 👣 The disenchantment, lack of purpose, and emptiness he's dealing with are very much modern topics and sometimes it helps to remember that we didn't just recently invent all our troubles. The Romantic era guys considered the world broken before it was cool and their take on it is a welcome counterbalance to our current era of obsessive self-actualization and the search for our 'best self'... Also, bonus book feature: fantastic descriptions of the beautiful Caucasus mountains. 🏔️ Has anyone read it yet or would you? . ''We practically always excuse things when we understand them.'' A Hero of Our Time - M. Lermontov . . . #books #bookrecommendations #bookreview #erraticengineeress #aheroofourtime #lermontov #huaweip30pro #booksofinstagram #bookwormlife #naturephotography #summervibes #sunnydaysupply #flowerphotography #flowergram #sweden_photolovers #photographylovers #greenearth #outdoorliving #mittfriluftsliv #gooutside #sweden #visitsweden #luleå
Today I was reminiscing about my hike to Preikest Today I was reminiscing about my hike to Preikestolen, the iconic Pulpit rock in Norway. 👣 This one is probably the most popular hike in Norway, because it's relatively short and easy, so it's constantly overcrowded. I found it well worth going despite that, because the view over the fjord is fantastic and the rock itself is quite interesting as well. ⛰️ Link to my blog post in bio. 👆Have you ever heard of it or hiked it yourself? P. S.: I still can't believe Scandinavia made me realise I actually like hiking. 😂 . . . #preikestolen #travelbloggers #visitnorway #norwaytravel #travelphotography #photography #huaweip30pro #erraticengineeress #travelcommunity #bestofnorway #norwaysworld #norwaypng #pulpitrock #hikingbangers #hikinggirls #hikingtheglobe #hikinglove #hikingviews #nomagotravel #mountain_world #instatravel #worlderlust #wanderlust_tribe
My next blog post about the Ljubljana marshes is u My next blog post about the Ljubljana marshes is up! 🇸🇮 The marshes cover a huge area southwest of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and are actually on the UNESCO world heritage list due to their historical significance. They found the world's oldest wheel with an axle buried in the ground there, which is about 5200 years old, and apparently more butterfly species live there than in the entire British Isles. 🦋 Anyone here a butterfly lover? . . . #ljubljanamarshes #ljubljanskobarje #visitljubljana #erraticengineeress #travelcommunity #huaweip30pro #slovenia #slovenialovers #photography #details #butterfly #butterflies #butterfliesofinstagram #butterfly_n_flower #butterflyworld #addicted_to_details #naturephotography #ifeelslovenia #detailingworld #macro_captures_ #flowers_super_pics
We went to a drive-in cinema last Sunday to watch We went to a drive-in cinema last Sunday to watch Grease and that got me thinking about how the world works. 🎥 So, today's book recommendation for #erraticbookwednesdays is Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt, which is an interesting non-fiction collaboration between a journalist and an economist. 💰 They attempt to explain how the world works through bizarre economic correlations between seemingly unrelated issues, like how the KKK is similar to real estate agencies and how legalizing abortions brought down crime. 📚 The book was later made into a documentary, a blog, a sequel and an occasional column in the New York Times, but also criticised for avoidable mistakes in statistics interpretation and certain speculative conclusions. Although some conclusions were later shown as erroneous and the book is based on the U.S economy, it is still well worth a read for its novel approach to statistics and will give you some serious food for thought about common misconceptions and the long term impact of system policies and our everyday decisions. 💭 Have you read this one yet? . ''Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.'' S. Levitt and S. J. Dubner - Freakonomics . . . #book #booknerds #bookworm #bookrecommendations #bookreview #erraticengineeress #freakonomics #economy #economics #statistics #driveinmovie #cinema #grease #greaselightning #bookshelf #bookaddict #booksbooksbooks #bookporn #useconomy #usa #impactinglives #reform #redhairdontcare #redheads #redhairgirls
I've got a new guest blog post for you! It's a sho I've got a new guest blog post for you! It's a short introduction to Slovenian contemporary culture by a humanist friend of mine, Andreja Cimprič. 🎥 It features a list of good Slovenian book, music and movie recommendations, so if you ever wanted to know more about my country or need something fresh, come check it out! Link in bio. 📚 . I also asked people for movie recommendations from their countries on my IG stories today, I'll post the answers soon. Feel free to add some recommendations from your countries here too, it can be anything! 🎶 . . . #slovenia #ifeelslovenia #huaweip30pro #erraticengineeress #slovenia_ig #igslovenia #exploringslovenia #outdoorslovenia #sloveniaoutdoors #sloveniaincolours #hikingbikingslovenia #contemporary #culture #culturevulture #recommendations #slovenianculture #bookrecommendations #movierecommendation #musicrecommendation #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #girlslovetravel #shetravels

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