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I just believe
Do you believe in fate/destiny? From an early age I have always believed in something. I remember how on a walk with my mum, in Moscow, I would look into the sky, up above me, and ask myself whether there was more to this world and our universe. Moscow is a city of high buildings,… Continue reading
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A job and bipolar disorder
Do you enjoy your job? I love my job, and in general, I love working. But it hasn’t always been easy, in fact to get where I am now, it took me massive efforts to achieve. I teach at universities, and try to navigate it around my bipolar disorder. I have vulnerability to psychoses. I… Continue reading
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Give Hope to Others
What is your mission? A question of today from WordPress is ‘What is your mission?’ When I saw it, I decided to reflect on it in writing, as it’s a question I ask myself daily. What is my mission? You see, I really want to contribute to our humanity and in a good way. And… Continue reading
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Tickets to Taylor Swift
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Hello! Interesting prompt today by WordPress, asking what would be the greatest gift to receive. I would love to be very ethical and ask for a world peace, but what can I do, as an ordinary human? As everyone else I don’t understand what is happening… Continue reading
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Is it capitalism?
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? WordPress assumes that all of us, bloggers, are extremely rich people. Yesterday it asked us to reflect on ‘what’s you all time favourite automobile’, and today we are invited to write an essay about how we can build a perfect reading… Continue reading
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Tesla, of course!
What is your all time favorite automobile? This is a very weird question from WordPress prompt today (they ask questions everyday, trying to boost some creativity, which works). I don’t drive at this moment. I have a license but I forgot how to drive. I got my UK license six years ago, at the seventh… Continue reading
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Saying goodbye to perfectionism
What skills or lessons have you learned recently? With my bipolar disorder I have learned in the past couple of years to take it easy. I used to be a perfectionist in the past. I was always achieving something. If it wasn’t for work, then it would be for sport. At some point in life… Continue reading
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Food, glorious food!
What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals? Today’s prompt by WordPress is to name my top three favorite family meals. It’s difficult to answer this question, as I have many favorite dishes! I am a big foodie in life. I consider food as one of the main pleasures in life! I cook everyday something… Continue reading
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Stigma sucks
What’s the first impression you want to give people? The first impression I want to give people is that I am absolutely normal. And it’s the impression I usually give. It isn’t written on my face that I have the tendency for psychoses, and the majority of people find me pleasant, empathetic and friendly. I… Continue reading
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Sheffield, I miss you.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Having lived in four different countries, in some of them twice, I think I have ‘experience’ to reflect on this issue. Where is it to live the best? I lived in Russia till I was nineteen years old, then in Brussels for five… Continue reading
About Me
I am a doctor of philosophy, a university lecturer, and a lover of cats, fine wine, dancing, theatre, and human eccentricity. I was born in the Soviet Union (Moscow). I am fluent in four languages, and have spent all my adult life studying (except from 18 to 19) working and living throughout Western Europe. Despite a surname-Netchitailova- that translates from Russian into English as “unreadable”, my greatest passions in life are reading and writing. My personal struggles have made me appreciate the manifestations of weirdness that exist everywhere.