My Confusion and I

Techic, what is that, you might wonder. Well, it's actually not a real thing but a made up term by me for a girl that works with technology so basically a tech chic. But this post is not actually about made up words but how it is to be a girl in a technological world. We all use technology but some more than others and by going into web development I have chosen a career that is extremely male dominated. This might be considered as scary to many of us but in my opinion it doesn't frighten me at all. During my whole life I have been interested in techie stuff and doing "boy"-things such playing football and not really being fussed about fashion and make-up. I know this is stereotypes and many of us don't fit into them but being friends with boys has never been scary to me. By being interested in technology and hobbies that are male-dominated you are, as a girl, often welcomed with a very surprised reaction. Sometimes you might think they haven't seen a girl ...

I have changed my mind about what I wanted to do in life many many times. First I wanted to be a teacher, mostly because I wanted to inspire people but also because I loved learning (something that hasn't changed). Then I wanted to be a flutist, which made me spend 3 years in high school practicing for hours everyday, then I wanted to be an actor, a career I gave up quite quickly and in a desperate need to find something that I thought was achievable I wanted to study engineering or something similar because science did interest me. Well, to be honest that phase changed quickly when I discovered that being a producer and organising things was something I really enjoyed so I decided that I wanted to be a TV-producer, a dream that I was determined to achieve and therefore applied to film and tv production at university and even got in. But as you might have realised, even before I started university I had a mere thought of becoming a doctor ( a dream I haven't really buried yet ...

I am not a massive politics geek. To be honest I try to avoid politics as much as I can because it tends to annoy me more than it interests me. Just to clarify, this doesn't mean I don't care about voting or what happens in the world but I simply try to avoid getting involved in the discussion. This has changed, however, this year with the election in America happening. Mostly because the fear of Donald Trump winning the election has made me realize that some people clearly don't share the same opinion as me. We all have the right to have our own opinions but it's got to the point when I believe people aren't actually considering what could happen when you vote for someone that very clearly doesn't have the people's best in mind but wants to turn the country into a business. Don't get me wrong, I am fully aware of that some parts of politics involve treating the country as a business since a country needs to be financially stable and this can only be do...

This was suppose to be my 101st blog post which explains the title but things came in between. However, these 4(?) years of blogging hasn't particularly made me an expert in blogging so I don't feel like I am the rightful person to give advice. What I can do though is share what blogging means to me and how it has changed my life. I used to have a lot of opinions that I didn't share with people. These opinions kept burning inside of me and I became angry and frustrated with the world. This was one of the reasons for why I started writing a blog; I felt the need to express my opinions and my friends were getting sick of hearing it. When having an online platform where I could write whatever I liked I suddenly became less afraid of expressing my opinions and I actually stand for what I thought. It was relieving to not be afraid of speaking up for once. Having a blog means a lot to me, it's a place where I can say whatever I want (thank g-d for freedom of speech) but it ...

Dear Independent, There is an article about mental strength that keeps popping up on my social media news feed. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/mentally-strong-people-dont-do-these-13-things-a6760646.html This article is explaining what people that are mentally strong don't do. As someone who is suffering from mental health issues I took offence by this article. You are explaining traits that some people have and basically saying that if you don't have these traits, you are weak. First of all, thank you! Thank you for making me feel even worse about myself than I already did. Now when I've said that I think I might need to give you an explanation for why I think you've simply got this all wrong. Everyone is different and priorities varies things in life, for some pleasing others might be the most important thing whilst others might just want to think about themselves. Some people enjoy taking risks, others don't. These th...

Today is yet another day created to raise awareness for mental health. It's time to talk about the my experience of depression because believe me, each experience is different. It's been a while since I expressed how I feel here and shared the difficulties I've had with this mental health lately. It's always been there inside of me, bubbling and trying to get out but I have pushed it away. So I cried myself to sleep? So what? That is probably because I had a stressful day. It's completely normal. So I cancelled my plans with my friends? I'm just tired after a long day. These were the excuses I constantly made without realising that I kept shoving my feelings deeper down. By doing this I ended up being filled with so much hatred and anger that I didn't even know how to express it anymore apart from taking it out on everyone, including myself. I blamed the people around me for my feelings and I avoided to accept the truth; I was not myself anymore and I needed...

Technology is constantly evolving which means that there are many opportunities to invent new ways to handle day to day chorus. We are no strangers to the fact that some jobs are being replaced by robots and that we are easier accessible due to technology. However, we tend to forget that technology doesn't have to take over our lives but it can help us to come up with answers to the most challenging questions. One of these uses is to use programming for medical purposes. Now-a-days we are inventing apps that can check blood pressure, dashboards that can do regular check-ups and algorithms to calculate the risk for cardiovascular diseases. The Royal college of Physicians is constantly encouraging their doctors to get involved in technology and co-operate with software developers to be able find new techniques to save lives. NHS have also realised the importance of technology and established NHS hack day where they are trying to combine technology with medicine. The inventions they...