The REAL Me in Bullet Points…

1. I love formatting Excel files.
2. I like baking a lot more than I like cooking. And I tend to change every single ingredient, to make it “healthy”. Sometimes it even works.
3. In 2011, thirty years after my brother invented the “Humheumel” at the age of three, I gave it a face. Now our whole family knows what it looks like: Meet the Humheumel It’s an animal that eats buildings and ships.
4. I eat Nutella with a spoon.
5. I do have a sense of humor, even though I’m German.
6. I grew up in communism and didn’t believe in anything but myself until I was 34.
7. Standing in front of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was my first life- changing experience. Until the wall came down I thought I would never ever get to see it. Since then, I truly believe anything is possible.
8. When I work, I usually look like this:
   
9. My judgment on really good espresso is approved by Italians.
10. I used to be the biggest Billy Idol fan.
11. I’m not sure why I just said “used to”.
12. I turned “spiritual” pretty much overnight the day my dad died. Life changing experience no #2.
13. I’m a C/S on the DiSC personality type model.
14. I’m an INFJ according to Myers Briggs.
15. I’m a 5 on the Enneagram. Though sometimes I think I’m actually a 9 who was born in the body of a 5.
16. My love languages are quality time and physical touch.
17. Also when it comes to trees…
18. I studied Russian for eight years of my life and have forgotten everything.
19. I once shook Karl Lagerfeld’s glove. (With him in it.)
20. African drums mesmerize me.
21. I’m a master “re-framer”. My friends usually accuse me of “trying to make everything mean something good!”
22. Once a year I fast and do nothing for seven days here.
23. If ever we speak, please remind me to drink more water. I might roll my eyes, but it’s for a good cause.
24. Currently, the people I like to be influenced by most are Matt Kahn and Satoshi Nakamoto.
25. If I could bring only one book to a desert island, it would be the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.
26. My favorite movie is Awakenings.
27. I think Leonard Cohen had the most beautiful voice on the planet. Closely followed by Alan Rickman, of course.
28. My favorite series as a child was “Little House on the Prairie”.
29. My favorite number as a child was “hundredthousandmillionandeight”. Actually, it still is.
30. I love Americana and Country music.
31. I so wish that number 25 would say, “A Course In Miracles”.
32. During a past life regression a few years ago, I ended up in between lives and found out who I REALLY am. Life changing experience no #3
33. When I grow up I want to be a philanthropist.
34. My bucket list still includes these items: go to Namibia, see the Northern Lights, ride a uni-cycle, sing a Melissa Etheridge song in an empty stadium, sell my blockbuster movie script to Steven Spielberg.
35. I like making lists. :)