Don't Forget - Activism during Summer

Summer usually is a weird time for me, a mixture of days blending together into a working-swimming-meeting people routine and holidays, mine and other’s, disrupting the routine. The monthly meetings of young people in IFOR Austria do not take place in July and August as summer tends to scatter us all around the globe. It is good that we get the chance to have a break, see new things and clear our heads. But…

From the Perspective of a European 20-something

by mirhiban, IFOR Austria

Today I want to write about simplicity. What does it take to lead a happy life? In a world that is constantly growing more complex, a world full of multiplying opportunities and freedoms for the few fortunate, this is not as simple and easy as it might look at the first place. We grow up in the belief that we can reach anything that we want if we only work hard enough: wealth, fame, health, beauty and … happiness. All the opportunities lie ahead of us, like ripe fruits waiting to be collected on a straight path that we just have to follow.