A reminder to myself for 2022.
Once again after 1 year, 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525600 minutes… the new year is here! In a few hours, anyway.
31.12.2021 11:23 - the moment I started writing this.
What I want to leave behind in 2021.
The end of the year brings me to the question of what all I want to leave behind in 2021.
A few nice things happened to me in 2021, as well as a few not so nice things.
That doesn't change the fact that the whole year went by so fast. But I could say it's been a year full of change. Mostly because of living alone.
I have a separate article on that - My journey for independence. https://read.cash/@Volfi/my-journey-for-independence-dacfb7ec
I'm not exactly a New Year's resolution person. But I'm hoping to accomplish great things in 2022. This is primarily material. Of course, I wish to remain healthy, and all my loved ones too. And that no one gets harmed in any way.
But besides that, I mainly wish to get further into self-development. Already at the end of this year, there were signs of self-development - I started reading every day, to tell the truth, I had never read a book completely before. I'm trying to actively write, which isn't always possible because I'm at work quite a lot. I've started playing chess - for the first time in my life and without a teacher, so it's quite challenging but I'm improving and enjoying it very much. On top of that, I'm developing my investing skills every day. And to top it all off, I'm still going to school.
My friend keeps telling me I should take some time off, that I am kind of a workaholic. But I'm not so good at taking breaks. For example, I do procrastinate often, but in the case of school - Then I do anything but school.
I was at work till 11 pm last night. And I was so tired that I got up at 10:30 this morning. And the regrets came that I overslept and didn't get some of the things done that I wanted to get done today.
And despite all this, I want to take it to the next level in 2022. I want to be even more productive. I have plans that I just want to perfect. And I know it can't be sustained long term. But when the burnout comes, I'll hopefully be somewhere I don't mind. Everyone should have the right amount of ambition.
That was a bit off-topic and I rather said what I will be doing in 2022. Now to the actual what I will be leaving behind in 2021.
I'll leave laziness behind. I'm gonna leave a lot of fake friends behind, too...
*Now that I read it after myself, the whole article, I know it's probably not the best read for the general public. But the main reason is so I can remind myself during the new year what I want and what I don't.*
Hard work pays off!
How I invest my money?
In today's article, I am going to tell you more about how I invest my money, primarily in the means of financial instruments.
The idea to write this article came after reading an article by @Jack216, thank you.
We will divide this topic into two parts:
Financial instruments for stocks
Financial instruments for crypto
Financial instruments for stocks
As for the financial tools I use, there are several. And they keep adding up because certain tools are good for certain things. As for stocks, there are fewer of them, so let's start with that.
As soon as I turned 18 I opened an investment portfolio with my bank, which offers only mutual funds.
Mutual fund = professionally managed investment fund.
There are certainly some advantages to this. But the disadvantages far outweigh any advantages. It's definitely a good thing for people who want to preserve the value of their money and don't expect big returns. The huge downside is the insane fees. Entry fee, management fee, sales fee... fee for everything. So in the end, when the average annual inflation rate (here in the country) is 4.8%, according to the chart, my annual return is 8% - not counting fees. So in the end, I barely beat inflation and have a few pennies left on top.
So I opened my own broker account soon after. I usually don't buy individual stocks, but index funds. Average return greater than a fund from a bank + no big fees. This was later joined by another broker. And I use both accounts quite actively, each suited for a different type of financial instrument. I still haven't completely abandoned investment from my bank. I still put 1000 CZK (45USD) there monthly, just because of the small annual bonus the bank gives me.
Stocks are pretty boring honestly. I still invest in them, it's more secure than crypto and offers a gradual progression without big drops. That's why almost all my attention soon turned to crypto.
Financial instruments for crypto
There are many tools I use. As for wallets, I'm not worried about my finances being stolen. I'm careful about scams and I'm not a crypto whale to be attractive to hackers. For that reason I don't have a hardware wallet, most of my finances are interest-bearing, staked, etc. Maybe that will change in time, but for now, I don't feel threatened. So I use the software wallet Exodus + in-browser Metamask. I have some tiny amount left on Exodus. I usually use it more as a gateway when I send my money. On Metamask I have some money because I'm testing one P2E game right now. I'm not usually interested in games like this, but this one really caught my attention.
And in addition to wallets, I use a few instruments that I mainly use for interest. I use NEXO - Nexo is great, offers 24 cryptocurrencies and your funds are insured! I use Nexo for BCH and other tokens. I use Binance as my main exchange + I use a lot of earn options there. Crypto.com as my secondary exchange and I am a big fan of CRO as well. I got their metal card - the cashback is sweet, use their DeFi platform… On top of that, I use more not-so-well-known platforms for their staking, earning options.
Let me tell you when I check all the platforms at least once a month, it takes half an afternoon... And not to forget, I use CoinMarketCap and their portfolio manager - to track all the coins I have and my progress.
Today I've covered mostly the financial tools I use. As far as the actual investing goes, it happens quite irregularly. The only regularity is in the case of the banking instrument.
But I've already set my financial goal for the coming year a little bit and according to my calculations, I should be able to start investing regularly in February.
Thanks for reading!
How was my Christmas holiday?
Hi guys and sorry for the little time off. Oh, nearly one week without an article :O
I went to my mum's home for the holidays. And since I only have a desktop computer, it was impossible for me to work there.
I am a bit of a workaholic, so the first few days doing nothing was hard. But I quickly got used to it - used to doing nothing.
Today, the day I am writing this article, 27.12.2021, I got back to my own because I got to go to work tomorrow. To be honest I am kind of sad that Rusty totally forgot on my last two articles, but never mind.
And since many of you probably don't know how Christmas works here, in the Czech Republic, so that's what today's article is about.
**Christmas in the Czech Republic**
Christmas begins four Sundays before Christmas Eve. This is when Advent begins. There are advent markets in the towns, advent decorations everywhere, and every day we take a little chocolate from the advent calendar. Advent is probably the same in more parts of the world - the interesting stuff is yet to come.
Christmas Eve is 24.12. That's the day we have Christmas Eve dinner, lots of traditions and then the unwrapping of presents.
As for the dinner itself, traditionally we eat carp with potato salad. But what's interesting is that you can buy carp everywhere, there are vendors on the streets with big tanks full of carp. You just show which one you want.
Then you decide if you want it alive or dead. Put like that, it sounds pretty ugly. But if you take the carp already killed it saves you the work. But a lot of people prefer living one.
**What do they do with the carp before dinner?**
I'm sure you've thought of that question. They usually take him home and give him a bath. Where he is waiting in the bathtub until Christmas Eve itself. Because the carp is bought early, I think it's forbidden to work on Christmas Eve. That's why it can't be bought on the day.
It is then made into schnitzels. But people who don't eat fish or carp, in particular, are also thought of. They usually get a chicken schnitzel. Some families, like mine, eat soup before the schnitzel and potato salad, but that varies a lot from family to family.
And this is where our traditions begin. We put a carp scale under the plate for luck and money.
After Christmas Eve dinner, the bell traditionally rings and the whole family goes to the Christmas tree, where baby Jesus has already brought presents.
This is the part common to all families, so to speak. It also varies a lot in tradition. For example, we don't follow any other traditions.
**Czech Christmas traditions:**
Mistletoe
The kiss under the mistletoe is meant to bring the couple love for the whole year to come.
Slicing of apples
If you discover a star in the apple after cutting it open, it will bring you good luck.
Throwing the slipper
The single girls in the room throw a slipper over their heads. If the tip of the slipper points out of the door when it hits, it means that she will get married in the coming year.
Lead pouring
The lead is melted and poured into a container with water. By the resulting shape, one learns what the next year holds.
Golden Piglet
This tradition consists of fasting. According to tradition, a person will see a golden piglet if he does not eat meat during Christmas Eve until Christmas dinner.
Boats made of walnut shells
A candle is inserted into the shell and the boat is released into a container of water. The way it sails symbolizes your life's journey.
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Horror movie Clichés.
3 days before Christmas it is and what is a better article topic than horror movies! But seriously, today we are gonna go through the biggest (10) Horror movie clichés.
And let's start in order. From the start of the movie:
Based on a true story.
We all know it. At the beginning of the film, the filmmaker tells us that the film is based on true events. But how much of the film is real, or if it is real at all, we have no idea - but it's safe to say that most such films are not based on real events, and if they are, it's only a small, insignificant part.
A madhouse, an asylum, a haunted house.
Places where such films traditionally take place. Or at least this is where the story starts. Or in the case of the haunted house, most of the time the main characters move in there completely senselessly, even though you can see the condition of the house.
The ever-stumbling protagonists.
Just when it is least convenient when they are being chased by the killer the main character unexpectedly falls. On a flat surface - but usually, the main character doesn't die and something unexplainable, completely unrealistic happens to save him.
Opening The Cursed Book/Playing The Cursed Game
There's always someone in a horror movie who just can't help themselves and has to summon ghosts, Satan, or whatever else that is pretty clear they shouldn't be doing.
In the end, when something happens, they wonder why it's happening… straight stupid.
Shower scenes
I don't know what else to say. Just a shower scene. Whether a character dies in the shower, suddenly boiling water starts running, water stops running or even blood starts running, there is always something wrong with the shower - conclusion, don't shower!
Scribbles on the walls.
Whether the film features a man scribbling inexplicable things on the walls, or whether the protagonists themselves find some mysterious messages on the walls, we find it in almost every horror movie.
Never Sticking With The Group
I absolutely hate this movie cliché, along with the one next on my list.
There's a killer in the neighborhood, let's split up, maybe we'll die better that way. Or they are looking for something as a group when suddenly one member hears something and has to go check it out HIMSELF.
This is related to the stupidity of the main characters, who have a habit of following the killer, looking into rooms, into holes in the walls to see what our killer is doing.
Immortal main character
The cliché I hate the most is when the main character is immortal. Please just let him die. It
doesn't look good when the killer, after killing 20 people, has trouble killing one person. Or when a man covered in gallons of gasoline runs through a fire and a second later the house explodes, what luck.
Useless Cops
Those who are supposed to protect us are unable to do anything. What a beautiful day it would have been if a police officer had come to save the family from the killer and had actually done something, disarmed the killer, and saved the family. Well, unfortunately, we don't get to see that very often in horror movies.
Never Making Sure The Killer Is Actually Dead
Many horror movies conclude with a fight between a survivor and a killer. Our survivor hits the killer hard, he falls to the ground and the survivor runs away. Five minutes later, the police arrive, arrive on the scene, and the killer is gone. Instead, we get a sequel...
There are more horror clichés, of course, but this was kind of my choice that I find most relevant. You can tell me in the comment what movie clichés you don't like. And maybe someday we'll see a sequel to this article.
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Me, Myself & Video games
I have already told you some stuff about me - I am at UNI, I am a 20 years old male from the Czech Republic and I love crypto. But there is one more thing about my personality that I haven't revealed yet. I love video games too! So today's article will be about my favorite video games, what I play these days and so on…
I started with computer games when I was about 8 years old. My first computer still had the big, ugly and old CRT monitor, if you are younger and don't know what I'm talking about, something like this:
The computer itself was slow, horribly noisy, and couldn't properly run anything. Still, I was glad I could play games at the lowest detail, 20 fps tho... To be honest I was used to a really low frame rate. Only about 4 years ago I found out what 60fps looks like in games - until then I only knew from videos.
And now to specific video game titles.
I am not sure what my first ever pc game was. But I can clearly remember Jazz jackrabbit.
This right here is my childhood. We used to play this every day at school daycare - I am not sure how to say it in English, it is a place where you go from age 7 to 12 after school until your mom or someone can pick you up because you are not allowed to go home by yourself.
After this game, I have a big nothing. I don't remember any other video games from that time.
As for more recent times, I've been very into League of Legends, or Counter-Strike... like almost everyone.
I never really liked slow games. I never really liked story-rich games either. When I did play them, I usually skipped all the story.
Plus, I've never even held my attention for very long on a game. Occasionally I did keep my attention in games like Metin2 or World of Warcraft. But usually 4 hours at most, then another game for a few days.
As for the very last time, the only thing that caught me and I was able to play a lot was No Man's Sky and Dead by Daylight. I don't play No Man's Sky anymore, but I still love DBD - nowadays I have nearly 250 hours in there. If you've ever played DBD, I only play as a killer. Which is sometimes quite frustrating…
When I told my friend what article will it be for today, she said that I should totally include Bloons TD, which we played together for some time.
So yes, I really like BTD as well. It is my #1 relaxing game to play after a hard day. That is when my favorite streamer is having a day off. Nowadays I'm more into watching than playing myself.
In conclusion, as I grow up games are not the same, as they used to be. It has become rarer and rarer that I even play PC games. Somehow I don't feel like it or have the time. I would rather write an article instead or maybe read. Which is certainly more productive than playing - if that's not what you do for a living, I wish.
Be sure to let me know down in the comments if you play video games and if then what. Maybe we can get together, add each other on Steam and play someday…
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Overcoming procrastination (with tips)
Procrastination is the enemy of success.
***“Procrastination is the habit of delaying an important task, usually by focusing on less urgent, more enjoyable, and easier activities instead.”***
I know that, you know that too but how to overcome procrastination? I'm used to learning by using the Pomodoro tactics. For those that don't know, this basically means that I study for 25 minutes, then I take a 5 minutes break. And repeat - this can be done all day. The five-minute break is to replenish some energy and help you to continue your concentration. Because as we all know, it's almost impossible to concentrate for long periods of time.
But so often I find myself taking a two-hour break after 25 minutes of learning. So I end up killing an entire afternoon watching TikTok instead of doing useful things.
I'm specifically writing this article after telling myself 2 times that I should write an article today after I told myself I am done for today after skipping learning for school because "it's too late".
I am not a master in fulfilling plans in time. But here are some tips that sometimes, when I have enough dedication, help me to stay concentrated.
Turn off your phone and throw it away!
Seriously! Otherwise, you'll still be tempted to look at what the new trend is on TikTok, or if your friend added a new, uninteresting story on Instagram.
I usually turn on DO NOT DISTURB mode, where all the notifications are suppressed. The only notifications allowed are from contacts in your favorites list. In my case, only from my mom. Then I put my phone in the other room and do not touch it even when I am on my break.
Tell your brain that what you're learning (doing) is actually really interesting
A lot of subjects are totally uninteresting - I don't care what happened two thousand years BC on the third planet of the solar system. But I have to convince myself that I'm really interested.
How?
Seek out information beyond what you are learning.
Colour, mark, transcribe. Once you get into the learning process, it'll be a lot easier.
Take your own notes and learn from them.
I can't learn anything from other notes than my own - it is a bummer sometimes, but even when you are rewriting from a textbook you will memorize a lot.
Reward yourself
Every break, take a cookie, after each calculated exercise, take a candy, etc… I will go much better and faster if you have something to look forward to.
Create your time schedule, once you reach your desired learning time, or your goal at any given time, just drop it. You are done and you will still have more dedication for tomorrow, than learning through the night.
Pro tip: According to the internet, alcohol will help with memorization - once you are done have a beer, a glass of wine, or your favorite alcoholic beverage. But everything in moderation.
And I am going to take a cookie + a glass of wine, because good job me, another article is here!
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Spontaneous trip to Paris.
Good morning everyone, or evening, depending on where you are on planet Earth and when you are reading this. For me it is a late afternoon, the time when I want to tell you about my very spontaneous trip to Paris, that took place two years ago in October.
For the context - Paris is quite far away, about 2 hours by plane so spontaneous Paris is quite a big deal.
A very good friend of mine, also a classmate, and I were sitting in class when she got a text from her boyfriend. The message was something like: “The school has come up with a trip that we are going to Paris for 2 days in 3 weeks.” I jokingly said, "Why don't we buy tickets, fly to Paris and meet him there for a while?". A classmate texted her boyfriend what I said as a joke - He said that he'd rather come with us.
And so the whole idea of Paris was born. Only since a boyfriend of a classmate joined us, I would be there like a fifth wheel, so we convinced our mutual friend to join us.
The very next day we bought our plane tickets, booked a hotel and about a month later we flew.
P.S. two of us never flew and the other two only with a travel agency.
Well, what could have possibly gone wrong?
Overall, nothing went wrong. We were just a bit cheated right under the Eiffel Tower, a few embarrassing things happened in the process, we were quite upset at the end, but all in all, it was a great trip!
**What did I like/dislike most about Paris?**
The pastry was just great.
Our hotel was right next to a supermarket and though we bought supermarket pastries it was just great. We had croissants or other sweets for breakfast almost every morning and during the day.
Everything was so expensive.
The Czech Republic is kind of a cheap country, and we thought that since France is still in Europe it will be cheap too. Except it wasn't at all. For just food in a restaurant, we paid almost as much as for the whole dinner here, in the Czech Republic.
French people didn't know coffee without caffeine. I am not angry because of that, it is just a funny story.
My friends wanted to go to a coffee shop, which I don't usually go to because decaf coffee is just useless - I have high blood pressure, so I don't drink coffee at all. But since they wanted to go there, I had no choice but to at least have decaf. Unfortunately, I failed. It's possible it was the language barrier, or the café just didn't have decaf.
There are a lot of scammers out there.
Storytime:
We had just come out of the Eiffel Tower when we were surrounded by a group of people who pretended to be deaf. They were looking for some signatures on a piece of paper, we asked several times if they wanted money - they said no. When we signed they suddenly wanted money. I don't generally carry much money so even then I didn't have much but my friend the smallest note she had was 50€ and we really needed to go so she told them she would give them 5€ if they would change. Well of course they took the 50€ and ran away...
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Bitcoin Price History
Founded in 2009, Bitcoin is the world’s first decentralized digital currency. Bitcoin history is the story of the evolution of money. From Ancient China’s experiments with shell money to today’s Bitcoin revolution.
The network was created In 2008 by a person or group of people signed as Satoshi Nakamoto, with the domain bitcoin.org registered 2 months before. It means that we don't know who is the real innovator and created the network. Over the years, multiple people have claimed authorship, but this claim has always been disproved.
As I said above - Bitcoin was the world's first decentralized digital currency, it is designed so that no one, not the author or other individuals, groups, or governments, can influence the currency, counterfeit it, seize accounts, control the flow of money or cause inflation. There is no central point in the network - no one who can make decisions about the network.
The first big price jump occurred in 2010 when the value jumped to $0.09, from the original mere fraction of a penny. But it didn't mean any great victories. In the process, the price of bitcoin plummeted multiple times.
By the first half of 2013, the price raised to $68. At this time, bitcoin was still primarily used only by IT specialists. This changed in the second half of 2013 when professional investors took notice of the cryptocurrency situation on a larger scale. This also contributed to bitcoin's rapid rise to a new ATH of $1,237.55 at the end of the year.
But from the new ATH, the price quickly dropped to less than $700.
Until 2015, we faced a minor price stagnation. The big breakthrough came in 2017 when the price skyrocketed up to $19,345.49.
In 2017, Bitcoin has already come to the attention of the wider public. There are cases of cryptocurrency bans, scams, exchange crashes. Some banks were already trying to fight this growing trend and introduced taxation.
Nothing much is happening for us after Peak 2017. The price remains in the $10 to $7k range on average with a drop to $3k in early 2019.
This trend is broken in the second half of 2020. With the beginning of the pandemic, the Bitcoin price is set in motion again. Setting one ALT after another. The current All-time high is set at $69,045.00 from November 10th, 2021.
What will happen to bitcoin next is not entirely clear. Because the main factor, if not the only factor, that influences its value is market supply and demand. Which depends primarily on investors trust in the vision that it can be used to pay in the future, just as it can be paid today with money issued by a state.
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How am I surviving at UNI so far?
It's getting pretty close and it will soon be a quarter of a year since I started college. And there are a lot of things that surprised, shocked, and scared me.
**Note, that I am from the Czech Republic, and here UNI can work a bit differently than in your home country.**
1.
First of all it is a lot easier than I thought. Of course, there is the tough part ahead - the examination period. But so far so good. I have a lot of free time because my school schedule consists of only two classes most days of the week - that's 200 mins of school every day. Like there's still a lot to learn, but it still takes me less time than 8 hours of school every day like in high school.
**2.**
None of the classes I attend are not mandatory. I do not have to go there. It is not always a good thing… When you know you have to go there you will prepare instead of procrastinating. But some classes are really convenient to skip. For example, when the professor is just boring and you know you won't listen anyway - instead you can use the time and prepare yourself for the next class.
But in general, even the optional lectures are usually good to attend. It definitely prepares you more than learning it on your own.
**3.**
No one knows you by name. Maybe in high school, you were used to all the teachers knowing you by name, if you were absent they immediately wondered what happened, if you failed a subject they tried to help you... But here? You're on your own. No one knows who you are. You're just another student like the 500 others in your year, as in the case of my faculty. Just be prepared to be pretty much on your own and don't expect anyone to help you, everyone is pretty much on their own.
**4.**
Textbooks are a really expensive thing. Try looking before the start of the school year for everything you'll need and buy used. I didn't expect that so I spent a lot of money on brand new textbooks.. which will only serve me for about one year, then new ones will be needed...
**5.**
Browse your school's website, you might find some really good deals.
For example, my college offers a lot of free law systems. These professional systems usually cost a lot of money, so it's good to try them for free.
But besides that, I can also get free windows, all the Microsoft 365, and so on.
**6.**
In addition to your university's offers, also update your all student subscriptions. Lots of subscription services offer better prices for students - like Apple Music, Spotify, and more. I didn't realize this until two months in. You guys keep this in mind and save some dollars!
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What is MATRICULATION in the Czech Republic?
Today, 03.11.2021, was a special day for all students of the Faculty of Law of West Bohemian university. Today was our matriculation. And I was very surprised when I found out that for not many countries matriculation means the same as for us.
Simply matriculation is the ceremonial admission of the student to the first year and to the academic community. So everyone dresses formally. That means suits, dresses... simply formal wear. And they meet in some big hall, usually the auditorium of their university. But we had it in the rented ballroom where they often have concerts and balls and things like that.
Again, it's very festive. There's an order to everything, so before the actual ceremony started, someone came to tell us the rules. Or what to do when, when to sit, when to stand, when to nod, and so on. Then was time to begin.
Academic officials came forward one by one to the sound of fanfare. When they reached their seats, the national anthem was played. After that, we were allowed to sit down, but not for long. Later, the Dean of the Faculty gave a speech, and then one selected student read the University Pledge in front of everyone. Thank goodness it had been prearranged who it would be because I don't think I could have handled that kind of stress. 😬
*photo source: pf.jcu.cz
After the reading of the pledge, we were all called alphabetically. At some universities, the person stands and says "I PROMISE" out loud, but at ours, we just stood and nodded towards the dean.
And that's really the whole point of matriculation, to promise that the person will try hard in their academic life, follow some rules, and so on.
But I must say it was a nice experience. 😊
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My journey for independence.
Hi!
I am Tomáš and my life is kinda crazy. Or at least it has been the past half of a year. And not only crazy, really stressful as well
What for? Independence. Getting independent to be precise.
Moving across the Republic, to my own place. Where I don't know a single soul
College.
Have to deal with everything from now on.
And the biggest issue - Missing the dishwasher, I have to wash dishes with my hands now!! For the first time in my whole life 🥺.
I know that I sound like a spoiled kid right now, but it really gives me quite a few issues.
**Lots of kids are going to college, becoming independent. Why are you even telling us this?!**
Because I was wondering what my next article will be about. And it's something I've been going through for a while now, and maybe it will help someone who's going to be moving next year, or the year after, the year after that, and so on. And I still want to improve my English skills. English is not my first language, and since I got out of high school there is no better place where I can practice.
So I hope Y'all doing great, you can tell me in the comments down below how you are doing.
**And now back to my journey!**
In the Czech Republic, the structure of the school system works a little differently than in the US, as far as I know.
Quick description:
First, you have to go to kindergarten, only last year is mandatory.
At the age of 7, you go to Elementary school, which lasts 9 years. Whole elementary school is mandatory as well.
Then it's up to you whether or not you go to high school. Which can last 3 or 4 years, depending on the level of education you want to get - 4 years for "matriculation".
After that, you can choose to go to college. Which ranges from 3 to 5 years. Three years for the bachelor's degree & five years for the master's degree.
!But you can go to college only with a high school diploma.!
After that, you have other education options, but we won't go into that.
And let me be clear, I went to college because I didn't want to work a 9 to 5 job. So yep, I went to college completely random, without knowing if I would even enjoy it.
**What did I choose?**
I chose the Law faculty in Pilsen. And I do not have the thing in my head saying “ I wanna be a lawyer to help people, to make the world a better place.” I had law as a subject at High School, and I quite enjoyed it? And the title before the name is also cool to have. Just so we're clear... After three whole weeks of college, I'm still not sure that's what I want. Have any of you, my dear readers, had the same problem?
Now let's go back in time a little bit to before the move. I didn't start to care about everything until the last minute. Saturday was the big DAY of moving my ass from my mum's house. I started packing on Friday evening… So, quite predictably, I forgot a lot of stuff. I drove back across a quarter of the country to pick up the rest, and still be able to forget something.
I may say that the first few days alone were really sad. Blank flat, nothing to do, a completely new city for me, a city that I honestly still don't completely like. It was really tough, every damn minute I thought I was going to give up. But I stayed.. and I guess it paid off. I know few people, I don't know what to do for days = I am very productive. I write myself a to-do list every morning. I've started reading, which I've never done before, I get a lot of work done every day. I mean, look at me… I'm currently writing this article in the morning, at a time when I used to be in bed.
I know it's not very sustainable to be so alone. But so far, so good... at least until I have something to work on.
And don't tell me to just talk to people in the class. Whatever class I take, there are always at least 80 people there. And I have some kind of social anxiety, so it is really hard for me to talk in front of so many people. In smaller groups, I am more than alright, talkative, friendly. But in front of so many people, I just can't do it. Would appreciate any tips on that subject as well.
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What is interesting about the CZECH REPUBLIC.
I hope every one of you has ever heard about the Czech Republic. Because that's what today's article, and with any luck, the following two or three articles, will be about.
Today's article will be mostly about factual information.
The Czech Republic is located in Central Europe, next to Slovakia, Germany, Poland & Austria. Yes, you have heard right, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are two separate states. It was not always like that. Czechoslovakia was one united state before and during the Second world war. A total of 74 years.
The territory of the Czech Republic is divided into three regions, Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. These parts are further divided into a total of 14 regions. If you look at the Czech national emblem, each of the three regions has its own part.
The two two-tailed lions are for the Bohemia, the black eagle for Silesia and the eagle on the blue background for Moravia.
The Czech Republic has been part of the European Union since 2004.
The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, with a president and two chambers of parliament.
The official language is Czech. Czech is quite difficult, mainly because of the declension, and also Czech varies depending on whether you are talking to someone you know or not.
But don't worry, I'm preparing an article focused on Czech language, so we can learn together!
The Capital city is Prague. Sometimes Prague is called the Hundred Spired Prague.
You might ask, so Prague has one hundred towers, right?
No, it has not. But theoretically, two hundred years ago it has when Prague got this nickname for the first time.
A few years ago a group of people decided to count how many towers Prague really has. They counted about 400 towers. So the nickname doesn't apply much anymore, but it's still used.
In the Czech Republic, we still have our own currency. Czech koruna. The Czechs are still resisting the adoption of the euro as their currency.
1 USD is approximately 22 CZK.
Fun fact. If you add up values of all valid coins and banknotes the result will be 8888 Kč.
To be continued...
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