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Is working with a teacher like going to a psychologist? Story of a failure

Is working with a teacher like going to a psychologist? Story of a failure

That's a metaphor that I dared tell someone when almost two years ago I received an email where a potential student said he was "assessing" different teachers and comparing the conditions etc

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
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Experiencing the great resignation firsthand - 5 March 2021

Experiencing the great resignation firsthand - 5 March 2021

I don't really remember what I felt when all the flights got canceled.I think that's a sort of way of coping with trauma and to me, it feels like Covid never happened. I forgot all the feelings. Like a huge black hole.I talked about it and other people share the same. Anyway, let's go back once again to April 2020.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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How Covid changed my life (but in a good way) - Sometimes you touch the bottom

How Covid changed my life (but in a good way) - Sometimes you touch the bottom

As I said previously, everything was OK, but not great. I was happy to have a job, a good salary, to have kept my Brussels life, to have nice colleagues... but I was not enthusiastic.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
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A taste of employee life - why being honest to yourself can positively trigger you

A taste of employee life - why being honest to yourself can positively trigger you

I honestly enjoyed my internship period, especially the first six months. However, already back at the end of 2018, I was starting liking the idea of having my own business.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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Here we go, Brussels - a sweet much awaited reward after a university burnout and job search blues

Here we go, Brussels - a sweet much awaited reward after a university burnout and job search blues

When I came back from Moscow, it was hard to get used again to my usual way of life. First of all, I missed my freedom.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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Back to Russia(n) - part 3: I left a piece of my heart in Moscow...

Back to Russia(n) - part 3: I left a piece of my heart in Moscow...

Again, language helped me avoid many panic attacks during the police controls I had (one of which was in the hall of my building) or talking to the passport controls once I was leaving the country.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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Back to Russia(n) - part 2: human experiences are what make everything worth

Back to Russia(n) - part 2: human experiences are what make everything worth

The first weekend, I had one of the sweetest moments ever. I went to the center to explore a bit. I went walking in the Gardens located right outside the Kremlin, called Alexandrovsky Sad.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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Back to Russia(n) - part 1: the nth article about why you *should* learn the local language before moving to a place

Back to Russia(n) - part 1: the nth article about why you *should* learn the local language before moving to a place

What I told you about Persian happened between 2012 and 2014. After that year I was really too busy with university and exams... and suffering from crazy anxiety because I was totally lost with my life.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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Persian: fight and revenge - never, ever, give up your passions

Persian: fight and revenge - never, ever, give up your passions

*Spoiler alert*: this episode is highly personal and includes a long rant about my life some years ago. Maybe it’s a bit off-topic, but that’s part of the package. Feel free to skip how much you want.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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Hungarian and online communities: 12 years ago I unconsciously planted the seeds of my current life

Hungarian and online communities: 12 years ago I unconsciously planted the seeds of my current life

Hungarian was another one of my great language “love stories”. It was the first one that made me show up on the Internet and allowed me to realize its potential.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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When did I start "teaching" Italian? And above all, why did I even bother starting doing it?

When did I start "teaching" Italian? And above all, why did I even bother starting doing it?

In the last article, I talked a bit more about the group of foreign classmates I had at school. Now I’m talking about it in more detail. They were an nth life-changing experience. How did it start?

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
My LifeMy Life
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The language journey goes on: the emotional side of learning and discovering languages

The language journey goes on: the emotional side of learning and discovering languages

In the last episode, I talked about how Tagalog was important to me. It is an idiom on which the official language of the Philippines is based. Starting from there, I began discovering all the main Asian languages in a sort of ideal journey from those islands to Europe.

Chiara Maggi
Chiara Maggi
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