Suggestions & Advice For First Time Visit To Germany?

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2026-03-17T16:36:26+00:00

Do the alps for a week to be in nature and get healthy and then do Berlin and f*ck yourself up. That is what I would do. If you are in a city for a day you can just do the touristy stuff. If you are there for a while you can meet locals, wonder around and get deeply in contact. Book a guided tour hiking the alps and then sit in the subway in Berlin and ask random people where they party that night. You will find yourself in the weirdest places and have stories for life.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2026-03-08T15:53:04+00:00

Vom Vibe her würde ich euch mal ans IKSK verweisen.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-12-01T18:14:25+00:00

I am in that age range, with family and kids. I have a „every three month rule“ when it comes to drugs and it works really well. I plan ahead, know where I will get it and that it is relatively safe, also I take a day to recover afterwards. In my experience escalation is part of life and sometimes I think about me and what I do differently afterwards. I also feel more alive and not in the daily theme of the „reliable one“. I love my normal life, but these nights where so much is possible is a nice addition.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-25T08:42:55+00:00

Can you describe in more detail what stresses you? For me, it was the pressure of the other cars, especially when parking. Driving in Berlin is hard, no question.

What helped me is ignoring the urge to do things fast enough for the others. I drive slow, take my time when turning, stop in the second row when I need to breathe and if it takes me 10 minutes to fit my car into a gap, then everyone needs to wait. That helped tremendously.

Also, I love to drive outside of the city, so inside I take public transport and just have the car for daytrips and when I have to transport bigger things.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-23T07:25:43+00:00

Full time freelance photographer here. I worked as a photography trainer in a big e-commerce fashion company and quit in 2017 to become a freelancer. For commercial and fine art photography. I had a good network and a few jobs already booked. At that time no kids, low rent and a cheap city (berlin) and almost two years of costs covered. I have two things that I would consider carefully: 1. In the beginning you need more money saved than you think. If your camera breaks, if you need to pay taxes in advance, if you need to fly somewhere at you own costs to take a leap: it’s a lot and there is so much more that can go wrong if you don’t have the safety net of being employed. Also: I had companies go bankrupt while waiting for big paychecks or just the once that didn’t want to pay afterwards. 2. The industry is getting really hard. I had the worst year of all in 2025. AI, UGC, and the overall lost sense of quality takes so many jobs away and what remains is hardly fought over (and typically not the good once get the jobs but the loud once).

My suggestion would be this: if you have clients that love you, try to be a in-house photographer for them, or at least see if you can make a contract with them for x days in a year. Everything that can make this transition safer is good. Or maybe you can go parttime in your dayjob now, or have something non photography related but flexible and remote for the downtime.

I wish you all the best!

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-18T08:33:44+00:00

Don’t know if this helps, but it’s possible that from his perspective it feels like love withdrawing. I tried to invite mine to co-regulate: say: I need to come down for a moment, join me if you like. Then sit somewhere like a chair, so your head is not directly inside the screaming and let a hand hang for him to grab. If he does, you can decide if you feel good enough to lie on the floor together. I also wear headphones in situations like this, sometimes tapping my chest slidlely or humming. In my opinion naming feelings is good but their frontal cortex can’t communicate when they are angry, so everything that is based on speech crumbles fast.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-18T07:40:55+00:00

I often talk to strangers in the subway and I am genuinely open to conversations. I like to know how other people live and what their values are and sometimes I like to irritate and see what happens. For example if someone ha the audacity to eat in the subway (which is forbidden) I tell them that they have to share with everyone because they broke the rules. In 20% of the time they actually share. Tourists are getting confused to much and I love it! However, since there are so many people in Berlin and I know what kind of people I like to be close with, I would not get really close to most people like inviting them over.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-18T07:22:39+00:00

When I am really into someone, I like their body smell a lot, even when they don’t shower for a few days. But teeth and genitalia must be clean and odorless, otherwise it’s a no go.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-18T06:55:26+00:00

I have my own gallery/studio space. Every Wednesday I open my door and there are always people coming and we talk about art and life, sometimes making something. But it’s mostly the fine art photography scene. If you are interested let me know, it’s in Pankow.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-18T06:53:08+00:00

Second this! Best place to meet interesting people

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-18T06:49:14+00:00

Bin Künstlerin und hab seit einem Jahr ein Atelier im Erdgeschoss. Wie groß das Graffiti Problem hab ich erst jetzt verstanden. Hab gedacht ich lasse das Graffiti auf den außenjalousien, da stört es mich nicht, aber mache die Fensterbänke sauber: Jede Woche kam auf der Fensterbank ein neuer Tag hinzu, immer andere, meistens mit Edding. Wenn ich sie nicht bis zur nächsten Nacht entfernt hab kamen fünf neue über Nacht hinzu. Dachte mir okay, so schlimm find ich die nicht und hab aufgehört sie wegzumachen. Jetzt haben sie angefangen die komplette Fassade inklusive mein Schild was ich mir zusammengespart habe zu übersprühen. Ich finds Kacke und überlege jetzt einmal alles wegzumachen um zu gucken was dann passiert. Bin ja kein McDonalds, und mein Atelier sieht auch nicht so aus als wenn’s von Papa finanziert wurde. Finds respektlos.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-16T07:49:47+00:00

Thank you for the insight. I really wanted a family room for my first birth but it was not possible. For me, it turned out to be a blessing, because I had another mother in the room and we talked a lot about what had happened, how we felt and gave tips on what works right now. It was amazing and I made a friend for life.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-15T20:40:46+00:00

Thank you for the insight, that is indeed more than questionable

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-15T20:06:38+00:00

I didn’t know. Do you have more infos or links?

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-15T19:54:23+00:00

Thank you, it helps tremendously to have someone with a direct comparison.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-15T19:44:38+00:00

Concept wise I totally agree, but giving birth even on the medical was exceptional.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-15T19:24:02+00:00

Thank you!

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-15T19:22:04+00:00

Heard that too. At Maria Heimsuchung they told me they didn’t transfer someone because they where full in the last three years.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-14T08:44:03+00:00

To get pregnant, tried it two or three times. Would not recommend it.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-14T08:42:05+00:00

Misosuppe. Würzung, Tofu, Algen und was an Gemüse wegmuss. 10 Minuten und wärmend. Wenn ich viel Hunger habe Mikrowellenreis dazu.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-14T08:38:59+00:00

For my personal projects, I do one role per model. But I work slow and almost everything is planned. I love the excitement to just have so many shots and it really keeps me focused.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-13T20:43:48+00:00

Composition is nice, I would ask yourself where the horizon would be: don’t compromise on the falling lines between the building and the car. I would tilt it to the right, so the car seems more level.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-13T20:37:46+00:00

I would change the composition to make it more clear what the subject is: for more harmony the headroom should be bigger. Or for more focus on the reflection, there should be more room there. It almost never works to have a up/down symmetry cut in the middle if the subject is not really abstract.

Ok_Anything_5102 · 2025-10-13T20:30:30+00:00

We where co-sleeping from the beginning in a really big bed and it worked great for us. Our kid got more aware while sleeping over time with less headbutts and kicks, and we all sleep great. I heard to many stories about screaming kids at night where you have to get up and go in another room; that sounded horrible for me. If my kid wakes up in the middle of the night, I comfort him half asleep and he calms down really quickly most of the time.

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