Bellspiration

1. Dear Kath, you moved from Venezuela to Hungary, from one continent to another. How difficult was that change for you? How did the process of adapting to the new area go? New language, culture, tradition… Frankly, the change was not difficult. In fact, I was overly excited about it. To me, change is a necessary aspect of personal growth and is the best way to learn about yourself in so many ways. It teaches you to be better prepared for hectic circumstances, strengthen your sense of confidence, and become emotionally stronger. In my experience, when you go through an uncertain obstacle or change in life that challenges your mind and emotions, you learn the different ways that you react both positively and negatively. If you choose to embrace the change as a learning opportunity, you will find that the things you learn about yourself will be extremely rewarding, and you will be surprised by how capable you truly are. Conversely, adaptation has been more challenging for me, especially

1) Dear Sven, you are an example of a successful student of oil mining, but who has a penchant and love for music. With all that, you are actively involved in sports. Are these things really compatible in one man, scientific and technical professions and art and sports - is it prejudice that you have to choose only one, or are you an exception to that rule? I’m glad that it is only prejudiced that people take only one thing and then develop it into their profession. Seeing a lot of people who sang with me in the choir and my football teammates, it is possible to manage your job and hobby. For me, the routine housework, work-house simply doesn’t fit. I believe that everyone can develop a fulfilling hobby besides their profession. 2) Time management! How do you balance all the obligations and activities you have? Do you have any tips and tricks on how to achieve all that you do? The most important thing is to set your priorities and adjust them according to your current circumstances. I

1) Dragi Sven, ti si primjer uspješnog studenta naftnog rudarstva, ali koji pritom ima sklonost i ljubav prema muzici. Uz sve to, aktivno se baviš sportom. Da li su te stvari zaista spojive u jednom čovjeku,naučne i tehničke struke i umjetnost i sport - da li je predrasuda da moraš izabrati samo jedno ili si ti ipak izuzetak tog pravila? Meni je drago što je to samo predrasuda da ljudi izaberu samo jednu stvar i onda to razvijaju u svoju profesiju. Vidjevši mnogo ljudi kroz pjevanje u zboru i bavljenje sportom, ipak je moguće usklađivanje posla i hobija. Meni jednostavno ne odgovara rutina kuća-posao, posao-kuća. Vjerujem da svatko može uz svoje zanimanje razviti još neki hobi koji će te ispuniti. 2) Time management! Kako uskladiš sve obaveze i aktivnosti koje imaš? Imaš li neke tips and tricks kako postići sve to čime se ti baviš? Tu je najvažnije posložiti prioritete, odnosno promijeniti ih u skladu s trenutnim okolnostima. Ne želim pričat sad o striktnoj organizaciji rasporeda jer

1) You mentioned that you will graduate in December 2022 with a Master of Arts in Russian and Eastern European Area Studies and Juris Doctor (Law Degree). How do you combine these two studies? Is it challenging to study these two different areas simultaneously? a) I am training to be an international lawyer, so it is actually pretty easy to study these areas together! I have been able to write about and study the Balkans in my international law classes. For example, in my International Law class on the law of the seas, (maritime law) I studied about and wrote my final paper on the maritime dispute between Croatia and Slovenia in the Bay of Piran in the Adriatic. I also compared ethnic/religious conflicts in Ukraine and Bosnia, for my Ukrainian History class. In my other international law class, violence against civilians in warfare, I wrote about the international response, or lack thereof, to the war crimes being committed in Bosnia during the war in the 1990s, including Srebrenica. S

1. Pisanje! Spomenuo si u prethodnom intervjuu da je pisanje tvoja velika ljubav. Možeš li nam sad ovdje ispričati kada si stvarno počeo pisati, i kada si osjetio tu magiju emocija kada pišeš i shvatio da, zaista, uživaš u tome? Prvi put kada sam pročitao ovo pitanje, mislio sam da neću znati odgovoriti. Međutim, što sam više razmišljao o pitanju, sve više sam se prisjećao tog perioda. Sve je počelo prije tri godine. Sjećam se, ako bih pogledao neki film tokom dana ili odigrao video igru, noć bih proveo razmišljajući šta bih to ja uradio drugačije. A s jednom idejom uvijek dođe druga, pa i treća, četvrta... Zapamtite, zaista je tako. S obzirom da svoju maštovitost nisam pretvarao u riječi, dopuštao sam joj da izblijedi. Dopuštao sam da bude samo gubitak vremena i ništa drugo, nažalost. Nisam razmišljao o pisanju, sve dok se nije pojavila jedna ideja za priču, koja mi se mnogo dopala. I to baš mnogo. Toliko da joj nisam mogao dopustiti da nestane. Želio sam da priča postoji, a jedini na

1. Dear Kath, you mentioned in a previous interview that you would like to be a change-maker :) You explained that you would like to help other people. Can you explain it a little bit deeper here? What do you exactly mean by helping them to discover themselves? Is it a sort of motivational work area or a life coach? Sure! There are two approaches I would like to apply when encouraging people to start their self-discovering path. Firstly, becoming a Motivational Speaker which, I am currently working on through the education program of the Toastmasters International Public Speaking Club. This education program is helping me to build skills as a mindful listener, powerful and effective communicator by working on projects focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around me and connecting with audiences while giving a motivational talk, as well as, understanding motivation to deliver thought-provoking, inspirational and call to action speeches. Learning how to ma