Welcome to the quest of being alive

Inspiring stories and life experiences by Majka Baur

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  • Start here
  • Experiences
  • People
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  • Experiences,  Places

    Feeling at home is an act of activism

    / November 15, 2019

    Like an alien at home The sun is shining in the blue sky. I watch the contours of the mountains and the light games of the sun on the surface of the lake.…

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  • Swiss Alps, a great view to make inner change happen
    Experiences,  People

    When do life changes begin?

    / January 18, 2019

    It’s easy to keep functioning. Day after day repeating the same habits: brush our teeth, go to work, eat, sleep, meet people we love, and have a drink or two, maybe to escape…

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  • Children jumping in a puddle, enjoing the moment and having fun, like people listening to their inner voice.
    Experiences,  People

    Lifequester: a word that I love

    / October 24, 2018

    I didn’t call this blog „A Life Quest“ by accident. While realizing that I felt stuck in my life, I became very inspired by the ideas Colin Beavan shared in his book „HOW…

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  • Man jumping in freezing lake representing the fear of financial shortage rising when deciding to take a year off
    Experiences

    Meeting the “financial uncertainty” monster on my happy-work path

    / April 18, 2018

    When I decided to quit my work I did not take the decision out of reason. It came from the heart. I felt that I could not bear any more the situation I…

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  • swan in canal with ice during very cold day with blue sky
    Experiences,  People

    Do acts of kindness change the world?

    / March 5, 2018

    It was cold, -10°C. The sky was cloudless and the sun shines created long shadows in the street, broken be stripes of bright light. On my way home I took a detour to…

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  • Image of leopard walking in the snow in a forest showing the sadness and the feeling of being out of place
    Experiences

    The pain of having realized a dream

    / January 22, 2018

    Feeling sad and lost after having realized a dream is unavoidable. Realizing that this emotional low is part of the “making dreams happen” cycle helped me to embrace this state instead of fighting…

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  • Image of a small road in the old town of Tarifa. A coffee shop representing the personal dream that failed is visible.
    Experiences,  People

    Failing a personal dream – the inspiring story of Nathalie

    / November 21, 2017

    Is being afraid of failing, a reason not to develop our personal dreams? When you head off, rowing against the current your heart is full of hope and determination. But what if, you…

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  • Image showing the office of a digital nomad. It displays Stocked, a cafe in Tarifa, Spain that is nicely decorated.
    Experiences,  Places

    How to have a happy workday?

    / November 14, 2017

    Shit, it is Monday. How many times did I have this thought on a Monday morning while commuting on a workday? Even if when I woke up I felt happy, after moving in…

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  • People

    How does a career driven by balance and meaning look like?

    / August 4, 2017

    Becoming a social entrepreneur is an unconventional career path Six years ago I co-founded and build up a startup with the aim of engaging people for sustainability by offering fun team experiences powered…

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  • Experiences

    Welcoming my dad’s death

    / August 2, 2017

    My dad is death and it was such a beautiful present how everything happened I started a life quest to share inspiring stories of people truly being “alive”. But in the last months,…

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