Hi everyone, I am new here!

My name is Nuriye, I study applied physics and for a few months, I work for TINT as an event organizer. My favorite thing to do is being creative, in any way, and that is exactly what I would like to share with you.

 
During the beginning of the Corona pandemic, a big part of the world was suddenly set to pause-mode, including me. Losing my weekly activities as playing theatre and meeting with friends, I was left with a huge amount of free time.

My first reaction to this was actually doing A LOT.

I signed up as a corona volunteer at many places, wrote letters to isolated elderly, called my grandparents, etc. Inspired by an interview with Lidewij Edelkoort I thought this MUST be the time for change. I dreamed about a worldwide paradigm shift, a better world, a more sustainable world, and a happier world.

The idea popped up into my mind to make a list of big and small things people could do to change the world. Every tiny step towards a better world is already an achievement to celebrate, I thought. Moving forward, forward, forward. Just keep on going and you will get there! Never waste a good crisis! NOW is the time for change!

Do you already feel stressed out? Well, I did.

Something was missing. I was doing a lot to change the world, but I did not feel satisfied. Stress and pressure made me do these things out of fear for what would happen if did not. My activities were hardly funded in passion, love, or joy. Even though my original stress causes were reduced by the pandemic, I managed to construct some new ones.

It was really time to slow down.  
 
My decision to cut back in activities was easily made. Instead, I started listening to music, dancing and meditating. Stillness and peace returned to my life and it was a huge relief. This eye-opener inspired me to update the list with some more calming and soothing activities.
 
Taking care of the world also means taking care of yourself.

It is something I learned even more deeply a few days ago when I watched the documentary “Inner Climate Change”. It taught me that it doesn’t matter what you do, but how you do things.
 The once so important list reduced for me to a nice bunch of inspiration, I would still like to share with you. But if you really want to make the world a lovelier place, then just do or make something filled with love!
 
Hopefully, I can do this by organizing great activities with TINT. Using my creativity, I hope to contribute to an open and connected academic community here in Eindhoven.

Hope to see you soon!