Balancing family, work and self-expectations, our 40-something writer realized that forcing a fitness routine wasn’t the answer — for now.
Author: Kilian Trotier
He has been with ZEIT since 2012, first as an editor in the arts section, then in the founding team of the Hamburg section, which he later headed. He likes to deal with the existential questions of life.
We always want to go higher, faster, further. Understandable. But ambition creates pressure, making our everyday lives harder than they need to be. Die Zeit columnist Kilian Trotier makes the case for enjoying the average.