🤗 Quick Fact 🤗
Nature is my happy place.
Kind and compassionate.
Adventurous and curious.
Equally introverted as extroverted.
Dogs are my favorite.
I love humans and equally appreciate solitude.
Happy Chappy most of the time.
I love intellectual exchange.
Self-sufficient and ambitious.

My work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuchenbuch/
Me petting dogs and discovering wonderful places and people: https://www.instagram.com/akuchenbuch/

🤓 Who is Annika? 🤓
Born in Germany but grew up in Denmark and Sweden. 🇩🇪🇩🇰🇸🇪
I love to travel, immerse myself in different cultures, and care about the people I meet. I lived between Sweden and Bali for the past 7 years and am about to look for a 3rd home base - probably in the Mediterranean.
I came to Bali 8 years ago to do research and write my thesis and fell in love with the culture and nature. Luckily my boss in Europe at the time wouldn’t let me quit, and I figured working online across continents works. 😄
My computer is my office, the world is my oyster, and my mission is to impact humans and the environment positively.
Have a look at my IG to see what my daily life looks like.
https://www.instagram.com/akuchenbuch/

💭 Life dreams that I still want to realize 💭
✨ Produce a movie before I am 60 years old.
✨ Build a 3rd homebase.
✨ Invest in real estate in the next 5-10 years.
✨ Support education at scale and women/ kids that experienced domestic violence.
✨ Have a family.
✨ Write a book.
✨ Take my PhD in Psychology.

🧑‍💼 Work 🧑‍💼
I've worked mainly in Tech (7 years) and have specialed in User Experience Research. I've been a Consultant (my own boss) for the last 10 years and have been working for over 200 clients worldwide.
My job is to understand humans and how they use products and translate that into product development and new opportunities. I love my job- I am basically paid to meet a lot of strangers, put myself into their shoes and subtract how I could make their lives better.

Here my mission as a UX researcher
https://youtu.be/r2lAjNSAKgA

🤔 What am I up to? 🤔
I've worked hard and been very focused over the past years but it’s time to redefine now. I am exploring if I could apply my skills in a more meaningful way- after all I have 2/3 of my life left, and I do sincerely care about humans. I plan to reduce my workload to part-time and will use the other half to travel and reflect.
I am hoping to make genuine connections, get inspiration and enjoy discovering new places and different ways of living.

❤️ Why hosting me ❤️

❤️ I come with lots of positive energy, and people consistently report that they feel very calm and peaceful around me.
❤️ I've lived many lives and have a few stories to share.
❤️ My cooking skills are acceptable.
❤️ I love my job and am super happy to share my skills!

Interests

• dogs
• architecture
• working out
• reading
• music
• art
• nature
• free diving
• kids
• scuba
• mediation
• interior
• social projects
• yin yoga

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Portugal, Sweden