Member Profile: Micha Goebig
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Micha confidently strode into Office Nomads in January of 2015, and when we asked "have you been to a coworking space before?" her answer was a gem: "Yes, I started a coworking space in Germany before I moved to the US!" Micha has been surprising and delighting us since day one, and we're so glad to have her amongst us.
What are you working on right now?
As a translator, my main customers are a German premium carmaker and its design/event agencies - there’s a great variety of stuff that ends up on my desk to be translated from German into English. Right now I am working on a longer essay on the future of individual mobility for one of the board members, and a comprehensive IT knowledge database. As a writer, I am currently in “summer hibernation,” rereading and reevaluating a couple of stories I have started and other ideas to decide about my next novel project.
What are you passionate about?
My greatest passion is learning. To benefit from the new things I learn I usually try to turn them into daily habits. The latest additions to my calendar are strength training, meditation and studying Spanish.
What brought you to Office Nomads?
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I ran my own shared office space in Frankfurt, Germany, before I came to Seattle. I knew I didn’t want to work from home all the time (I really enjoy it 2-3 days a week), so I asked around and a friend who had looked at various places in town recommended Office Nomads. So I checked it out, liked the vibe and became a member.
What keeps you at Office Nomads?
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I really enjoy the focus on community. Of course we are all in the space to get our work done, but there’s plenty of time for a chat or a shared interest/activity. Since becoming a Community Cultivator, I have had even more opportunities to interact with other members, which I love. I am an extrovert with a job most suitable for introverts, so being a part of Office Nomads gives me the perfect balance in my workdays. Plus, as I cannot have my own dog (our kitty is 21 and really doesn’t like four-legged company at all), I enjoy the fact that ON is such a dog-friendly space.
What is one thing about you most people don't know?
That’s a tough one – I am not very private! I really dislike my first middle name (I have two), so very few people besides immigration officers actually know it. I tend to use my second middle name, Olivia, which is also part of the pen name I came up with for my writing in English, Olivia de Winter.__You can keep tabs on what Micha is up to on Instagram (for example, right now she's in the midst of an entire year without shopping!). For an example of a great project Micha worked on this year, check out taoteh.Thanks again to the fabulous Marti Rhea for the wonderful photos of Micha!