PinnedPatrick WestööTwo crackers and Jam: My ten days off struggle and discovery on a Sri Lankan monostary.It was almost 5 o’clock in the afternoon. I had been looking forward to this moment the whole day. There were few “joys” in this monastery…·20 min read·Oct 6, 2021----
Patrick WestööModernist architecture has to stop being a religion and start being a scienceI recently got the question from a politician, what does the architecture rebellion really stand for? To properly answer this question one…6 min read·Dec 16, 2022----
Patrick Westöö“The quality of my life is the quality of my relationships”: Taking a relationship first approach…My ex, a woman wise beyond her years told me once, “The quality of my life is the quality of my relationships”. I have never before herd a…·4 min read·Jun 3, 2022--1--1
Patrick WestööCelebrate your own successes not the “official ones”When I graduated high school, a unique and highly celebrated time in Sweden, I wasn’t proud. The celebration goes back to the days when…·4 min read·Jun 1, 2022----
Patrick WestööEmotions are the spice that is life…. ride themWhat is life but the emotions that we have when we live it. Our ups and downs, fears and hopes. Yet I come from a culture where we rarely…·2 min read·May 18, 2022----
Patrick WestööWhy do we write?I just finished writing a very emotional piece of text. Emotions literally dripping out on the pages. But what a feeling once it was done…·2 min read·May 18, 2022----
Patrick WestööRelationship, connection + bounce, [contract optional]I have been through my rounds of relationships/hookups/flings during my 34 years on this earth and I have thought a lot about what it means…·5 min read·May 17, 2022----
Patrick WestööPatrick’s top books of 2020Shipping work is just as important as making work, so this list I made but did not ship in 2020. For me these were the top 10 books that I…·4 min read·May 9, 2022----
Patrick WestööIn search of my tribeIm back in London after two years and a pandemic. I feel like a tourist, taken by the size and energy of the city and the pulse. The random…·4 min read·Apr 28, 2022----
Patrick WestööSometimes the most healthy thing to do is to not be normalI recently had a chat with a close friend of mine. She had been struggling to sleep and regularly only slept for 5–6 hours per night. She…·5 min read·Apr 14, 2022----