A day in the life: Vivien Magyar

Vivien Magyar, 26, Hungary, content contributor

Vivien, from Hungary, is a journalist and has been living in Barcelona for two years. Currently she works at a recruitment agency called Nederlia, whose mission is to attract tech professionals to Barcelona. She’s in charge of Nederlia’s content project, Barcelona Startup News, an online magazine that shares stories about local startups.

7AM My alarm rings. I fumble in the dark trying to turn it off for what seems like an eternity.

7.30AM I get out of bed and get ready for the day. Doing my makeup takes me a while, but I have plenty of time because I usually skip breakfast.

8.45AM I leave for work. Nederlia’s office is in Plaça de Tetuan, fairly close to where I live, and on sunny days it’s a beautiful walk.

9.15AM I arrive at work and immediately check my emails. I get a lot of messages from the founders of new startups in the city, and I love sorting through them in search of the most interesting projects.

10AM We have a team meeting where we discuss our goals for the week. What are we looking forward to the most? What challenges will we face?

11AM I’m off to meet the CEO of a company that manufactures humanoid robots in Barcelona. Before sitting down to interview him, he shows me around the office and the engineers have two of the robots perform a short demo for me. It feels unreal, as if I’ve just stepped into the year 2049.

2PM Lunch. This is my first meal of the day, and I’m ready for it. I eat in our little office kitchen with two of my lovely co-workers.

3PM Back at my desk I need to finish an article about the best travel tech startups in Barcelona. I get a little distracted and use one of the apps I’m writing about to book a holiday for me and my husband. Oops.

5PM I schedule all of our social media posts for the next day and start editing the photos I took of the robots.

6PM Time to go home. I pop into a health food store to pick up fresh fruit and veggies, then rush home to get changed for the gym.

7PM I do a CrossFit class five times a week with my husband and the eight other maniacs in our group. Although I usually end up on the floor, sweating and gasping for air, I’ve never felt better in my entire life.

9PM Home again and I can’t wait to refuel with dinner, washed down with the latest episode of Black Mirror.

11PM I’m in bed, but still a little restless, so I read a book for about an hour until my eyes refuse to stay open any longer.