Brief profile
- Daily ritual. As soon as I wake up, still lying in bed, I draw back the curtain, greet the trees outside the window, do a few exercises as taught by physiotherapists so my back doesn’t become “stiff,” and get up. Then 20 more minutes of exercises, bath procedures, and I go feed the canaries, make espresso.
- Favorite dessert. A piece of fish. I don’t miss sweets at all. It’s interesting to taste them, but I only crave them occasionally, so I keep halva for such occasions.
- Travel destination. Europe. It never bores me. I still dream of going to South America. I want to go to Brazil, also to Buenos Aires and the Iguazu Falls!
- Book being read. Verena Kast’s “Losing and Finding Yourself.” This book was recommended by psychologist Jurgita Dapkevičienė, my podcast guest and the author of the audiobook “The Art of Endings.” I’m reading it to better understand my daughter…
- Favorite movie. “Mamma Mia” and “Burlesque.” These are movies my daughter and I keep watching over and over on our girls’ nights…
Daiva, today many associate you with television and your voice on air, but your professional start was different. How did this transformation happen?
I studied French language and literature, finishing my studies in the last century, in 1988. I managed to teach at Vilnius Medical School, work as an art director at the cultural club of Vilnius State Pedagogical Institute. Later, I worked as a French teacher at Vilnius 27th Secondary School (now J. Basanavičius Progymnasium), but the 1990s brought such new winds into my life that it was impossible to resist.
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