I’m used to visiting the toilet quite a lot every day because I seem to have the smallest bladder of all mankind. “Maaike, I really don’t want to learn about your urination habits”, I hear you think. I understand, but I just wanted to write down this story, and it involves me pissing. The pissing…
Imagine trying to say things that contain nuance on social media in the year of the lord, 2024. Yeah, that shit doesn’t fly well with the algorithms. The algorithms decide if you will win the popularity contest on the internet, by pushing out your content to more people to get that sweet, sweet engagement. I…
Something happened last week that made me realize something funny about myself: I am coping hard in one aspect of life. I always pretend I don’t care about things. I make fun of things. I ridicule things. But that’s a coping mechanism because honestly, I care a lot. I actually care so much, that it…
Een heuristiek is een methode die meestal werkt, een vuistregel. Omdat er weinig absolute waarheden zijn in het leven, wil ik ook geen “waarheden” over afvallen verspreiden. Het is je persoonlijke reis, waarin je zelf gaat onderzoeken wat werkt en wat niet werkt voor jou. Het doel is gezonde gewoontes vormen die je de rest…
Hier zijn een aantal verschillende ontbijt opties om uit te proberen. Je kan de hoeveelheden zodanig aanpassen dat ze passen binnen jouw energiebehoefte (denk aan de verhoudingen koolhydraten – eiwitten – vet). Als je probeert af te vallen, let dan vooral op vet. Je wilt niet 0 vet eten, maar per maaltijd zou het wel…
I had a full day face to face with my team for the first time since March 2020, because of the pandemic obviously. I’m home now after this full day of interacting with people and I’m feeling utterly tired and overstimulated at the same time, which makes for a very interesting combination. How did I…
I’m going to write something every day on my blog during this month November, no matter the quality. The topics can range from personal, to IT, to sports, to philosphy. No limits, just write! Day 1 – How to Not Burn Out In 2017 I quit my job as IT consultant because I could no…
I have tried to learn how to code many times and each time I have failed. I say failed because every time I’ve quit without having a good grasp of coding and it didn’t carry over into my work as tester. I felt as clueless and intimidated by code as before. I’m now on my…