My favorite tool/book/album and personal reflections about…. stuff. This headline clearly wasn’t written with ChatGPT. Two weeks ago, winter depression hit me hard, and I didn’t think I’d write this post. However: by some sort of Christmas miracle, I’m feeling okay right now, so I will seize the moment and write some words about the…
I stopped wearing my Apple Watch
Tired of keeping up with the movement goal streaks and collecting all this data about myself. What purpose does it serve? I once had a 600 something day streak in Duolingo. Then, life happened and I forgot Duolingo for two days. My streak was lost. The anger I felt was unreal, I wanted to strangle…
Building a business by yourself is hard, the aftermath
The good and the funny A couple weeks ago I wrote about the struggles I face now that I’m trying to build a successful company around sustainable healthy living (nutrition coaching). I received a surprising amount of reactions and replies, that really warmed my heart! Also, something very important happened because of it. Not that…
Cherish the public library
Knowledge should be accessible for everyone To “live sensibly” (my life motto) means, among other things, searching for antidotes to modern living1. One of the easiest antidotes available to us: books. You can lose yourself in a beautifully crafted story or learn about something that interests you. But before you run to the bookstore, please…
Playing in an orchestra shaped my life
Being part of a music society is beneficial in many ways, am I the last generation to benefit from this? I’m writing this piece as a demonstration of the important things in life. I feel like, as society, we got it all backwards nowadays. We focus on efficiency, making money, taking the easy way, instant…
Winning or learning
You’re never a loser, unless you consider yourself one In sports psychology there’s an exercise that has athletes reflect after a competition called “win or learn”. If they’ve won (and this doesn’t necessarily mean that they placed first, but rather that the day went as planned), great! If the day didn’t go as planned: what…
Building a business by yourself is hard
If you have experience, this is your time to dish out advice It’s crazy to me that when I was working as a software tester, the money came easy. I never had to look hard for a job or assignment (except the entry level one), they sort of came to me. That’s the power of…
Can the Zettelkasten system give people with ADHD superpowers?
Or: a desperate search to find a way to live with a chaotic brain and still be a somewhat useful member of society Look, I don’t even know whether I have ADHD or not. I only know that my brain is like a roller coaster that never stops. Sometimes I’m on board of this roller…