A way of life
Once in a while it is healthy to take a big step back, look at what you are doing, and ask yourself: Why do I do this? Today I am posting my 100. Blog post. My blog is online since one and a half months now, and I spend more time on it than I initially thought I would. Time to draw up a quick balance and More +
Last week I bought a magazine. It is called Jezus. It is: Thought provoking - daring - broad minded - progressive - undogmatic - captivating - experimential - liberal - creative - progressive - refreshing - beautiful - inspiring - Dutch It makes me proud to be Dutch. My favorite page in the magazine is More +
I am reading a great book about change. It is called Switch - How to Change Things when Change is Hard The book builds upon a principle called the Elephant and the Rider. The Elephant represents the emotional part of the brain and the Rider the rational part of the brain. Every person has an elephant More +
It's Monday again, and that's not a bad thing. After a week of vacation, my inbox is full of things to do. It's easy to see that as a burden, but there is also a positive side. A long list of to-dos gives the opportunity to tick many things off and feel like you have accomplished a ton already before More +
The Flow weekly from week 10 contains a little memory list to complete. I truly enjoyed jotting down my answers. Finest Youth memory Getting my hair, all messed up while driving across the beach with my dad in his old army jeep. Loveliest book to date That's a hard question, I read so many More +
Yesterday I challenged myself to do a skipping exercise. With the aim to awaken my inner child and identify an upcoming activity, I would like to skip. My biggest revelation: There is nothing coming up this week that I would like to skip! Wow, that even surprised me, and I really gave myself a hard time More +
Have you ever been told to listen to your intuition? To then wonder how on earth to do that? I have...a wonder a lot in general :-) Today in the shower I was wondering about intuition and "keeping your inner child awake". Somehow I thought about skipping. I think in American English it is called to frolic. More +
I am reading Flow. One of my favorite Dutch Magazines. This month's topic is the Art of Living. In Dutch, it's called "Levenkunst," in English this would be "Life-Art." The Germans call it "Lebenkunst." The German Wikipedia page explains the word dates all the way back to the antique and comes from the More +
There are times where people want to help you, and you react the wrong way. You realize you stepped on someone's toes even if you may not have intended to at all. It's human. It happens. There is one thing I learned along the way: Never ruin a good apology with an excuse. (Benjamin Franklin said many smart More +
One of the great things about being at the camping ground is our hammock. With the first rays of sunshine, the hammock is my favorite place to be. Easter Sunday late afternoon was one of those wonderful moments. It was still a bit chilly, the sun was already on its way down, a few airplanes left their More +