A way of life
The year 2021 has started and the year 2020 has gone into history. Time to take a moment to look back. This is my 6th Year-in-Review and as in the prior years, I’ll go by the alphabet. 2020 from A to Z Advent-calendar - Since many years, Vicky, a dear friend of mine, sends me a card with 24 tiny More +
A few days ago, I received a newsletter from Alexandra Franzen announcing her newly launched book The Checklist Book: Set Realistic Goals, Celebrate Tiny Wins, Reduce Stress and Overwhelm, and Feel Calmer Every Day Her newsletters are always lovely as well as inspiring. This specific one contained a little More +
2020 has begun. A new year, a new decade. Before jumping into all the projects lined up for 2020, I’d like to take a moment to look back. Like the past year’s, I’ll go by the alphabet, including the challenge not to repeat a word I’ve already used in the past five years. This might be a rather More +
A new year has started, and it is starting to become a routine to take some time to look back at the year that has passed and think of all the things that happened. As the prior years, I'll go by the alphabet. Assiduous: This is the word I chose at the start of 2018. I defined five big goals: Be a good More +
I have time. Lot's of time. I've never had so much time. Time to think, time to read, time to walk, time to write, time to play, time to talk. Such luxury. So many people around me, have too little time. Or at least, they feel, they have too little time. Bottom line, we each have 24 hours in our More +
The definition of truth as per the Oxford Dictionary is: That which is true or in accordance with fact or reality. But what is reality? Oh gosh, we’re getting into the big questions here? Well, not quite. Based on the responses I received on my post from yesterday (thank you!), today I’m digging a little More +
About a year ago, I decided it was time to become my own boss. Now, here I am, twelve months later, looking up at the stars, trying to gauge what to do next. Even though I did not succeed, I carry no regrets. There is one question though, I had to find the answer to. Did I give up all too soon? The words, More +
26 days — 26 learnings: Part twenty-five of looking back & looking beyond. My word for today is: Yellow Writing about a colourful experiment on a black and white blog is a bit odd. It simply does not work. So if you want to know more about my experiment please hop over to Medium and read all about it More +
26 days — 26 learnings: Part twenty-four of looking back & looking beyond. My word or perhaps more my letter for today is: X I’m one of those people who do lists. Lot’s of lists. Grocery shopping lists, Books to read lists, Habit check-off lists, Daily to-do lists, Weekly to-do list, Top 3 to-do More +
26 days — 26 learnings: Part twenty-three of looking back & looking beyond. My word for today is: Watts — Alan Watts Once in a while, I feel my stubbornness gets in the way of being genuinely open-minded. While there’s great benefit in having strong values, we ought to be aware of the tipping point as More +