I was never very good at sports but I have always loved running. That feeling of being outside and working on your health. When I finish my run I always feel great. The positive effect even seems to last...
A few months ago I bought a PocketBook Touch HD 3 e-reader. In this blog I give you the pros and cons after using the e-reader for two months.
Reading happens to be one of my hobbies. So is playing...
Feel like you're on vacation every day. Close your eyes and imagine lying in a field full of lavender in French Provence. It is a hot summer day and you hear the cicadas singing. Or imagine yourself sitting on...
I recently discovered yoga and decided to start practicing a sequence of yoga movements called the Sun Salutation. The Sun Salutation is traditionally performed to greet the new day. It is an important foundation in yoga that will energize,...
Storytelling is a lot more than just a recitation of facts and events. A good story grabs your attention and doesn't let go until the end. Never underestimate the power of a good story. It has the power to:...
In the movie Cast Away Tom Hanks plays the role of someone who is stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. He spends four years on the deserted island and during that period...
After water, tea is the most widely consumed drink in the world. I love drinking Dragonwell tea: a very tasty - and healthy - green tea from the area of Longjing Village in China. The name Dragonwell is a...
Somehow I never really got around to reading books in recent years. Now I try to read fifteen minutes every day before going to bed. And on weekends or days off, I try to take some extra time to...
I have been looking for a certain kind of iOS game for some time now and today I finally found it! The game Another Road has a beautiful top-down visual style that reminds me of some of the great...
Video calling is a great way to continue meeting your coworkers and clients when you are forced to work from a distance. But we have to be aware of the things that can go wrong. In this blog I...
Recently I discovered Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, a famous meditation teacher and master of Tibetan Buddhism. He has a modern, fresh way of teaching and he also likes to combine modern scientific research with the ancient art of meditation. That...
Don't get too frustrated when you experience writer's block. It is not a problem but an opportunity. Your brain pulls the emergency brake and tells you to change things and try a different track. Yes: writer's block is a...
The legendary Google Reader was discontinued in 2013. That was a year before I discovered the power of using RSS newsreaders. I started using the Feedly newsreader and was quite happy with that. But when I stopped using Feedly...
At work I keep my desk clutter free. It helps me to relax and focus on my tasks. Unfortunately, my online life was a huge mess. My online office looked similar to that of an extreme hoarder. I was...
All those loud YouTubers unpacking toys, creating useless waste and destroying things in their videos annoy me. But I guess that these are the things that most of our kids watch nowadays. Where is the first environmentally friendly YouTuber...
Being able to focus at work is essential. It is necessary to get things done and deliver good quality work. It will also give you a competitive advantage over those who are not able to focus. Read these tips on how to focus at work.