Archive | May, 2009
My blogchallenge: a weekly update 6
It’s Saturday and that means the bloghallenge update is here again. Things were slow this week, very slow. For the first time since the 1st of May (with 35 views) the number of pageviews dipped below the 50 yesterday, reaching only 38. If you read enough about blogging however you know that at certain times [...]
Continue reading...The Tao of the Short Blogpost
29 May 2009
Time and time again I look at this screen and think about what to write next. Where to get my inspiration and how to make an interesting blogpost. Today I had no inspiration at all so I decided to look through some of my old blogposts and the comments I got there. One in particular [...]
Continue reading...Minimalism = Simplicity = Freedom and What a Ferrari has to do with it
27 May 2009
It seems minimalism is getting more popular every day. Now in my about page it states that I’m a minimalist, however I’m still working on the 100 items challenge I’ve written about all those weeks ago. It’s much harder than it would seem and I think this is going to take some more time. But why [...]
Continue reading...Truly learning or just reinforcing current beliefs
26 May 2009
Yesterday a tweet came along in my screen I really would like to share with you: Amazing how often when we think we’re learning, we’re really not. We’re just seeking evidence to reinforce our current beliefs – Jonathan Mead I would like to follow this quote with another one that I’ve taken from someone I [...]
Continue reading...Micro habits, the little things we do every day
25 May 2009
As you sit reading this blogpost, close your eyes for a second and feel your body. The way you are sitting now, is probably the way you always sit. Maybe hanging to one side a bit more, maybe rotating your spine in some way. Are you sitting symmetrical? The way we sit is just one [...]
Continue reading...Google reader issue solved
24 May 2009
Dear reader, Over the last few weeks the RSS feed to google reader was a total mess as you might have noticed. Untill now I thought the problem was with either google or with the feed. Turns out it was neither. After @pluginID suggested it might be the HTML code that was messed up I [...]
Continue reading...My blogchallenge, a weekly update 5
23 May 2009
Here we are again, another week has passed and what an eventful week it has been. I’ve set my three goals for the oncoming months, I’ve set my life goal and my reason for wanting to achieve it and I’ve entered the Project Mojave to make this life goal (which is a dream) become reality. [...]
Continue reading...The global playground and Project Mojave
22 May 2009
A bit of a chaotic post today. You might recall me writing about Project Mojave in my post on Monday and my writing about it stating that I hope it really does work while at the same time trying to kick everyone who believed in such things and keeps reading without acting upon it. After [...]
Continue reading...Why we hurt ourselves, the effects of hormones on our well-being
20 May 2009
As therapist I often told people who were depressed to just go and take a walk. Preferably with a little bit of fire in their pace. You have no idea how many people have looked at me strangely for suggesting that they take a hike. If you are a runner you probably know why, but [...]
Continue reading...What all the “Get Rich” Blogs don’t tell you but what you should know
18 May 2009
You there, sitting at your screen, looking at this text. What the hell are you doing, staring at a screen and reading this text. As if the act of reading by itself will change your life. All those self help, personal growth and success instantly blogs are lying to you. Zen habits? Useless! Blogmastermind? Don’t [...]
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