Category: Motivation
Quote of the day
Advice I would give to my 20 year old self – and present
Spend as much time as possible (and more!) with family and friends. Those are the most important times in your life. Set goals. Secific goals with due dates and work towards them. Thus you will inevitably achieve them. Be ambitious and aim high. Dating is overrated. Build friendships instead – those that will last forever. …
Four seasons, four birch trees
An easy hike away from our little town, up through a forest to a spot where the forest opens up and a view of the valley comes into sight, there are 4 beautiful princesses (as I call them) or brides (as my mother calls them). We are, of course, talking about trees, birches. Birches (Betula …
Create yourself a motivating work or study environment
Two words: ambient sound. It’s meant to create a desired feel of a specific environment with sound. It helps to imagine oneself in a creative, inspirational and motivating environment. Because sometimes the home office just doesn’t do, and one can’t always just go to a coffee place or a nice vista place to boost creativity. …
What to do when in quarantine
First of all, don’t get ill. Don’t get infected, it’s lame. Let me tell you how: you lose sense of smell and taste completely. One might as well eat dirt. Our bodies (and souls) need movement, fresh air. Only once you suddenly can’t go outside and run, do you see how much you need it. …
Work situation update
In this time I learned that in long term the good always overcomes the bad. But short term the bad can be strong. Enough to touch one’s physical and possibly even mental health. My advice, if you find yourself in an unhealthy work environment and have a case where you really can’t go anywhere else, …
When you have a very bad case of a coworker and a way to deal with it
Coming to a new work space full of fresh energy, enthusiasm, inspiration and best intentions to do the best you can only to get crushed from every angle, one doesn’t have much or any motivation left for staying in such a work environment. Sounds familiar? I hope not – for your sake. What happened In …
A part of me would be missing if it weren’t for Lara Croft
I first met the character at the age of about 13 years, my friend had the game. I was amazed by the story, Lara’s bravery and mostly, of course, her physical abilities. I dare say it affected my greatly and in a very good way. I will not be getting into the games, films and …
How to always be your true self and have fun wherever you are
This post was inspired by the book How to be Parisian wherever you are. I could start with the proverb: Always be yourself, there’s enough of everyone else already. It’s somewhat cliché, but it exists for a reason. It’s so much effort trying to be something or someone we’re really not and it doesn’t get …