When i got back from vacation at the end of august i felt relaxed, ready to go to work. Then i opened my inbox and my first thought was: ‘why can’t things run smoothly for a short while’. The first day back and i already lost my relaxed mindset. Shortly after i started feeling aContinue reading “My Battle with Graves Disease, part 7: setback scare”
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Digital Minimalism: free your mind
As mentioned in my previous blog i got a lot of reading done. This book was also a great read, and more, a call to action for myself to evaluate how technology and social media impacted my life. The book is called ‘Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World’ by Cal Newport.Continue reading “Digital Minimalism: free your mind”
Range: generalists triumph!
A vacation is always a good way to read a few books from your to-read list in a short period. I managed to read 5 the past 2 weeks, 2 of which i wanted to write a blog about. This blog is about: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein: TheContinue reading “Range: generalists triumph!”
My Battle With Graves Disease, part 6
How i feel Since my last blog about graves disease i kept check on how i feel and how much i weigh. Feeling agitated and losing weight (and not sleeping well) are primary indicators something is up. So far so good, despite COVID-19 being around. My weight has been rather stable, between 96 and 98Continue reading “My Battle With Graves Disease, part 6”
‘Nine Lies About Work’ – challenging assumptions
I love to read books that challenge assumptions and that make me rethink certain topics. Overdiagnosed by G. Welch, Guns Germs & Steel and The Last Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond and more popular, Freakonimics (and it’s succesor, superfreakonimics) by Levitt and Dubner. Especially in my battle against Graves disease i’ve learned to be very criticalContinue reading “‘Nine Lies About Work’ – challenging assumptions”
Teaching Crossfit: making small steps
When i decided to take the crossfit level 1 trainer course, i also had the intention of teaching people. And although i already had my first real time teaching crossfit, it still felt like a trial and not yet real. So now that the corona-rules are reduced to the point where we can start workingContinue reading “Teaching Crossfit: making small steps”
The Value of Friendship
My wife and i had a discussion about our friends, or lack of and how this evolved over time and what we expect from friendship. When you are a young kid, making friends is somehow easy (although not for every kid), you just walk up and ask if they want to play, and most ofContinue reading “The Value of Friendship”
Crossfit Level 1 Trainer, what happened next?
Since my last crossfit post quite a few things happened, some even unexpected so let me give you an update. Online Courses One of the things i closed my last related post with was with the fact i wanted to do some online course to supplement my CF-L1. So i took the following courses: SpotContinue reading “Crossfit Level 1 Trainer, what happened next?”
Overload on the (large & small) screen
Last week i read an article regarding an opinion about the just released image stills from the upcoming movie Dune. The title contained the word ‘underwhelming’. I felt irritated and it was mindboggling that someone formed an opinion based on a few images. Also because i just watched a vlog from Quinn’s Ideas with hisContinue reading “Overload on the (large & small) screen”
Crossfit do’s and don’ts
I’ve been practicing Crossfit for over 2 years now and i wanted to share some of my experience and things i would have liked to have known prior to starting Crossfit. So here goes: Value technique over intensity During a wod and in the box it’s very easy to go into the redzone and tryContinue reading “Crossfit do’s and don’ts”
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