I fell in love with (and in) Mexico. More specifically, Playa del Carmen. The life there is a good life. It’s been a week I’m gone now, and I really, really miss it. The places, the people...everything! I’m at a loss for words. I feel like writing 10,000 words wouldn’t do justice to the experiences of the last 7 months...but what I can do is give you a little sneak peak into … [Read more...]
The Dark Years
There’s a concept that many self-made men call “the dark years.” I think I’m getting the first-hand experience of what that means...It was a rough day yesterday. Started at 6 am and finished at midnight, I was literally giving email-direction till 11.57pm. I felt drained, and frustrated, and pissed off.If that “son of a *****” client could have their ***** together, … [Read more...]
Crushing your reality and an early X-mas gift
I’ve recently returned from a reality-crushing week in Tenerife that made me realize a peculiar secret...Canary islands could indeed be a little piece of paradise.Where most of the world known to me is covered in snow and dark, I got to swim and sunbathe on 23 degrees.Instead of waking up to an alarm, I got to do my own schedule. I got to combine hanging out with an … [Read more...]
Soya Sauce, Beans and Stoicism
If you follow my content, you know I am a big fan of stoicism. The basis premise of stoic philosophy is denying yourself of various pleasures. Deny yourself of good food, sex, clothes, material things, positive emotions, success, whatever. As a result you toughen up. It’s a personal choice. And when you have no access to those things as a result of fate/chance/shit happens, … [Read more...]
Understanding & Setting boundaries – When is it enough?
Setting boundaries is something I learned a lot about in my late teenage years when I was working as a therapeutic support worker in summer camps for “difficult children.” You see, a lot of these challenging children (they quickly get stigmatized as aggressive, hyperactive, depressive…) have a problem with understanding boundaries. When is it not funny anymore? When is it not … [Read more...]