In the flood of COVID-19 updates, you might’ve seen mine. I’ve noticed that it provides me with some sort of security to predict, read and speak on the topic. But it actually delivers me nothing. So I’ll withhold from commenting on Corona as of now. Enough is written and to …
That the first thing you think of in the morning is that specific thing you want to achieve. A goal, and not an optional one. We devote our days to a long list of stuff, and what we discover is that we only get the shortlist done. And sometimes not …
You now have one responsibility: As a non risk group person, make sure you don’t need to take an IC bed that’s meant for the weak. Stay healthy. How? Don’t go to see others. The Washington Post has created visual simulations that are a must see to understand this deeply. …
You do. I don’t have a choice is a childish way of saying that you have a choice but you don’t want to make the hard decision and face the consequences. This morning, I caught myself saying “I don’t have a choice”, when we spoke about losing weight and eating …
Corona. We have never seen something like this before. We know pandemics from the movies and names in history books. Immunologists have seen this before. They have studied it. They understand the dynamics and unique nature and (un)predictability of viruses and infection diseases. One thing stuck with me from the …
Imagine a good friend having a hard time. You walk up to her and put an arm around her. You comfort her. It’s okay. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Give yourself a bit of slack. What about when the good friend is not that friend, but it’s you yourself. …
The conversation you go in, with the goal to get out. And this is what might help. Know thy why Understand why you are going in, what you are defending or trying to accomplish and why it’s a good idea to do that. Knowing yourself is the way to open …
Let me get straight to the point: I have a schizophrenic relationship with coffee. At times, I love it deeply ánd I hate it intensely. I love the taste, the smell, the thought of it, the warmth, the cosy feeling it gives me. I hate the chain reaction of hormones …
A moment of truth: ’the decisive point in the progress of a disease’. A turning point: ‘vitally important or decisive state of things, point at which change must come, for better or worse’. Crisis. It’s when we would say, the situation is untenable. Did you make scenario’s, for the point …
You may know that as of December ’19 I’ve dramatically minimized my social media use. Except for messaging apps. Here’s what I’ve learnt: This saves me 3-6 hours a week in time, and I honestly believe 6-12 hours in mind-space (ability for focused attention). I don’t crave my smartphone – …