Being sick is one thing. Being sick and having to take care of other sick beings is another level. It brings me back to thinking about the domains model I started writing and thinking about on Jan 9th of this year. The whole family is sick at the moment. We’re …
Close your eyes. Imagine yourself sitting in a place where you’re comfortable. It may be where you are right now. It may be at home, on a sunny beach, in the forest, wherever you like. And imagine yourself sitting there, and then you see a slight smile appear on your …
If you have a good plan, stick to it. If you have a bad plan, improve it. If you don’t have a plan, make it.
The Corona virus outbreak in China scares me. In 1918-1920 the Spanish Flu killed 100.000.000 people. A hundred million. Let that sink in. HIV and AIDS killed over 30.000.000 people from the 1960’s now. The SARS and MERS coronaviruses were amongst the most dangerous in the 21st century and both …
Our daughter has a timer-sheep now in her bedroom. The light turns ‘red’ and sheep closes its eyes – with a ferm click sound – at 7:30PM. And the thing opens its eyes, the light turns ‘green’ and sais “meehhh” at 6:15AM. Last week we placed the thing in her …
Wow, and time has flown. Today it’s Emily’s birthday! She already knows how to put up 2 fingers and show that she’s 2 years old… She also knows how to say ‘no’ at every idea I have, to say ‘poo’ instead of ‘peanut butter’ on her bread. From zero to …
Kids play all the time. They experiment. And we adults encourage them. We’re incredibly happy when they showcase a new skill. Even though they need the upcoming 10 or 20 years of polishing that skill until it’s mature. We are their biggest fans. When we encourage kids, they learn that …
We happen to raise our – two years minus a couple days – daughter a screen minimalist, at least until she goes to primary school. She happens to love reading books, play with toys, do puzzles, role play stuffed animals, crafting, play wit her mini-kitchen, dance and just hang out …
When I get stressed. I speed up: speaking, having less patience and I want to move faster physically. I lose oversight. I tend to jump in instead of zooming out. It would help me to find a different routine. Zoom out. Declutter stuff. Get back to my WHY and if …
Not back to the future. To me, selling my book is one of the things I flee for. I have created this remarkable anti-stres journal ‘Collectie van Rampen’. I just have a hard time by the idea of selling. I’m a bit insecure of what people might think of the …