"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." - Carl Gustav Jung Often we can't choose the situations that happen to us. Whether a partner breaks up with us, whether we don't get the job we wanted or whether our coffee cup falls off the breakfast table.About many situations...
"For from the standpoint of youth, life is an infinitely long future; from the standpoint of age, a very short past." - Arthur Schopenhauer When we are in our youth, we think we still have our whole life ahead of us. But when we are old and look back on our lives, it is...
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu The most important thing is when we have a task, or want to tackle something, to start doing it. If we are intimidated by the sheer size of the task and don't start it at all, we will never finish it. Most of the time, the first...
In my experience, the easiest way to manage everyday life better is to revise the many small activities we do every day instead of setting a huge goal. Whether it's a morning routine that gets us well into the day or eating a banana instead of a candy bar. I do, however, want to...
I see the need for emotional distance most clearly in times when a lot is happening quickly and you are more likely to be overwhelmed by the situation than to actually manage it, for example when you are separating from your partner or starting a new job. In such times, simply pausing for a moment can allow us to view the situation in a completely...
It's a great feeling every time I get into the flow state. It used to happen from time to time. By sheer coincidence. And I wasn't really aware of what was happening. Being in flow was a concept to me, but I had no idea how much more was hidden behind it. After a long...
After traveling through South-East Asia with a backpack for the first time, I realized that you don't really need much to live. On the contrary, it even felt good to only have to take care of a handful of things. That's why, when I got back home, I sorted out many of my possessions. And even now...
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