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February 5 2021

A quick-guide to dodge the algorithm using AdBlock

When you’re considering spending less time on social media, one click could lead to hours of wasted time. When you get on YouTube, you will get so many recommendations that you get sucked into the algorithm and use it more and more. I would like to give some huge tips that helped be a lot […]

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January 26 2021

Reflections

After reading my journals I saw that I repeat a lot of things. I’ve written down a list of things over the years and I wanted to share it. These are the points that I learned in life but mainly from reading and watching self-help material and they capture a lot of self-help information on […]

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January 17 2021

My reflections on 2020 and thoughts on 2021.

Even though Corona spread over the world, forcing me to often stay inside, it was quite an action-packed year. This post is more personal and aimed on my experiences through this year, but also what my plans are for 2021.   In April, me and my brother bought and moved into an apartment in Amsterdam. […]

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January 16 2021

The 2 books that changed me the most in 2020

2020 was quite the year huh. I’m planning on writing a reflection on 2020 (it’s here), but first I would like to share 2 books that influenced me the most in 2020. The first one is The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson, you can read my review if you want, but it is a reminder […]

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January 15 2021

6 Things we can learn from Leonardo da Vinci

After reading ‘Leonardo da Vinci — The biography’ by Walter Isaacson, I was astonished by Leonardo’s life (also by Walter’s writing). He achieved exceptional things, but he had flaws too. Being born in the 15th century was substantially different from now, but we can still apply the learnings of this genius to our generation. Leonardo was a […]

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January 5 2020

The top 5 books that changed me the most in 2019

In this blog post, I’ll chat a little bit about the books that influenced and changed me the most in 2019. Compared to last year, I’ve read a couple more books. In 2017 I didn’t read any book so I already made a lot of progress in 2018. In that year I read 10 books, […]

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August 8 2019

Setting weekly goals

Having goals makes life challenging and fun. It’s key to help achieve progress. Therefore you should have small goals and big goals because just having a big goal will only make you anxious rather than motivated and happy. But in this article, I’ll only talk about small goals. I watched a lecture by Jordan Peterson […]

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