“I couldn’t finish my work until today, because I couldn’t come to the office earlier, because the weather was bad and traffic sucked.” – How often did you tell something like this to yourself or your boss or your spouse? Be honest, that is...
I once had a talk trying to explain someone minimalism. The immediate response was; if minimalism in itself wouldn’t be a contradiction and if that’s not even quite excessive. A quite interesting view, let’s discuss that from multiple viewpoints. Huh? Probably I had a...
Since Friday I am trying to get 1667 words out of my hands every single day. On Friday it worked not that bad and I had a strong start. As long as I was writing the preface this wasn’t an issue at all, I knew exactly what to...
Yes, I know you had plans for 2019 and you still have, but let me tell you something. 2019 is nearly over. There are only 70 days left! Visualize that and again tell me your plans for 2019. Are you sad now? Good! Because that planning year by year won‘...
Good Morning, 05:56 here, I am ready to go, but first I want to sit down and tell you what I have done. I want to tell you about my commitment. Last week I have decided to take on these years NaNoWriMo, without actually knowing too much about it....
Last week I was sitting there and getting just a bit annoyed by my phone, it seemed cluttered. Usually I had a very clean layout of a 4×4 grid. 4 folders on the top: WorkConnectGoSift The idea behind this is to cluster the apps I am mostly using....
When I entered the job world after finishing IT school I thought I know everything, luckily I didn’t. I was standing there, thinking I am ready to tackle just anything. Luckily I fell on my nose pretty quickly. I didn’t know anything, yeah in school I learned how...
How often you told yourself Some day I will be this or Some day I will do that? Let me tell you, that magical Some day will never come unless you don‘t start taking action. You will die – that‘s for sure If you lost loved ones, or...
From the first of October on I will take on the next step in my career. I will be the head of web development in the company I am working for and be responsible for nearly 30 developers, ops guys, and data engineers. For me, that is huge. It won’...
I know, you want to be that great athlete from the latest TV commercial. And the ad promises you, that you can make it just because of these awesome shiny shoes with a triple foam wtf sole. Go buy them. Or better stick here and read my article, save your...
Motivating yourself is not always easy, it can be really hard to get your ass of the couch sometimes. While some people and some really awesome blogs (how shameless), try it with positive approaches, today I want to talk about the opposite. How to motivate yourself with negative experiences. When...
Currently I am sitting on the Feuersee in Stuttgart, which quickly became one of my most favorite places to sit and write. There are always people around here. Different characters and stories, which also can be inspiring for topics to write about. For the rest of the day I have...
I never had a month like this one, that felt so long and valuable. In August, I moved into my new home, got to know some new people, and learned a lot. Also, I discovered a new place where I now love to spend a lot of time after a...
3358 kilometers until we arrive in Mumbai. Here in the cabin of the plane, you always can enjoy some uninterrupted thoughts. There are no phone calls, emails, or anything ringing and beeping. Of course, other factors could disturb you, but for me, it’s way more enjoyable to think and...