The blunt answer is ‘no’. A week ago a seed was planted in my mind. I attended an event of NEMO – the science museum in Amsterdam – with the theme ‘Thinking Planet’. With an open mind, not really sure what to expect, I let the evening unfold. It was an exiting evening with inspiration […]
Last week I heard about curling parents for the first time. My offspring is beyond the age of needing ‘curling’, but I can relate to this phenomenon. But – learning the hard way – I know this is ‘not a good idea’, to state it mildly. Just in case you missed it – just like I […]
Pushing myself. Doing things I thought I would never do. From the basic belief, that if I can do it, so can you. I need to explore how far I can stretch myself, to understand how far I can make you stretch. The big thing The big thing – the really big thing – I […]
What does it feel like to be you? Are you relaxed or do you feel pressured to perform? As if you are in a treadmill, in a never ending cycle to progress… Stop! Running harder will not get you anywhere. Breaking habits, slowing down the cycle is the only way to go. There’s no way […]
Do you ever wonder what the future holds for us? To me it seems that we have been trying to be like a machine. At least I have. To be a machine? Or not to be machine? But we aren’t machines, are we? What if we stopped trying to be like a machine, and started […]
Today I came stumbled upon this video on my phone. A wish I sent friends on January 1. Time flies. Today is October 1. What became of that movement? Or has a lot been set in motion unconsciously? Unconscious motion? Looking at myself, January 1 seems ages ago. I decided to leave Amsterdam; to sell […]
A curious mind constantly asks questions I love questions. Especially those questions that don’t have a straightforward answer. The kind of questions that make you think, wonder and ponder. In the summer of 2018 I heard a talk by the Alix Rübsaam, tech philosopher and researcher, at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam. Her talk […]
This morning I dropped off a package. I parked my bike in front of the store and walked inside. I wasn’t the only one in the shop. The other customer looked at me and advised me to lock my bike. I turned around, my bike was less than 4 meters away. No, I really don’t […]
In this case it wasn’t my plan, but oh my, it was a great plan! And seeing it unfold was amazing. Not just WOW. It touched me. A sensation that something unique was happening, a wave of things that matter. Find your voice The event started with Jitske Kramer sharing how important silence is: Silence, the […]
Or ‘How our rollercoaster ride turned into a snail trail’. No need to rush Slowly but surely our life is slowing down. There is no need to rush, to speed things up, to continue to run. While a new reality is dawning, this slower pace allows us to see where we are.It allows us to […]
