Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
Everyday thoughts, bits and pieces. Blogging, I mean…
We all know what the placebo effect is: if you’re told you’re getting a good medicine, you’re getting better, even if in the medicine is just some inactive compound mixed with sugar. What is less known, though, is that there is a counterpart of this, called the “nocebo” effect. If you’re told you’re going to … Read more
It may be that the memory of the last marathon is still very fresh – it’s been just 3 days since I finished it. Or it may be that I’m once again caught in a whirlwind of intricacies that I have to solve, papers that I have to obtain, deadlines that I have to meet, … Read more
Which means there should be a plan in the first place. Of course, we can also use other approaches when we’re stuck, like improvising. As surprising as it may seem, this is not contradicting the planning approach, it just means improvising is part of the plan. Having a plan doesn’t always mean slicing the big … Read more
Today is the first day of the tenth month of my 365 days challenge. I usually post at the end of each month a “checkpoint” type of article, recapping what went well, what went not so well, and, generally, how the challenge has progressed. I didn’t do this on September’s last day, but I’m going … Read more
When I was a I kid, I was fortunate enough to spend my holidays in the country side, at my grandparents’. It was a true countryside, we didn’t have running water, and in the first few years we didn’t even have electricity. We used to make light with a gas lamp, and heat with woods. … Read more
Here we go, another Monday. Which means it’s time for another Monday Moving Forward installment, part of a series of posts in which I explore ways to start the week on a more positive and productive note, to get rid of the dreaded “Mondays are so bad” mantra, and to get unstuck easier after the … Read more
Today it has been a proper Sunday. I didn’t have a real, settled and cozy Sunday in months. Probably half a year, if I really think about it. It was either loading up on more work, researching the move in another country, preparing for the move in another country, testing the move in another country … Read more
Today is the last day of the eighth month of this year. From the first day of 2021, until now, I published a post every day on this blog. I still have 4 months to go, because the goal is to publish an article for 365 days. At the end of each month, I do … Read more
