Entries from May 2009

May 30, 2009

My blogchallenge: a weekly update 6

It’s Saturday and that means the bloghallenge update is here again.
Things were slow this week, very slow. For the first time since the 1st of May (with 35 views) the number of pageviews dipped below the 50 yesterday, reaching only 38. If you read enough about blogging however you know that at certain times a [...]

May 29, 2009

The Tao of the Short Blogpost

 Time and time again I look at this screen and think about what to write next. Where to get my inspiration and how to make an interesting blogpost. Today I had no inspiration at all so I decided to look through some of my old blogposts and the comments I got there.
One in particular did [...]

May 27, 2009

Minimalism = Simplicity = Freedom and What a Ferrari has to do with it

 
It seems minimalism is getting more popular every day. Now in my about page it states that I’m a minimalist, however I’m still working on the 100 items challenge I’ve written about all those weeks ago. It’s much harder than it would seem and I think this is going to take some more time.  But why [...]

May 26, 2009

Truly learning or just reinforcing current beliefs

 
Yesterday a tweet came along in my screen I really would like to share with you:
 
 
Amazing how often when we think we’re learning, we’re really not. We’re just seeking evidence to reinforce our current beliefs – Jonathan Mead
 
I would like to follow this quote with another one that I’ve taken from someone I believe is [...]

May 25, 2009

Micro habits, the little things we do every day

 
 
As you sit reading this blogpost, close your eyes for a second and feel your body. The way you are sitting now, is probably the way you always sit. Maybe hanging to one side a bit more, maybe rotating your spine in some way. Are you sitting symmetrical?
The way we sit is just one of [...]