I have wanted to write this post for a very long time… In October 2017, I was in a desperate state. It was a few days before my sister’s wedding and I felt incredibly lonely because I couldn’t stop thinking about my ex. I was feeling unhappy with my job and I was living in…
Category: Introduction
Day 5: Purpose
Hello again, and welcome to day five of the virtual self-development conference. If this is the first article you read in this series, I recommend to go back to the introduction and to day 1 where I kick off the conference and establish some ground rules. Imagine a Venn diagram with three parts. We already…
Day 4: Passion
Huhu and welcome to day four of the virtual self-development conference. If this is the first article you read in this series, I recommend to go back to the introduction and to day 1 where I kick off the conference and establish some ground rules. We are at half-time and we are taking up speed….
Day 1: know yourself
Yesterday, I announced the start of an experiment which will be a virtual self-development conference using this blog. To save some of your precious time, I will not repeat the reason and the agenda again, but link to it here. As the title suggests, the first day of the conference is about getting to know…
Poem: The wind
When I close my eyes the ocean seems near But instead of waves it is the wind that I hear Mighty old trees bend under its power They turn and move like a majestic flower Wind can be like a whisper Gently it caresses our face Wind can take the form of a twister…
Limericks about tea
Today, I felt like writing a poem again. As I drank and bought a lot of tea during the last two weeks and because I like limericks, I tried to write some limericks about tea. I hope you enjoy them =) I do like all kinds of tea it’s my way to gain energy…
Reflection: 10 months of writing a daily blog
Today is day number 305 which equals exactly 10 months of writing a daily blog. Once a month, I sit down to simply reflect about the blog. What happened and where I want to go. Looking back at all the articles I wrote, I realized that writing one article a day might be too much…
300 days
I reached another milestone. This article will mean that I have written at least one article for 300 consecutive days. I feel quite proud today. From time to time I like to calculate for how long I could have written this blog, if I had only posted one, two, or three articles a week. I…
Some changes regarding the blog =)
There are some changes I made with regards to the blog =). As you can see, I changed the design of the blog. I saw it on a different blog and just liked the way it is structured. I hope you also like it =). This also went hand in hand with an update on…
Stories of a Colorful Life
Why did I choose this particular name for my blog? For me, life consists of ups and downs, of light and darkness. In summary of all colors and their different shades. I think it is important that we acknowledge all aspects of life. Not only the good or the bad ones. This is why this…
Reflection: 9 Months of Writing a Daily Blog
It is time again. Another months of writing a daily blog is over, making it 9 months or 75% or 273 days. Time to reflect about the last months and my experience in general.
Stories of a Colorful Life 