This is the second installment of my series called Hitting the Digital Brakes. The first post was On the Joys of Imperfection I didn’t grow up with computers, phones, tablets and such. The tech I grew up with record players and my portable radio, camera’s and my record player. The first computer came into my life in...

This is the second installment of my series called Hitting the Digital Brakes. The first post was On the Joys of ImperfectionI didn't grow up with computers, phones, tablets and such. The tech I grew up with record players and my portable radio, camera's and my record player.The first computer came into my life in...

Dear Creative Soul,This has been floating in my mind for a very long time (inspired by something someone else said, I think?)Those who can create art, create art, those who don’t create art, try to put it into convenient boxes.I think this is why, to me, one of the first rules of creating art is breaking out of...

Dear Creative Soul, This has been floating in my mind for a very long time (inspired by something someone else said, I think?) Those who can create art, create art, those who don’t create art, try to put it into convenient boxes. I think this is why, to me, one of the first rules of creating art is breaking out of...

Hey you. Yes, you. You’re a writer, right? Bet your hard disk is filled with awesome stories you’ve written. I also bet you’ve got some skeletons hidden in a dusty closeted corner of your hard disk. Files that contain bad writing! You know, the horrors that should never see daylight again. Writing you may have...

Hey you. Yes, you.You're a writer, right? Bet your hard disk is filled with awesome stories you've written. I also bet you've got some skeletons hidden in a dusty closeted corner of your hard disk. Files that contain bad writing!You know, the horrors that should never see daylight again.Writing you may have worked...

I first posted this in 2020. Nothing has changed, really. My spirituality has been a meandering path, from growing up in a Christian household and leaving the church at 12 to where I’m now. I did a lot of searching to find what I already knew as a child. Here are the stories that led me to this realisation. Story 1,...

I first posted this in 2020. Nothing has changed, really.---My spirituality has been a meandering path, from growing up in a Christian household and leaving the church at 12 to where I'm now.I did a lot of searching to find what I already knew as a child. Here are the stories that led me to this realisation.Story 1,...

I found an old blog post about my reading habits, and decided to update it for my current habits plus some funny things related to me and reading. What are yours? I mix up physical books, audiobooks and e-books and I always have several books in progress. Some I read in the morning, some I listen to while working on...

I found an old blog post about my reading habits, and decided to update it for my current habits plus some funny things related to me and reading.What are yours? I mix up physical books, audiobooks and e-books and I always have several books in progress. Some I read in the morning, some I listen to while working on...

I wrote this twelve years ago. I was looking for something to repost today, my birthday, to reflect my overwhelming gratitude for being alive. This fits. I needed this, and maybe you did too. I have adjusted my examples to reflect my life in the past years. This is such a powerful exercise to break through fear....

I wrote this twelve years ago. I was looking for something to repost today, my birthday, to reflect my overwhelming gratitude for being alive. This fits. I needed this, and maybe you did too. I have adjusted my examples to reflect my life in the past years. This is such a powerful exercise to break through fear....