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Victor
I am Victor, a software developer from Germany. I use this blog to structure my thoughts or think them to a conclusion. Some topics are more intuitively written, while others have more research behind them. I will tag them accordingly in the future. The name of my blog comes from the fact that I often write my thoughts about a topic in my journal first and later extract it to a blog post.
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All posts (34)
Creating something can be an easy target for the day when you find it hard to follow a purpose at the moment. We decide what purpose to follow because we want to and it is easier to live with one. But it is difficult to decide what purpose is fitting or fulfilling. By creating, we produce something permanent that...
The rabbit hole for journaling can go deep. You can use different formats, different journaling techniques, you can even start a bullet journal, which has its own practices. The tools you use for writing can also change the experience, for example the paper size and texture. And don't get me started on pens. Many...
At work, we talked about the sudden passing of a coworker's friend and how it affected him and how it is also something you have to deal with sooner or later. One coworker said: "From 30 onwards, it is likely that the first people in your friend group will die. Some due to cancer, some due to substance abuse and...
New ideas cannot develop without silence. With constant stimulation to keep our mind busy, there is no growth inside of us. Our mind needs space and time to process new information. You have to be with yourself and let your mind wander to just take ideas further and further until a spark happens. Of course, you can...
Sometimes I just don't want to work. Yet it is assumed that I have to work five days a week. Yes, I get money for that. But my employer also assumes that I am motivated five times a week. That I am productive five times a week. Even if I would do a hobby for that much time every day, it would burn me out. With real...
You can evaluate how much a specific goal or value matters to you by looking at the sacrifices you are willing to make to achieve it. But I don't mean every kind of sacrifice. There are sacrifices that are easy to make. There is not much discomfort in enduring them at the moment but they can harm you in the long...
I have the tendency to throw all my ambitions and resolutions overboard if another topic/thing fully captivates me. I strive for balance in my life. I feel best when my day is split up in many small activities that do not fully consume me. This works for some time until something enters my life that leaves all the...
Cleaning your room or apartment can be a cleansing activity. If your apartment is dirty or cluttered with things, it also clutters your mind. There will always be this thought in the back of your head that this should be tidy, that this can be clean if you would just do the chore. Things lying around take up mental...
Work can feel meaningful if one of two prerequisites are met. Either the work you do is contributing to a greater good and the output of your work is part of a larger framework that tries to make a positive impact on society or your community or directly serves these people. Or the execution of the work is...
If you ask people online if parents should tell their kids that they are beautiful independently of their actual looks, the answer is universally: yes. Why even focus on the looks of your children? Because they can tell that something is off when you do not make a comment about it at all. When they reach a certain...
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