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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)
I have no big struggles at the moment. Weeks are flowing into one another and every week feels roughly the same, with small deviations. Months fly by in the blink of an eye. I am mostly healthy and can pursue my hobbies in my free time. I have a great social circle and I am blessed with wonderful friends. I feel...
There is no theory too stupid to believe in. If there exists an idea about something, people will defend it. So I no longer wonder how people can believe in a theory that is so far removed from reality that you have to abandon all reason and logic to come to such a conclusion. You can apparently make every concept...
One often overlooked benefit of journaling is recognizing our own thinking patterns. Because journaling records our thoughts, after some time we should have an index of the things we think about. We can use this to our advantage to tackle worries or negative emotions in a structured way. When we write, we tend to...
Boredom is mostly seen as something negative. We want to kill boredom, because it feels bad. It is the signal that we are starved of engaging activities. My view on boredom is different now from when I was younger. Although the feeling itself is still uncomfortable, it is a privileged position to be in, because it...
Staying slim and fit has always been a goal that has guided me throughout my life. I have been exercising with varying intensity and frequency since I was a teenager. Of course, there were the usual benefits of working out: Staying healthy, looking good, having fun. But when I hit a slump, certain reasons kept me...
I will present three widely used logical fallacies that share the same principle: my statement is true because I am pointing to some other thing that was present or also true. This other thing doesn't have a correlation to the thing I want to prove. These fallacies improperly use something prior in time as proof of...
Why do a lot of people feel undesirable during the online dating process? We can of course face rejection while we are already in touch with a person because it just doesn't click. But at least there was an initial willingness to get to know that person. With this post, I want to focus on the rejection that happens...
Why do a lot of people feel undesirable during the online dating process? We can of course face rejection while we are already in touch with a person because it just doesn't click. But at least there was an initial willingness to get to know that person. With this post, I want to focus on the rejection that happens...
When it rains, I feel safe. The outside transforms into a place that should be avoided. Sunny weather will push you to go outside to take advantage of the chances it offers, but rain will not push you. It signals that you'd better stay inside, that this is the only place you should currently be because there is no...
It's a never-ending cycle. I notice that I waste too much time scrolling on my smartphone. I reach a point where I want to change my behavior with long-lasting success. For some time I succeed to follow the rule I have set for myself to not waste 1 minute mindlessly doom-scrolling. The change in behavior focuses on...
Power is owned, strength is used. Power can be inherited, but strength cannot. Strength is something you have to show and display repeatedly when the situation demands it. To see the use of strength is evidence enough that a person deserves our respect. To see power is evidence of nothing, because we don't know what...
Silence can be deafening. Especially between two people who want to keep a conversation going, but fail to do so. I was always searching for a way to move the conversation forward. Early in my relationships, with new friends or with colleagues at work. Silence was not an option, because it would reveal something...
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