5 takeaways from this challenging trip. — I don’t consider myself as adventurous but I do like to challenge myself. Especially when it comes to physical challenges. So, at the end of August I travelled in 5 days from the south of Germany, through Austria, to Lake Garda in Italy. With the bicycle. I drove a total…

Not being productive may lead the way to a more joyful life. — Where do children get their energy from? How can they get up early in the morning and express their joy and excitement about the day until the sun goes down? How can they even look forward to each new day like that? And when was the last time, we as…

When life truly ends in the blink of an eye — Life is short. Every day is a gift. Carpe diem. These words are reminders that are never loud enough to make themselves heard in the noise of everyday life. There’s work and family demanding our attention. We have hassles with colleagues, bills to pay, to-do lists to work through, groceries…

You can inspire someone too — The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in what they want to do. -Kobe Bryant An evening four years ago, at the beginning of January. We were discussing something I don’t remember exactly. But I do remember that text-message you sent…

Sometimes we only need more of sobriety in different forms. — What’s the worst thing, that can happen to you, when you’re trying to get or stay in shape? What’s the worst thing for your fitness or your plans for the gym? What’s the worst thing for your body while practicing or preparing for a competition or big game? Right, getting…

You can make new ones. The future, that unwritten canvas in front of us, can scare the hell out of us. Especially in the modern world, with infinite options to live life. It’s in our nature to fight that uncertainty by making plans. We want to have it all figured…

Numbing our pain can prevent necessary change. — Pain killers are a blessing of modern medicine — to a certain degree. They ease headaches, inflammations and when used in terminal diseases can ease suffering. Taking pain killers can be necessary but very often those pills are the easy and fast solution for many of us. As it is…

When was the last time you made time stop? — Last year, a few days before my birthday, I bought myself a portafilter machine. And I had no idea, what I got myself into. I kind of naively expected to get very good espresso right away, without the need of going through some kind of learning process. In the modern…

Why we should be living to our own standards and thereby set new standards. — When looking at the covers of women’s magazines in the grocery store, it seems as if women would’ve only one big problem. One big thing to talk and think about: self-love. The covers are overdrawn with different variations of How to feel comfortable with your body. Or: Ten steps to…