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The Great Power of Goals
A few years ago, through bullet journaling, I came up with the idea of not focusing exclusively on appointments in my organizer, but much more on myself. In addition to a full-time job, family and studies, I somehow couldn’t manage the creative design of my appointment and life planner, so I finally looked around for a finished model that would meet my requirements. I found it two years ago. What do I actually want? Right on the first pages of this business planner (commission link) I’m being made to look seriously at my goals: Life goals, short and long term goals.I notice that I used to give vague thoughts about…
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I Don’t Buy Anything!
That was the name of a book I read a few years ago. The author Nunu Kaller reports in this about her refusal to consume: A year without new clothes and styling accessories. Fortunately, I have no shopping problem at all when it comes to clothing, but – perhaps rather untypical for “cliché girls” – but with the purchase of new technical gadgets. I have now made myself clear about that more under control. The extensive sale of superfluous things does something to you. The more I deal with the topics of minimalism and frugalism, the easier it is for me to imagine doing the same as the author, albeit…
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#ratherreadthansurf – Digital Minimalism vs. FoMO
I want to have more time. Time for me, for my daughter, my partner and for the beautiful things in life. I would like to read more, do sports, post more often on entsesselt and after Corona also do more with friends and relatives. And I want to finally finish my studies.The main thing is to work on my fear of missing out (FoMO). It would be great if the minimalism, which I am learning to appreciate more and more, could also be applied to the digital world. I don’t want to be constantly torn out of the flow by my smartphone or get distracted for several hours a day.…
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Lack of Time: Finally Regaining Time!
I need more time! For sure, you know the feeling too. In the morning you get up, eat something, get ready, do something quickly and then you go to work. In the evening you come home tired, make yourself something to eat and actually go straight to bed. At least that’s how I feel! I don’t even watch TV in the evening, otherwise I would know where the time has gone. The time is running … It is interesting that outsiders always think that my time management seems to be exceptionally good.In fact, I do quite a lot every day, and I usually find myself very productive. I worked full-time…
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House Dust Allergy – what now?
I’ve suffered from allergies for as long as I can remember. Contrary to what the headline suggests, I wasn’t diagnosed with a house dust allergy at the time, but one against small animal hair. For me, contact with manageable animals such as B. hamsters or guinea pigs, but also birds (or their feathers, including down) immediately on the lungs. Then, from one second to the next, I simply can’t breathe: asthma. As a first grader, I received this diagnosis from the doctor at the time. Immediately afterwards my hamsters were given away. We also had to move. The doctor said our coal stove wasn’t particularly good for my lung health…
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Wild Trash? An App can Help
When Holger and I were plogging for the first time on New Year’s Eve, we reported on our interesting rubbish finds. The plan to bring the microwave discovered on a park bench to the recycling center promptly failed because of the time (we went to Lübeck on New Year’s Eve). In addition, the thing is not exactly easy to bring to the recycling yard without a car. An app against rubbish in nature So I was all the happier when I accidentally discovered the following app: MÜLLweg! The app is just great. You can use this to report exactly such (and other) wild trash to the responsible waste disposal company.…
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Good Resolutions… New Year, New Luck?
It feels absolutely good, so pure, like a blank page on which a new story will soon emerge. Everything is still open, everything is possible. Such a break, i.e. the turn of the year, always harbors the possibility or at least the hope of a positive change – in the form of good resolutions. In the last year a lot went really well for me! So all in all, I can look back on a very, very beautiful, incredibly loving and happy year. But some things did not go so well either, and it is precisely these that need to be changed this year, which I became particularly aware of…
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Christmas: The Great Consumer Frenzy
It is the run up to Christmas. It is exactly that time of the year when pretty much everyone is wondering what presents to give whom for Christmas. Anyone who is well ahead of it has already obtained the first gifts or at least already created an overview of gift ideas. Those who are far from that far begin to get more and more stressed with each day that the festival of love approaches. In any case, the retail sector is looking forward to it, as it benefits mercilessly from consumption at Christmas. Presents for Christmas Basically, I don’t mind giving each other gifts. I like the positive excitement about…
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