Challenge your body and mind, in any way you can.
Ease of communication and hyper-connectivity comes with a myriad of advantages as well as disadvantages. As good as it can be at times, I am probably leaning towards it having dragged along as many new problems as it solved along the way. Not that we shouldn't have it, but we need to adapt to both … Continue reading How to deal with long reply times or no answer
To start of the third issue of this newsletter/series we have Kirkegaard as it is spelled with no use of our Danish characters. Kirkegaard is such an obvious choice for so many reasons. Like me, he is/was Danish and like me he was quite fascinated with philosophy. He can be quite hard to read and … Continue reading LFK Thoughtful Weekends 003
- Click to see image in full size Second installment of LFK Thoughtful Weekends - if you missed the first one or want to read the story behind it is here: LFK Thoughtful Weekends 001 But in short these posts are meant to highlight some articles that has made me think a little extra about … Continue reading LFK Thoughtful Weekends 002
All my life I have been struggling with, what I think is called onset sleep insomnia - meaning trouble falling asleep. Once I have fallen asleep I usually sleep just fine. So not the serious kind that keeps you from sleeping several days in a row, but still incredibly annoying. I even think I know … Continue reading Sleep comes to you, it’s not something you do
I have for a while considered starting a newsletter, with the sole purpose of sharing some of all the articles I read through the week. Whether new or old, but all with the common theme of having been thoughtful to me. Made me think about how I conduct my life, made an interesting point or … Continue reading LFK Thoughtful Weekends 001
Okay I'll start with a confession. If you are an employer, then giving this to your employees, won't make them magically skip their holidays to work more hours for you. Although if you try and it works, then please transfer a percentage of whatever that is worth to you to my account. Having gotten that … Continue reading How to make everyday feel like vacation without quitting your job
There are numerous articles and blog-post that promises to help you get rid of worry. This won’t be one. Try as you might you’ll never get to a point where you’re free of worry in your life. You will probably have periods with more and periods with less, but avoid it altogether won’t happen. What’s … Continue reading Stop worrying – get to the confirmed objective facts
There are numerous examples of situations where you would want to come across as insecure. Say you found yourself writing a CV where you wouldn’t want the recipient to hire you, maybe sending along a cover letter that backed up the insecurity of set CV. Maybe you are writing business emails to potential new clients … Continue reading How to come across as insecure in writing
*Notes on the book towards the end As mentioned before I can't really remember when I was first introduced to stoicism, but I think some of the first stoic texts I read was from Seneca. Shortly after being introduced to stoicism I stumbled upon A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic … Continue reading “A guide to the good life” – and notes
There is no shortage of articles, blog posts or even entire blogs dedicated to sell you on the idea that you should be drinking green tea if you aren’t going to die tomorrow - fat - lonely with only a stray-cat for company. So I won’t dig too much into that. As a general rule … Continue reading Buy green tea locally and drink more of it
