While many of us have foreseen a large-scale epidemic or even a pandemic ever since the first Ebola outbreak, obviously nobody knew when one would hit Earth, which microbe it would be caused by and ... Continue Reading
31 Days of Gratitude on Instagram
This year has treated me in challenging ways but gratitude is said to have the power to change our brain structure such that we become happier. And so I've expressed gratitude numerous times after my ... Continue Reading
Rainbows During Rain
Today I needed to do some back-end work on the website and decided to re-read for the first time my blog post on the accident earlier this year. I hadn't realised how far I've come in just under three ... Continue Reading
White Ice Fire or Life After The Accident
I had an accident in late February and my left arm will never be the same again. It is "sadnessly amusing" how we think we know what it means to take things for granted, or at least I did. It was ... Continue Reading
What is art?
Trying to define art such that everyone agrees with it is probably a futile endeavour, but at least we can attempt to describe what can belong under the umbrella of 'the arts.' Aside from visual arts, ... Continue Reading
Where do you begin simplifying life?
The first words ever written in my blog category Simplify were these: "While I don’t see myself becoming a minimalist ever, ideas of effortless, happy productivity and a decluttered home do have ... Continue Reading
New beginnings: The importance of turning chapters
As we are nearing the end of 2016 here in Finland very soon, I'd like to wrap it up with some reflection and a mental note to myself for 2017. While the content is clearly inspired by the yearly ... Continue Reading
What I’ve learned on my journey into decluttering and organising
Already in childhood my belongings were neatly kept and organised, but decluttering I know rather precisely when I became acquainted with. At the time I lived in Copenhagen, Denmark and within seven ... Continue Reading
How to start building a new lifestyle
When you hear the expression lifestyle change, most likely you'll imagine a personal scale as part of it somehow, but does the interpretation have to be this narrow, so focussed on body and ... Continue Reading
Inclusion: Why I Put ‘Social’ in Social Media
I've lost count of the number of times I've written a comment on a profile update of some kind, or sent a (relevant) email to a person with a successful business, only to be treated with silence. ... Continue Reading