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Herken je dit? Je komt een vacature tegen die perfect bij je past. Je bent gekwalificeerd, je hebt er echt verstand van en zin in, je bent gewoon precies wat ze zoeken, en meer! Dus je schrijft een 🔥vlammende motivatiebrief🔥, je vijzelt je CV nog even op, en je doet dit met een hoopvol hart op de mail naar HR… . en vervolgens krijg je 2,5 week later een standaard afwijzing terug 🥲 . Wat ging…
Digital Minimalism, from 3 to just 1 domain name I remember reading the book “ Digital Minimalism” by Cal Newport some years ago. What I remember from that book was that it argued among other things, for not using “ social” media. It has taken me many more years to fully wean myself off of these “ social” media. I put social in scare quotes because I’ve come to feel there is very little social…
Published: 2025-06-20T12:08:00.001Z I’m about to get married this autumn 🍂 😃 🥳 So naturally most of my time was spend helping my girlfriend fiancé move her stuff to my house. And basically make it our house. So, most of my furniture is gone. The walls have different colors. My books move an entire floor and the floors have all changed from carpet to PVC . 😅Anyways. It’s been about one year ago…
This “ independently poor” project of mine, whether you want to call it a blog, a website, or, dare I say it? Manifesto , whatever this is, it’s meant to explain how you can live the good life, on a budget, without the need of FIRE ( Financially Independent, Retired Early ). MrMoneyMustache quote : If you can save 50% of your take-home pay starting at age 20, you’ll be wealthy enough to retire by…
The independently poor lifestyle is one full of choices. I’ve often said it’s better to optimise your life for happiness than for money effectiveness. What I mean by that is that if my life’s happiness is greatly improved by spending a little bit more, well, then so be it. I’ll spend a little bit more. On a related note: I dislike the word “ cheap”. I hereby coin the word “ ✨money-efficient✨”.…
Published: 2024-04-12T14:15:00.001Z On of the problems with Large Language Models, or as the kids say “ AI ” , is that these models tend to hallucinate but present their information with a certain resoluteness or self assuredness that can be mistaken for actually knowing the facts. The team behind Perplexity AI tried to tackle this by forcing the LLM to include copious amounts of links to the…
When looking for a job, I will always check the salary range first. If there is no salary range, I’ll not even open the job description. Why waste time on a company that clearly has no intention of being upfront and open with me? Why waste my time on a job that probably pays poorly? The other day I overheard a conversation at work. We are hiring and need to draw up some job advertisements. A…
A good way to live on a small budget is by not spending money on crud — me, 2023. I always feel a bit sad when I hear friends and co-workers moan about their need to work full time to just afford a living, while at the same time I see them spend money like it is water, and they don’t even seem to notice. 💦💦 For example: Preparing a lunch at home instead of buying on-the-go. If you simply buy a…
Boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead… only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Boy: There is no spoon. Wearing something new gets old quickly 💃 We all need to cover our naked bodies, as much for our sake as for the mental well-being of the rest of mankind. And yes, wearing a new apparel for the first few times ✨feels like magic✨. Everybody stares jealously at you.…
No, not the Disney movie from 2006, although I can recommend that one . But the question we will answer is: can you live on a tight budget and still drive and own a car? Should I get a driver’s license? Most people will during their younger years get their driver’s license. It makes perfect sense. From your 20 th till your 80 th , there will doubtlessly be moments where having your license is…
A pitfall for many is thinking that living on less money means automatically, having less fun . This, off course, is bullocks. What gives a human being the most pleasure? Sure, pretty beached with palm trees and white sand can be very beautiful , but it’s my firm conviction that the best things in life are almost free. One of the very cheap things that I like to do is read and listen to audio…
Published: 2023-05-15T18:31:00.067Z Translating old clay tablet by using chatGPT. You might have heard how I asked chatGPT to pose as a Jehovah’s Witness, write a “ witnessing letter” with 2 or 3 bible scriptures in it, and then translate that letter into an English rap song, Eminem style. Or you might have missed that news. My point is, I like to play with AI’s. I’m increasingly stupefied by how…
Words have power. You might have heard that someone, maybe a bit smugly, mentioned that he is “ independently wealthy” or “ independently rich.” This is a way of saying said person doesn’t need a job to earn money, they have enough money to live off. Possibly from an inheritance, a past job, or winning the lottery. Being independently poor is my philosophy that you can live almost as free and wild…
Published on 2022-08-17 https://elephas.app/# Ik heb geen idee hoe goed deze app werkt. Maar als ik een “ content creator” was zou ik nu toch een beetje mijn billen samen knijpen denk ik 🤔