In dieser tiefgründigen Folge stellen wir die fundamentale Frage: “Wer bin ich?” Unser Gastgeber nimmt uns mit auf eine introspektive Reise, die weit über die Oberfläche hinausgeht. Es geht um Identität, Selbstentdeckung und die Herausforderung traditioneller Glaubenssätze. Mit einer Mischung aus persönlichen Anekdoten und philosophischen Überlegungen lädt diese Episode dazu ein, die eigene…
You wake up in a box, get dressed so you can drive a box on wheels to yet another, bigger box. A box filled with other people just like you, all staring into smaller boxes for the majority of their waking hours. After the sun has long gone, you go back home, exhausted, so you can gaze into yet another box, which tells you, that this is how you should live your life. You go to sleep, the cycle…
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted something on here. I’m currently rebuilding this page, stay tuned for future updates. In the meantime, here’s a list of (mostly) everything I’m working on right now: Valeriana - Social Impact Platform WITER Podcast - A podcast about exploring reality Master21 - Currently a coding bootcamp, soon a platform for lifelong learning Codegestalt - Research and…
You should be extending your stay among writers whose genius is unquestionable, deriving constant nourishment from them if you wish to gain anything from your reading that will find a lasting place in your mind.” – Seneca Read this Book before everything else Adler, Mortimer: How to Read a Book Literature / Philosophy McKenna, Jed: Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing McKenna, Jed:…
Programming done by James Bailey . 🐒 Day 1 - Strength Session Warmup: 15 Minute Full Body Mobility Routine First Group: One Arm Chin negatives (10 - 20 per arm) Push Ups (3-5 x 8-12) Second Group: Back Squat / Deep Step ups (3-5 x 8 with tempo 4040) Nordic Curls (3-5 x 8-12) Third Group: Front Lever Hold (3-5 x 20-30s) Black Lever Hold (3-5 x 20-30s) Fourth Group: Dragon Flag (3 x 10-15 + 10s…
We all know the phenomenon: You start watching a YouTube video, only to find yourself wondering how the fuck you ended up watching a guy build a primitive forge blower 3 hours later. My friends and I like to call this “ falling into the black hole of YouTube ”. Years back I used to block YouTube and other distracting sites completely using the hosts file on my computer. But after a while I started…
“Customers are not interested in your solution. They are only interested in their problems.” So what job is your product or service solving? How does it make your customers’ lives better? Deeply inspired by Alan Klements’ “ When Coffee and Kale Compete ” and Kathy Sierras’ “ Badass: Making Users Awesome ” we want to bring a new way of thinking to how we develop products. By focusing on the desire…
Note: This article is a work in progress. It will be updated as I learn more and more about human movement. Introduction Movement is everywhere. Where there is life, there is movement. It is part of our DNA, as that of every species. It is a basic need we all feel, like the one for food, water and sleep. Movement training is a crucial part of health, right up there with food and rest. Yet,…
At the end of 2017 I got approached by the Swiss broadcasting company (SRF) to talk about minimalism. You can watch the interview down below. Unfortunately it is only available in Swiss-German.
Be content Be content with what you already have. Do not make your happiness depend on possessions or achievements. Wanting to have what you already have will make you more grateful and happy on a daily basis. Don’t believe me? Try practicing poverty . “You ask what is the proper limit to a person’s wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough.” – Seneca Everything is…
I need to write more. And by that I mean I need to write more for this blog. You might not believe me, but I write a lot every day. “shitloads” might be the more fitting term. Three handwritten pages amounting to almost 1’110 words in average. And I do this every single day. From Julia Cameron Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, done first thing in the…
In the past, some people have asked me, how I made minimalism an active part of my life. Instead of offering the usual “10 simple step to …” advice, I want to share something more meaningful with you today. Becoming a minimalist is not a one time thing that you do by selling everything you own over the weekend or by blowing up your condo . Minimalism is a constant process of looking at the things…
Update: This article is quite old and I’ve recently switched to a carnivorous diet . I will do a thorough writeup on this at a later point in time. In the past, I have experimented with a lot of different things, trying to increase my productivity levels. Giving up coffee, waking up early, trying a polyphasic sleep rhythm and even microdosing certain chemical components to increase focus. I still…
This is a guest post that I’ve written for deskhunt.com which I’m going to share with you here as well. Who are you and what do you do for a living? My name is Rodrigo and I am the co-founder of Codegestalt . I design and program user interfaces for a living and write about minimalism and coding on my blog . If I’m not sitting in front of a computer I usually read books, listen to music or…
As I walk through the train I once more notice the myriads of free newspapers lying around everywhere. I sit down and the young lady that joined me shortly afterwards, asks me if I finished reading the newspaper located on the seat next to me. I pick it up and hand it to her. “Here take it, It’s not mine and I don’t intend to read it anyways.” “Already up to date on all the news huh?” she asks…
Just a while ago, I finished reading the book “You are not a Gadget” by Jaron Lanier . One of the main themes in the book is the decline of personal individuality on the web. According to Lanier there are a lot of factors that contribute to this decline. The main cause being social media platforms like Facebook, which exchange personal creativity for uniformity, instant gratification through…
Three weeks ago, I returned from my trip to Japan. After cycling across the country of the rising sun for three months I came to one of the biggest realisations about myself: I almost need nothing to survive, even less to enjoy life and be happy… Consumerism got me tricked all these years, and it only took a little more than a month of living on the road to realise this. Like so many others before…
Last weekend I attended the first Rails Girls event in Zurich, Switzerland as a coach. I was blown away by the amazing organisation, huge amount of motivation and passion.After getting over my hangover on Sunday, I instantly knew that I wanted to stay involved and try to improve the quality of future Rails Girls happenings around the world. This blog post is my first try at improving the Rails…
Getting up early can be a great way to help you establish a daily routine which is the first step to becoming more productive. Here I present you 10 tips that helped me in becoming an early riser. 1) Get up - The most important step is to get up. Actually not just get up, literally try to jump out of bed. After your alarm rings get up instantly, go to another room and turn on the lights. Getting…