I get it, we all experience fear. It’s like a noisy alarm that fires every time we approach a ‘risky’, uncertain patch, every time we are about to make a major decision, and every time we feel threatened. Fear is a strong emotion. Often we feel powerless against it. Here is another way to look at…
The “Expensive” Things – When It’s Time Not To Be Frugal
As I’m standing on the verge of taking a big lifestyle decision, namely, applying for a new rental apartment which is not quite double the size of our current place but costs 3 times more… I am asking myself: When is it worth to splurge and when to be frugal and minimalist? I look back…
Consume vs Create a.k.a New Life Goals
It is already 2022. The Finish line of the Goal. As I wrote the final goal review, this chapter closed. The next one hasn’t begun yet, at least I couldn’t define it or put a name on it. Or tie up another big goal to it. It’s a common spot for many people in the FIRE…
My Precious Daily Ritual
Ever since I set the goal of creating a life I don’t need a vacation from I was playing with the idea of creating my own empowerment ritual. I knew that small, iterative tweaks in my day-to-day life will make a huge difference. I even had guidelines around sleep, exercising, the most productive time of…
My Life List
Happy New Year! This year we are going to dream. We’re going to dream BIG. Thank you, Budget Life List blog for the inspiration to put my life list together. Thank you, Svetlana, from Bezzahar for pushing me to actually write my wishes down 🙏 What’s a life list? It’s like a bucket list with…
How The Impossible Becomes Possible
9 peers and I completed the Coach Training! We were One for 12 intense days, 9 am to 7 pm, for more than 120 hours:🇿🇦 South Africa 🇩🇪 Germany 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇷🇺 Russia 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇮🇪 Ireland The coach training accelerated our journey to a whole new level….
Women in Tech, My Unpopular Opinion
Until this moment I’ve been restraining myself from sharing my views on the career success of Women in Tech. Until I came upon a Thought experiment by the Saving Ninja: A different opinion is somewhat frowned upon in our clique based society, but some of the greatest minds of all time were outliers. They weren’t…
The Lesson the Camino de Santiago Taught me
Wanna know the BIG lesson the Camino taught me? Here we go: I reached Finisterre on the 22nd of April 2019. It was my 35th birthday. This was the final destination – kilometer ZERO. 14days of walking, 300km behind my back. I did it – I completed the Camino de Santiago, this journey that unfolded…
The Pitfalls of Financial Independence
I surely didn’t expect any pitfalls when I started my journey to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early). Life after FI? Hanging around the Financial Independence (FI) Facebook groups, I stumbled upon this question: I have a question for those of you already living the Fi life. What is it that you do with your time…
Solvitur Ambulando – It Is Solved by Walking
A picture is worth a thousand words. I let the pictures do the talking. Day 1: Berlin – Burgos Day 2: Burgos – Hontanas Day 3: Hontanas – Itero de la Vega Day 4: Itero de la Vega – Población de Campos (Albergue La Finca) Day 5: Albergue La Finca – Calzadilla de la Cueza…