How a Simple “No” Helped Me Stop Making Myself a Victim
“I’m organizing XYZ, will you come?” – “No, I won’t.” I was recently invited to join a ‘cool’ activity on a Sunday. Sunday is family time, so I would only step away for very special occasions. My natural inclination was to answer “Unfortunately, I can’t.”, or “Sorry, that doesn’t fit.” With this answer I would […]
The Hidden Cost of Self-Judgement
Two days ago, I drove into Switzerland. After 30 minutes I got an SMS: “You have used roaming data worth €49, please let us know if you would like to continue using roaming data.” The old me from a few years ago would have done one thing: I would have judged myself for being so […]
The Day Stress Almost Killed Me
Two important lessons from what I created in 1999: 1. Stress can be deadly. I was stressed because I was late which led me to drive carelessly, which led my (parents’) car to flip over twice before landing like this. If stress doesn’t crash your car it will crash your body over time. Every cell […]