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I Bet You Have Not Thought About This Recently

On June 3, 2013

I want you to take a moment and think about some very common occurrences in your daily life. It’s nothing too crazy or hard and it should be pretty easy to do. So take a deep breath, read the following, close your eyes and really visualize what comes to your mind:

Imagine you’re walking through the streets of the city you’re most familiar with. You’re standing at a light and waiting for it to turn green. And you’re looking around at the passing people and cars; an unmoving spot right in the middle of a gigantic flow heading into various directions. Take a moment and think about it. What do you see?

In your mind, take a closer look at the passing cars.
(How many people are sitting in each one?)
In your mind, take a closer look at the people walking around you. Look at their faces.
(How are they feeling? What are they doing? Where are they looking?)

YouTube: Invictus – The Poem

On April 30, 2013

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

 

How To: A Low-Carb Breakfast In Just 5 Minutes

On January 31, 2013

Do you value your time as well as a rather low/slow-carb diet? Then you’re just like me and you might find it difficult to actually get a breakfast worth anything (regarding calorie intake and nutritional value) in you to start the day.

Despair no more, for I have a solution you should contemplate.

The Requirements

I wanted a breakfast, that

  • is low on carbs
  • has 30+ grams of protein (Tim Ferriss’ “30grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking” rule, to maximize fat-loss – from his book 4-Hour-Body)
  • has around 1’000 kcal combined (I have a hard time gaining and maintaining weight, so that might seem like a lot to you – just adjust the amount of ingredients to lower this one)
  • takes under 10 minutes to prepare (and preferably to also consume)

The Reasoning

I love food, I honestly do. I even like the preparation involved in cooking, most of the time. That time isn’t in the morning, though. At the beginning of the day, I want things to move quickly, so that I’m all ready to go in the least amount of time. I hate dragging mornings to unnecessary lengths. So that’s the reason behind the time limit.

Personal Responsibility and Sustainability

On October 10, 2012

Ever since I got through Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged‘ and its 1070 pages, I was obsessed with what might be the single most important idea of the whole story: The idea of living a life of personal responsibility.

It’s this basic premise behind the quote I put onto a poster (see on the right) a few days ago: “I will never live my life for the sake of another man – nor ask another man to live for mine” – feeling responsible for every single thing in our life; be it finances, attitude, mood, happiness, work, body, health, everything.

Ever since I closed that book after reading through it for the first time, I chose this maxim to be at the center of my each and every future struggle. I guess at some point, we all do – or at least that’s what I believe we should do: Nourish the ability to be held responsible for each and every decision and action we might have made or taken. And I even thought that I can totally and honestly endorse the above quoted sentences. “Of course, I would never ask another man to live for the sake of my life! Who am I to request such a thing?”

Warning: You Are Addicted. But Are You Happy, Too?

On August 15, 2012

Do you consider yourself to be happy? You probably do. Do you consider yourself to be addicted? You probably don’t. Even if you do, it’s most definitely just a small vice of yours that you just shrug off.

I want you to reconsider your answers while reading this entry. Nothing bad can come from this: Either you were right about happy-you from the beginning and you can keep living that way, with newfound clarity about your happiness – or you will notice some odd things about yourself that you never payed any attention to, which in turn helps you to find another, better way – and maybe a little more real happiness.

This is a rather lengthy entry (about 1.700 words).