I’m a 6 not a 5 – Enneargram
There's something that has always bothered me about the Enneargram (the latest personality test everyone is raving about) tests. Actually I have the same resistance towards all personality type tests. Which brings me to my point: I'm not a 5 I'm a 6. Since the day I...
read moreMarriage- it’s not easy
I am starting to think these people that fly though life with no issues in their work, personal life and especially marriage are 1) lairs or 2) extremely lucky. And I don't really believe in luck that much anyway. So let me be direct. This year did not kick off the...
read moreLife update – Two months into 2019
We're two months into 2019 and it's time to take a look at what I've done this year and where I am with regards to my goals. More specifically...the things I love and decided to make more time for this year: Anything Tolkien: I started a twitter...
read moreWhat do you really love doing?
It is a new year and with it comes all kinds of challenges and exciting plans, new years resolutions and plenty of goals ready to be smashed. Right. As mentioned previously I decided to make myself number 1 this year. It sounds a but selfish but a healthy me enables...
read moreTolkien lesson for today – shortcut to fear
Today's lesson comes from the book The Children of Hurin. This book was released in 2007 which contains a quite immaculate re composition and expansion on the story of Hurin. The story is originally found in The Silmarillion but with all the additional work available...
read moreThe Year 2018 in review: Priorities
Herewith my highlights of 2018. Scanning through them I tried looking for a one-word theme as usual. This year was loaded with so many things happening, good things. I learned that 'good' is not always the 'right' thing to do. Good is the enemy of the...
read moreThe beginning of 2019
This year there's much to look forward to. I am rested after a great break and motivated to improve on all my goals and plans I had in 2018.S This year I want to get back to basics and make myself no.1 again. I need to look better after myself. A healthy me is the...
read moreThe end of 2018
Today is the 18th of December 2018. This has been a challenging year for me as I came to know what it means to really try and function as a human being with the sleep I had. I thought 2017 would set the record of how little a person can sleep and still function but...
read moreDestiny or Fate
Are you chasing your destiny or surrendering to your fate? Destiny: There is one thing in this world which you must never forget to do. If you forget everything else and not this, there is nothing to worry about, but if you remember everything else and forget this,...
read moreMy top 10 most influential movies
Let's post something less serious and a bit more easy to read. Here's 10 movies that influenced me the greatest over my life thus far. A-List: Lord of the Rings (All) Matrix (Trilogy) Back to the Future (Trilogy) Memento Blade Runner Terminator II Predator Indiana...
read moreThe meaning of life
I've not wondered about this question for a long time. Why? I used to think about it a lot. This morning I stumbled across this medium post about a book I read ages ago, Viktor Frankl’s book 'Mans search for meaning'. Sjoh this was such an intense yet brilliant book....
read moreTolkien lesson for today – The character of Men
I often think back to the fellowship that went on the journey to mount doom to destroy the One Ring. The fellowship that was assembled in Rivendell by Lord Elrond. Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Gimli, Logolas, Boromir, Aragorn and Gandalf. From the 9 of them who do we...
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