What You Can Expect To Find Here

Since you landed here I am assuming that you want to know more. My name is Marie, and I am currently the single author to this personal blog. More about me in the section below. The common theme in (almost) all posts is that I want to grow as a person and lead a more fulfilled and balanced life. To this end, I try to …

• … maximize the time spent on things that I find meaningful, such as creative endeavours and spending time with loved ones.
• … minimize the time spent on tasks that I think do not contribute to becoming a better person.

What I share with you here are insights I have gained along the way into maximizing life, and minimizing the distractions and inefficiencies that distract from personal growth and fulfillment. I occassionally post here when I have learned something worth sharing.

Topics You Can Expect:

• Posts on creative hobbies.
• Posts incorporating philosophical insights into everyday life.
• Posts on personal development, growth, and habit formation.
• Posts on Marie Kondo, as I (and my now much cleaner apartment) recently rediscovered her work.
• Posts on minimalism, as I believe the underlying mindset helps understand what is essential and what is not.
• Short fiction stories (I mean really short).

About Me

I am a twenty-something year old Dutch person who recently picked up blogging again after graduating from a master’s in Computer Science and Engineering. The reasons? There are plenty, but here are a few main ones:

1. I have been meaning to start a blog for years, but kept coming up with excuses.
2. I enjoy finding new ways to grow personally, mentally and physically. It would be awesome if I could inspire at least one other person in the process – so let’s get better together! 🔥🔥🔥
3. It took me a while to find an interesting job, so I had some time on my hands.

The blog you are reading now has been around since 2015. I started this blog when I was 19 years old, posting to it well into 2016. 8 years later, in 2024, I rediscovered it. In those 8 years my life has changed completely:

• I finished my gap year working in Watford (UK) and Narrogin (Australia).
• I started a bachelor in Psychology and Technology, and quit after a year.
• I finished a studies in Philosophy and followed it up with Computer Science.
• I lived in many different places. My roommates have always been beautiful people, all of which have taught me a lot.
• I have been homeless for one night.
• I met my current partner with whom I am now happily together for 6 years.
• I picked up programming courses, bouldering, squashing and trail running.
• I have worked as a presenter for the philosophy education I followed.
• I became a much happier, more fulfilled person.
• I learned how a washing machine works.

… and many more things.

The one thing that did not change is that I have always had the desire in one way or another to maintain a blog. But for some reason, I always felt I was too busy. When I recently came across this blog again I decided to continue the work my wiser 19-year-old self had started.

Original About Page (2015)

Just sharing the thoughts that nineteen years on this earth have brought about. They may not be interesting to you, that is fine. I hope you can relate to or feel interested in some of the topics. I’d love to hear your opinion or comments (or whatever you’d like to share ;)) to the posts on this blog. Feel free to share any of the posts (seriously! I don’t mind at all :))

Thank you for visiting!