There are 101 tips on developing a morning routine that excites you. Or how you can profit from these early hours when the world is still silent. I love my cup of tea and my journaling practice in the morning, but this is not what constantly motivates me to get…

What to sacrifice today for a better future? — What is your financial goal? I want enough money to have the freedom to choose what I want to work on and when. In the bubble of financial freedom, this is standard. Usually, the means to get there are: Saving as much as you can and earning more money. Especially…

I wish them all the best for their future — I don’t have many friends. My life choices made me lose many of them during the last couple of years. Sometimes I am sad about it, but looking back, I see that everything happened exactly how it was supposed to. I moved to Scotland for my Postgraduate Degree. Different country…

And yes, I have a seat — Friday afternoon at a train station. People push their way toward the front of the waiting crowd to get on the train. Whoever gets in first has a better chance to find one of the few free seats. In Germany, a seat reservation for a train costs 4,50€ besides the…

Confessing my biggest struggle with writing consistently — Ideas don’t always come to your head when you need them. That is nothing new for you, right? Especially not, if you are a writer or a person who has already created anything in your life at all. A smart person has a system to write them down and come…

I’ll tell you what my goals are. Will you tell me yours? — I often wonder how I perceive time. The first half of the year always seems much longer for me. Like everybody, I am waiting for warmer days, more sunlight and the opportunities of summer. The beginning of July marks the middle of the year. Now that August started, I feel…

It is never all good or bad — We are in the same boat: Checking our statistics and hoping for good numbers. Growing numbers. While we all enjoy writing, we are here because of other reasons as well. If you read my article from the 1st of July, you know that I challenged myself to not look at…

And we look away instead of taking action — This weekend I drove for 5 hours. Better said, I was stuck in a traffic jam for almost two hours. Sometimes it feels like there are more construction sites along the highway than finished roads. At one point, they build a six- instead of a four-track street. To make the…

One of them is not annoying me as the organizer of a trip — Every day, I have new ideas about where I want to go or what I want to do. Thus, most of the time, I ask my friend to join me for something. Not the other way around. That’s great for me because I get to decide who I want to…