Still here
My last post is from over four months ago, which might be a new record for me. I’ve been wanting…
Category: Physical
2020 in hindsight
It’s December 31st, and today I’m looking back on a surprising, interesting, and at times difficult year. I did not…
The danger of lilies: a warning to cat guardians
This has been a very scary week. Last Monday, Freya got hold of a flower from one of the bouquets…
Putting down new roots
We have successfully moved away from The Hague last weekend! The two weeks prior to that we’ve spent preparing our…
Shifted focus
Lately, I have been focused on some other things than fibre crafting. I don’t have room in my head for…
Pacing myself
I have a tendency to dive all-in when I undertake something, especially something new. When it’s learning about a new-to-me…
And another year gone
Time flies! It seems such a short time ago that I reflected on 2018, and here we are at the…
Advent and Makers December and Freya and ouch
It’s December, and soon we will face the shortest day of the year. I’m not religious, but I do have…
Empty
Lately, I’ve not been feeling too great. Not that I’m sick or anything, just out of energy. I’m feeling empty.…
Dental update
A while ago, I posted about my intentions to take better care of my teeth. A week after that, I…
Bite the bullet
Not literally, of course, this is The Netherlands. But I did something that I’m proud of and I’ll tell you…
Gaining strength
Today I had an appointment with my physiotherapist. It has been two months since I started doing exercises to get…
Healing the superego
Healing the what? The superego. It’s a term coined by Freud back in the days. The superego is the ethical component of…
Weak at the knee
In my previous posts, I have mentioned that my knee was not doing too well. A few years ago, I…
Habits
As we all have been told time and time again when we were young and learning: practice makes perfect. Even…
A Janus moment
Janus is the Roman god with two faces. He represents doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings. One of his faces looks…
Emotional diet
I have no idea if this is even a thing, but I have decided to do it anyway: go on…
Reinventing my voice
I’ve been wanting to write this blog post for a while now. Until 2016, I was a practicing classical singer.…
Energy
Energy is a bit of a mystery to me. It’s elusive. Sometimes I have a lot of it, but most…
Losing weight
In the past years I have been obese, but I didn’t know what to do about it. Weird, I know.…
Perfectionism
To understand where I’m coming from, you’ll need a bit of background information. This will put my journey in perspective.…
The cardinal sin
It’s one of the worst sins, if you believe the general public: being fat. But why? It’s a mystery to…