Sunday scaries, also known as Sunday Evening Feeling and Sunday Syndrome, are among the newest modern diseases known to men. Sunday scaries are anticipatory anxiety that gives nervousness about the week ahead. The most common symptoms are: restlessness irritability a vague sense of unease stomach issues headache I
Author: Juriaan Karsten
My writing is all over the place. Just how I like it.
Currently, you are spending your time helping others succeed without getting any piece of the pie. Second to that, by doing so, you’re actually harming yourself by reducing your attention span. You’re decreasing your social intelligence. Finally, you increase craving in novelty, which leads to a reduction in
Yesterday, I held my breath for more than 3 minutes in two consecutive rounds while doing the Wim Hof breathing method. Honest to god, The WH breathing method has blown my mind. It’s funny to think that I had been following Wim for more than two years before
I’ve been doing the Wim Hof breathing method and the Cold Exposure Protocols for several weeks now, and it has changed my life. I’m fascinated by Wim (a.k.a. the Ice Man) and by his practices. This fascination has brought me to his book, his app and his methods.
The Book How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs isn’t a book. It’s more like a collection of advice and how-to’s based on the many interviews the host Guy Raz held with successful entrepreneurs for his famous podcast that wears
In the past, before I had a solid unwind routine, I would stay stressed out late into the night. I wasn’t able to unwind, and I had no idea how to beat that feeling. I had no ritual in place to transition my day from a mind that’s
Like having a strong Morning Routine that you can rely on, I think it’s equally important to take care of your evenings too. Before I had a solid evening routine in place, my evenings would look like this: I would watch youtube video’s until I got tired around
Routines are important to me. They prime my brain to get in a desired mental state quickly. I know what I need to do, and I do them without thinking. My morning routine shapes my entire day. It sets me up for success. It sets me up for
For me, reading is like writing on the inside of my brain. It’s like borrowing someone else’s brain, opening it up, and see what’s inside. Knowledge is the ultimate equalizer; therefore, reading is the ultimate enabler. Who needs real-life mentors when they can have 100+ mentors compressed into
Check out the spoken version of this blog post below: I’ve always been a bad listener. It’s not that I’m not interested in others. It’s that I don’t feel comfortable when I need to listen. For some strange reason, I feel 10 times more relaxed when I’m speaking
Lady Luck a.k.a. Fortuna, in Roman mythology or Tyche, in Greek mythology, goddess of fortune. We all know of her existence, and we occasionally stare her right in the face. But do we really know her ways? Are we able to influence her hand?Can we demand her to
Hello Friends! I hope you’re doing well in these strange but interesting times. Here is my weekly dose of lessons that I’ve learned in the past week. Use them, abuse them, like them, hate them, praise them. How do these lessons affect you? A few questions that kept
Hello Friends! Here is my weekly dose of lessons that I’ve learned in the past week: The Five Year Rule: You get plenty of shots at life to make it BIG I hear many peers make the following statement: “I’m not doing the right thing. I’m not focussing
I’ve written 350+ diary entries in the past year. That’s a record for me. I’ve written a lot in the past, but never this much. The difference is that I’ve kept a strict journaling format this year. My format is standardized and easy to use. I ask myself