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Transformation photo of Juriaan Karsten after running a full year and completing a marathon.
Lessons Learned Reflecting

2024: A Year That Awoke Me to Forces I Was Not Aware Of

December 28, 2024January 16, 2025 Juriaan Karsten

This year has been transformative—a journey of self-discovery, growth, and realizing my potential. Looking back, 2024 feels like the year I started to awaken to the forces within me, propelling me toward a better version of myself. Here’s my year in review.  Running: A Catalyst for Change In

Reflecting Self Help

My first psychedelic trip

July 10, 2022March 30, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Below are some quick reflections I wrote down after finishing my first guided psychedelic trip. It was an experience of a lifetime. Something I will never forget. It is like nothing else I’ve ever done in my life. I saw so much. For instance. This medicine showed me

Reflecting Self Help

What I thought 10 days before my first ayahuasca trip

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Below is some thought I wrote down 10 days before going on my first ayahuasca pilgrimage in June of 2021. ‘My first Ayahuasca trip is in ten days’ Ten days is nothing but the days feel longer and longer. It’s the nerves. I’m nervous about the whole thing.

A new start Blogpost
Lessons Learned Reflecting

It is time for the next step in my journey

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

I am stepping down from my role at Parkeagle. Six years ago, I started as an intern at Parkeagle during Startupbootcamp after selling my first internet business. We had no customers and zero revenue back then, but we had a working prototype and a solid vision to help customers succeed

business should be a finite game
Business Reflecting

Business should be a Finite Game

March 31, 2021March 6, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

It gets dangerous to see business as an Infinite Game. Let me explain…  My old neighbour looked like a grand man. He had a sweet mansion, a young hot eastern European wife, and always owned the newest Porsche.  This man had it all from the outside looking in.  Unfortunately,

Business is a game blobpost
Business Reflecting

Business is just the thing you do to fund the next level

March 30, 2021March 6, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Business is just the thing you do to fund the next level  Business is a game. Most of us play this game, some do not participate, and some play it exceptionally well. I want to play it well. That is my goal. To do so, I try to

Business Reflecting

7 Questions every Entrepreneur needs to answer for themselves at one point in their journey

October 31, 2020December 24, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Entrepreneurship is a never-ending slap in the face. Sometimes the slap is warm and soft, oftentimes, I mean most times, the slap is hard and cold. To survive the constant slapping, you need mental resilience. Mental resilience doesn’t come out of anywhere. It doesn’t magically appear out of

I'm decluttering my life
Reflecting

I’m decluttering my life

October 16, 2020October 18, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

In my last post I wrote about the Electric Skateboard that I recently bought. Well, I’ve sold that board a couple of days ago. So Yes, it was a huge money waster. Within 3 weeks I literally threw away €400, a lot of money these days. I feel

How to reflect on your last year
Reflecting

How I use Notion to reflect on my past years – Using Notion to do it the right way

August 20, 2020December 24, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

IMPORTANT: Scroll way down to see the full list of questions to reflect on your past year. Good luck and happy reflecting 🙂 “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard We can’t look into the future. The only thing we can

Notion App reflection template
Notion App Reflecting

Weekly reflecting: A Notion Template to reflect on your week

April 12, 2020May 25, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

By now, most of you know that I like using the Notion App to manage every aspect of my life literally. If you haven’t read any of my previous posts on Notion, check them out here and let me know how you manage your life using the Notion

What I learned this week
Lessons Learned Reflecting

What I’ve learned this week (week 13 of 2020)

March 28, 2020December 22, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

As of today, I’m starting a weekly series in which I go over all the lessons that I’ve learned this week. I collect my personal and business lessons on a daily basis when I write in my evening journal just before going to bed. I have this theory

Reflecting

What is pure luxury?

March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Today I had a conversation with my girlfriend about luxury and the experience of luxury. We had this conversation while I rested on the couch after a long day of work. It felt like I was decompressing from a long dive on 12m depths. It was a busy

Reflecting Self Help

What the Bartle Test says about your personality

March 24, 2020April 13, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

For those of you that don’t know me personally, I’m a huge gamer even though I haven’t played any computer games for more than 8 years. But before that, I used to play World of Warcraft and Starcraft religiously. Both games are the best in their category IMAO.

Reflecting

Which Injection Would You Pick? And why?

August 16, 2017April 13, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

(Part of the 20minute blog challenge) Yesterday a good friend of mine sent me the picture below with the following text message: “Hi Jur, I know you like thought experiments so that’s why I’m wondering which injection you would pick?” Below is an overview of the answer I

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