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Day #50 | Are you a publisher or a subscriber?

Do you want to be a person who publishes more things than he/she subscribes to or vice versa?

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Day #49 | Body Regression October

I’ve been ignoring and regressing my body again. For the past three-four weeks, I’ve been losing muscle and gaining fat. Due to the big daily COVID19 increases here in the Netherlands, it feels less safe to go to the gym. Also, my gym has made it harder for

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Day #46 | You are not unmotivated, you are uninterested

You are unmotivated cause you work on the wrong things.

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Day #45 | One week holiday review

This is a learner and won’t make the same mistake again.

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Day #44 | Upset at being bad? Get good

Feel upset about something you can’t do? Learn and improve on it.

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Day #42 | Airplane mode is a tool for focus

Airplane mode means being disconnected.

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Day #41 | Video-gaming during time off

I’m not taking time off to get stressed about a video-game. It is not worth it unless I want to achieve something in it.

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Day #40 | Being nice

Once I see the smile of somebody by being nice to them it makes my day.

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Day #39 | Distractions are not always distractions.

I’m talking about the times where you keep putting your focus and time into different things.

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Day #31 | Am I an average developer?

I honestly think that I am an average developer. If you would have asked me very specific details about software development, I’m sure I would say something wrong. I can create things from the ground up given time. From web apps to mobile to databases and servers. But, I

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Day #30 | Learn the basics first

People like to think they are outliers while in reality there are not. This is not a movie, this is real life.

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Day #29 | Define your Ethics, find your tribe

Interests come and go, but ethics stay.

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Day #25 | Cut the bullshit

Lots of people like to think that they’re in their best environment. Everything is great. Every place is good vibes, all colleagues are great, all the work they do is amazing, they are financially stable, their relationships are perfect, they’re healthy, and they got the best friends. There

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Day #24 | Companies should only focus on winning

Companies should have only one goal. That is to win. To lead the way into a better world.

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Day #23 | Writer’s block

Everybody experiences writer’s block to some degree. Whether you are writing a column, blog post, page, chapter, or even software code, sometimes you just can’t seem to write anything down.

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Day #22 | Injuries suck

Last week, I wrote about exercising back to normal. Since COVID19 has regressed my body. I’m trying to go back to my body and fitness before the end of this year. But, funnily enough, I strained myself a bit last Monday. The strain or injury is somewhere around my

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Day #21 | Moon Festival 2020

Today is the mid-autumn (or full moon) festival. It was celebrated for great harvest and prosperity as I understood it, but nowadays it used to have family reunions or gatherings.

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Day #20 | Rare angry moment

Today has been a weird day. Woke up and went to the gym as usual. Even received some good news that had a positive impact on my day. Then something happened. I basically fucked over and disrespected. I’m not going to go into detail on what the situation was

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Day #19 | How to get better feedback

Good working people always hunger for feedback. They desire to improve their current skills or even learn new ones. Based on feedback or tips they can improve themselves even further. This increases their focus, productivity, and even enjoyment in working. But if you ask for feedback you may get generic

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Day #18 | Apple Notes to Notion to Noto to Bear

I’ve been trying to find the best note-taking app for myself in the last two years. The Apple Notes app is the default for everybody, but if you need something more beautiful and powerful, you have to look for something different.

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Day #17 | A streak of bad nights

For the last few days, I’ve been sleeping pretty badly.  There are some factors that are outside of my control that resulted in this. For example, the weather changes from warm to cold, but also things that are a bit too private. The current streak of bad sleep nights

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Day #16 | Losing inner peace

The internet has created many possibilities. From people that found their loved ones to exploring a new passion. Or from meeting new people from other countries and cultures to discovering new ideas for their personal growth. The internet has been amazing for everybody that is connected to it Is it?

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Day #14 | Exercising back to normal

During the first part of this year I fucked my body up. I quarantined myself between March to July. During these months I didn't exercise that much. Just a some jogs, push-ups and squats here and there. I was just home, cause back then the virus was still a bit uncertain.

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Day #12 | Ownership is important

When you own it. Let's think of when you own a new car. Would you take care of it? Probably yes, you wouldn't recklessly drive (if you don't have the skills) and potentially damage the car. Same with owning a house. If you own

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Day #10 | Writing streak #9

I started writing every day since September 11th. The goal was to improve my writing and putting my thoughts down on paper. Since then, I have written nine blogs (ten including this one). I never imagined that I could post something every day, which is amazing. Of course, my sentence