Category: background
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Did you know that happy peeps often get to enjoy life for up to 10 years longer? That’s a way bigger deal for life expectancy than almost anything else, only smoking comes close. When I was doing some prep work for this blog, I started wondering if my own experiences and some anecdotal observations would…
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31 Challenges for Fair February
To understand the background of this project, please read this blog post. The idea behind this list is not only incorporating healthy and impactful habits into my everyday life but also tackling the mentality of mindless consumerism and, to put it bluntly, mere laziness (if not negligence or, dare I even say it, nihilism?). That…
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How Did I End Up Here?
Once upon a time, when the grass was green and the sky was blue, I was a Master’s student working the days away on my thesis in the university library. Day in, day out, I would be glued to my computer going through periods of frantic data analysis, obsessive writing alternating with complete writer’s block.…