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Blog about optimizing the everyday processes to make more time for fun stuff.

Category: Personal systems and processes

Self leadership and conscious life management (a.k.a. Excel of my life 4.0)

Posted on December 2, 2023December 26, 2023 By Sonja

I promised to do a workshop for Herizon (a fantastic non-profit promoting diversity in the tech industry) on self leadership… Read more Self leadership and conscious life management (a.k.a. Excel of my life 4.0)

Digital minimalism experiment step 2: detox review

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 By Sonja

This summer I decided to commit myself to a digital detox experiment which meant reducing my technology use significantly. You… Read more Digital minimalism experiment step 2: detox review

Digital minimalism experiment – Step 1: Starting a 30-day digital detox

Posted on June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 By Sonja

Digital minimalism – a book to read I just finished reading a very interesting book called Digital Minimalism by Cal… Read more Digital minimalism experiment – Step 1: Starting a 30-day digital detox

Excel of my life 3.0

Posted on August 11, 2019August 11, 2019 By Sonja

To celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the excel of my life process with my dear friend Emma, I decided to… Read more Excel of my life 3.0

Weekly grocery shopping list generator

Posted on January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 By Tommi

One of the biggest time sinks in the everyday life is the wondering of “what should we eat today…”. Especially… Read more Weekly grocery shopping list generator

Gamifying habits: Habitica

Posted on February 6, 2017 By Tommi

There’s always a lot to do: clean up regularly, exercise and avoid fast food. You would like to be a… Read more Gamifying habits: Habitica

Love letter to Todoist

Posted on January 30, 2017 By Sonja

My relationship to different apps could be described as an average Erasmus student’s social life: I am eager to get… Read more Love letter to Todoist

Excel of my life 2.0

Posted on January 1, 2017January 6, 2017 By Sonja

Last year I wrote a blog post about the excel of my life that I’ve been using for about 1,5… Read more Excel of my life 2.0

Excel of my life

Posted on January 1, 2017January 6, 2017 By Sonja

To me, going forward in life has a certain intrinsic value, which is why I greatly enjoy developing myself and… Read more Excel of my life

Phone a friend a.k.a. the benefits of specialization

Posted on November 21, 2016December 13, 2017 By Sonja

One of the most beautiful concepts in economics is in my opinion David Ricardo’s comparative advantage. In the context of… Read more Phone a friend a.k.a. the benefits of specialization

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