I was walking down the street last week and I noticed a man who was engrossed in his mobile phone. A minute later I saw him tumbling into some bushes. It made me laugh but the man wasn’t too amused. Every PhD student will encounter obstacles. Big ones and small…
The British Tax Authorities tried many ways to persuade tax avoiders to pay their taxes. They wrote letters on the penalties you had to expect, they warned about charging administration costs and threatened to take legal action. All this had some result, but not enough. So the Tax Authorities decided…
Autumn is the season of letting go. Look outside and notice how the leaves are falling again. And they fall for a reason. If the tree wouldn’t be able to let go of its leaves it would be hard for her to survive winter, feeding the leaves would take too…
Martine told me that perfectionism really affects her. She said: ‘I have made some steps forward to let it go and because of that I feel much better and work with more joy. A while ago a friend gave me the following manifesto. I have made a copy and it…
Maybe you have tried it in your holidays: a digital detox. A period without any internet, to be completely without your tablet or smartphone. In case you have actually tried it you must have experienced how peaceful it is. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Nomophobia. I explained how…
What is nomophobia? The official definition is: an abnormal, irrational fear of being without one’s mobile device, or being unable to communicate using one’s mobile device. I don’t experience this…. I can hear you say: ‘I don’t have that problem’. Let’s see: What do you do when the battery of…
