Updated August 2nd 2023 from Freiburg, Germany

  • 🌧️ Summer became rainy, and while I’d prefer sunny weather, I can’t deny I’m happy that we don’t experience a heat wave like many countries across Europe and around the world do.
  • 👨🏼‍💻 Still happily dividing my work time between Statamic projects and design work in Figma.
  • 🏃‍♂️ My regular running training has somewhat fallen asleep a couple of weeks ago when it was so hot, but I picked it up last week. Immediately felt the positive impact on my mind and body. Every. Time. Again.
  • 🧘‍♂️ Starting to get back into a meditation habit (using the Waking Up app). Three weeks in, this feels great and is only getting better by the day. Curious to dive deeper into Non-dual awareness.
  • 📝 After driving on two tracks and taking notes in both Bear 2.0 and ~Reflect~ for a couple of weeks, I decided to make Bear my central source of truth. I still like Reflect a lot, but ultimately switching between the two is driving me nuts. Will write in more depth about the Reasons why I like Bear so much.
  • 🏖️ Looking forward to this year’s Summer vacation. Still a lot of work to be done, but it’s in reach, and I’m beyond thrilled about the prospect of being at the sea.
  • 📚 Reading / listening to Work Clean and Shift into Freedom

🖥️ Apps & Tools I’m currently enjoying working with

  • Milanote as a spatial canvas to both help myself to see the bigger picture and also to present design and a project’s progress to clients and stakeholders
  • Bear 2.0. As said above, I need to go into more detail, but in short: it’s wonderful how Bear combines simplicity with mighty capabilities.
  • Brain.fm to help me focus. I’ve tried many such tools, but this one just works the best for me. I got a lifetime deal, which wasn’t exactly cheap, but not having yet another subscription gives me peace of mind.
  • Got into Napkin’s iOS beta. It’s still early, but I already love this as a way to browse through my Readwise highlights in a less random fashion. (Napkin auto-tags highlights and thus creates connection between highlights)

⠀(This is a now page inspired by Derek Sivers, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.)