Hi everyone, This short story is a submission to a contest ran by @lymmerik. The idea is to write a story in two parts. Part one should end in a cliffhanger, part two has to resolve the cliffhanger and

Hi everyone, This (very) short story is a submission to a contest ran by @fabianmani. The idea was the create a story of maximum 100 words following the theme of the title. I used the contest as an exercise

An ode to music Like John Miles already sang in 1976: "Music was my first love, and it will be my last." I don't know where or when my passion for music started, but it came at a very early age.

Prioriteiten stellen Hey iedereen, 't Is ondertussen weer een tijdje gleden dat ik een nieuwe blog de wereld in stuurde. Tegenwoordig lijken mijn dagen alsmaar te verkorten, en lijk ik bovendien nog sneller

Do you play enough games? Playing games is essential for a healthy development of someone's personality. We start experimenting with them from a very early age, and a lot of people won't stop until they're

Tijd om nog eens goed wat stoom af te blazen! De afgelopen week ben ik een beetje minder actief op Steemit. Niet omdat de prijs van SBD of SP achteruit gegaan is, want dat kan me barstweinig schelen, maar

What is passion, and do we really need it to be happy? When I was younger I was extremely passionate about playing football. I started out when I was six years old. I joined a local team and quickly made

The man, the myth, the legend Introduction It all started 13 years ago. "Pokermiljonen" aired on Swedish national TV and a 15-year old boy was watching, intrigued by the game and the large sums

Melancholy Melancholy Sometimes I have a word that stays with me for a while. It can be because I've heard it in a song and I thought it was beautiful, or maybe it's about something that a person told

De ijskoude nacht Trapje voor trapje trotseerde ik de nacht. Mijn wollen trui tot aan het bovenste gaatje dichtgeknoopt, mijn jas veilig dicht geritst, mijn sjaal strak op m’n hals gewikkeld zodat er zeker

Getting to know FOMO So last year in December I was looking for some ways to diversify my financial portfolio. As a young-adult I had been putting some money in traditional index funds, but as that % became

How much is privacy worth to you? Privacy is an interesting topic in our modern society, and it's concept has changed tremendously in the last decades. Privacy is something that's harder and harder to

Getting in the zone by meditating My first encounter with some sort of meditation was in school when I was 14 years old. One day, while in class, our Religion teacher thought it would be a good idea to

Inleiding Maar liefst 20 procent van de vrouwen en 10 procent van de mannen krijgen ooit in hun leven met een vorm van depressie te maken. In een studie uit 2011 is er zelfs sprake van dat 1 op 7 vroeg

Hi everyone, Normally I'm not the person to post a short blog, but I couldn't resist sharing this poker hand with the community. A few months ago I decided it was time for a new challenge and I made the

A few years ago, a teacher of mine said to me that we lived in a world full of pink elephants, fairies, talking trees and about every magical creature you can think of. We only had to find the key to open

A few days ago I saw someone sitting outside my supermarket holding a sign asking for money. It was freezing cold outside, and I felt compassion for the guy. I read his sign and it said he was from Hungary,

Ik was aan het denken aan een situatie om wat stoom over af te laten, zonder het thema "koude" er in te verwerken. Een mens moet origneel en creatief blijven om wat aandacht te trekken, nietwaar?

Hi everyone, Today marks my 17th day on Steemit, and I thought this would be a nice moment to reflect on the past two weeks and share with you the thought of a Minnow trying to become a Dolphin (let's

Let's be productive today! Let's achieve something, work a little bit on the goals I have set for myself. Being productive is about getting results, right? But what if I wanted to become the best League