Being happy is both the easiest and the absolute fucking hardest thing to be in the world. Some people are out here blissed out of their mind over the simplest things, while others cannot even be content when they have […]
Queen Bey Book Review
A few nights ago, I was dead tired yet couldn’t sleep so I did what any exhausted woman in need of inspiration would do. …I bought four Beyoncé themed book on Amazon Kindle. One of them is terrible and will […]
Connect to Joy
So, I’ve been in a real good mood lately, and what really helps me to be in a good mood is to think back on some of my favourite things, and look for things that really, really make me laugh. […]
It Takes A Village, And It Takes you
A few weeks ago I sat in the Volkshotel lobby on a rainy Tuesday. I had gotten to Amsterdam at 9, recorded a podcast that morning about social pressure, together with Anouk (who blogs here!) and host Krista Arrïens and […]
Keep Sowing, Keep Sowing
A couple of weeks ago my workout buddy and great photographer Tess Fluit wrote an Instagram post about her process as an entrepreneur and opportunities. The last line of her post was: “Zaaien en oogsten. Het is een eindeloos proces.” […]
It’s Time To Stop Being Too Cool For School
In one of her books, Jen Sincero writes about a concept I am (unfortunately) very familiar with: Being too cool for School. What Jen means by this is the resistance towards tried-and-true methods, towards expressing certain desires or goals. You […]
Random List Of Favorites
(Inspired by Iris) I was uninspired so I decided to write down my list of favourite things from the past couple of weeks.
Don’t Date Roy Anderson: Why (A) Roy Anderson Is One Of The Worst Things That Can Happen To A Woman
Upon reading this title you might think “but Lianne, surely, with the plethora of cringeworthy and awful characters from the Office US, this is a joke. You can’t possibly mean that Roy Anderson, the hunky beefy warehouse worker, is the […]
Self Help Book: 168 Hours Book Review!
How did I not know this book? I wrote this 168 Hours book review in a frenzy after devouring it like a maniac. This might literally be the most revolutionary book on time management for busy women that I have […]
Sunday’s Gratitude List/Diary Post
Good morning! I wanted to touch base and reiterate for myself all the things I am grateful for in this moment and I’d like to share this list with you.
Sometimes it’s time to do the work
My friend Rocher, when he was finishing his Master thesis, biked to the university library Monday to Friday and sat there from 8:30 AM to 04:30. Not surprisingly, as everyone else started falling behind he was actually ahead of schedule: […]
I Stopped Judging So Harshly* & Here’s What Happened
I don’t really talk about my happiness online unless I feel it serves a purpose beyond just being self-congratulatory, and it often doesn’t. I am a lot more laidback than I was a few years ago. You might have noticed […]