nathanael

where should i keep my bitcoin?

someone wrote “if you cook without music, you live your life wrong” is that so?

on first sight acceptance and growth seem to contradict each other since when i accept myself, why should i want to grow?

the saying goes something like “happy wife, happy life” and the improved version is “happy spouse, happy house” i appreciate that i don’t need much to be happy. i don’t know if i would call it a privilege. but i am blessed for sure not needing much seems…

cultivating these three distinct aspects of life can bring you happiness hedonism — enjoy life without guilt. allow pleasure and satisfaction self-realization — develop talents and abilities. focus on what you can service — contribute to the bigger pictur…

some months ago i tried social media again. this time it was on the fediverse. it did not last the idea of self-hosting the instance and running it myself was probably the real reason why i did it in the first place i just can’t convince myself that social

my father is a strong believer in god and i wondered why people believe in god the belief in god forms community, provides morals, someone to discuss and make responsible for things this seems useful and some people would be lost without it. i don’t think…

you can’t control what others say. you can tell them to not say certain things, that it is inappropriate. but to what end?

i still think calling other people stupid is — stupid, at least it is mostly not helpful in a recent interaction i called myself stupid, which lead me down a little rabbit hole, thinking about what stupid means an explanation that i liked: if i’m building,

today i stumbled upon crocker’s rules and it reminded me of people asking if they are allowed to ask a question it was always silly to me. you already disrupted whatever i was doing just ask your question right away i know i can’t expect this from others,…

authority structures condition us to obey rather than understand the reason religion demands unquestioned faith parents enforce rules on their kids schools teach pleasing the teacher the state punishes wrongdoer across all these systems, the same pattern…

it is obvious that we all look different, less obvious is the difference in character there is no one like me. i am unique to accept that everyone is built different, means also to accept that there are different views on a specific topic the differences…

snac from grunfink with a little help from roman was a breeze to install on openbsd i always had a love-hate relationship with ‘social media’. i mentioned in words have meaning that i don’t think that ‘social media’ really is that there are still some ben…

similar to nothing comes from nothing i believe that everything worthwile is hard not hard in the sense that you can’t have fun doing it, but it is not the easy way let me explain with two examples: if you want to build muscle, you have to destroy it first

in this journal entry hugo complains about the shameless propaganda from wero which will replace ideal (the dutch local online payment system) wero claims to be “truly european”, but at the same time you will need an app installed from google or apple not…

there is this belief that the universe will provide. god will look after you if that works for you, be my guest i am a little bit more pragmatic. i think nothing comes from nothing. i have to put in the work to reap the benefits to be good at something i…

since words have meaning i can’t believe how often i hear “i can’t believe…” (this is not about believe in the context of religion or faith. i think everyone should believe whatever) when you see something with your own eyes or hear it with your own ears…

on my why page are the things i believe in and i was thinking about creating some evergreen content about them i want to use the log for short entries. like a public diary you can subscribe to how about this url structure: /btc/ - bitcoin /bsd/ - openbsd…

most of the days i go for a walk in nature living close to a forest is a luxury i am thankful for and don’t take for granted the natural elevation from a mountain transforms the walk into exercise depending on the pace, my heart is pumping and i am sweati…

while reading a book, i noticed that the author needed to call someone stupid i did that too in the past… but at some point i realized that it is more about my lack of empathy personally i prefer logic and reason. but expecting this from others only paves…

humans want to know things. we are curious. this is one of the (many) reasons why we are where we are one other thing is specialization. we can’t know everything. we have to focus on our craft. the thing we are great in. and greatness comes also from time…

words i choose influence how i see the world. the weather is neither good nor bad. it just rains sometimes some words are misleading.

crazy to start a (b)log in 2026 there are sometimes thoughts i want to share and if it resonates with someone out there that would be great i am a loner. most of the time i prefer being alone, i am rarely lonely i am a minimalist. it gives me freedom. som…