Author: siebren

Before you click off this letter I want you to understand why you want to click off.  I’ve studied what makes a good online content for months. I’m not planning to make this a good content. Here’s why: Good content make you unconscious Good content turn off a part of your brain that makes you…

When I was in design school my teacher told me.  “There will always be a point during your current project when you really want to work on your next project.” I was happy to hear I wasn’t the only one experiencing a state of pessimism. What she didn’t tell me is that this is one…

I’ve put hundreds of hours into meditation and studying stoicism. I realized I did it wrong. There’s a subtle but important difference between two types of “Non attachment”. If you meditate or practice stoicism you might get the sense that you care less and less about the world. That’s the wrong type of non-attachment. I’ve…

I’ve quit a challenging full time job as a consultant. And soon I found myself doubling my caffeine intake. I couldn’t understand why. But I realized my body was addicted to the grind and stress. It felt good to wake up before my body wanted to. And work way longer than my mind wanted to.…

There are two mountain in life that every person has to climb. The career mountain and the spiritual mountain. Most people climb the career mountain first. To later find their life lacking any meaning and depth. This turns them inward and makes them seek meaning, or become alcoholics or buy a cabriolet car. For a…

I am a knowledge hoarder. When I was 19 years old I bought an e-reader. The first book I read was Aldous Huxleys doors of perception. I couldn’t understand much of it but It made me feel smart. Grasping the universe with my mind – like Stephen Hawking – but without the cool voice. After…

Over the past years I’ve meditated for hundreds of hours an my meditation course has almost one thousand students. Later in the letter I will tell one of the strangest – sober – experiences I’ve had. There’s one benefit that stood out to me, and no one talks about it. And no. It’s not levitation…