Two weeks ago, I shared all the stuff I bought new and secondhand in 2024. That’s an evaluation of (possible) negative impact. Today I want to look at the other side of the medal when it comes to an eco-positive lifetyle: the positive impact. The base of an eco-positive lifestyle is to live within the…
Category: Personal
In this category you’ll find all the posts about me. I hope for this site to be platform to find all sorts of information on, but I also want to you to know me and who I am. Hopefully, these posts can help to do that. I share my entire life on this blog, and I consider it my life work. This category is therefore quite personal, but I find honesty important.
Everything I bought new and secondhand in 2024
The past few years, I wrote articles about everything I bought new in a specific year. That’s because I challenged myself to buy nothing new for an entire year, as that is the most sustainable thing to do. When I wrote about everything I bought new, it was an evaluation. I never managed to buy…
Have I lived eco-positive the past year? 2023/2024 edition
Every year in September I look back at the period of exactly one year. I answer the question: how many earths do we need if everybody on the planet lived like me? In other words: am I taking more than my share when it comes to the earth’s resources? Or am I living an eco-positive…
My 3 biggest sustainability challenges at this moment | July 2024
In the past half year, my life has changed drastically. I went from living in a student flat in Amsterdam with 13 others, working 32 hours a week in an office in Amsterdam 20 minutes from home, to living with my in-laws in Harderwijk and working 36 hours a week at an office at 2,5…
The bloodwork of a vegan
A few weeks back I shared what I eat as a vegan for the 5th time on this blog. The goal of those food diaries is to show you what vegans eat (or at least, this vegan), in hope to inspire you to do the same. I think killing animals for no good reason is…
What I eat in a week as a vegan – 2024 edition
It’s been more than a year since I shared what I eat in a week as a vegan, in March 2023. I also shared food diaries in 2022, 2019 and 2018. I think it’s important to share what I eat as a vegan, since many people have no clue what vegans eat. And I personally…
My secondhand outfits in a random week
I thought it was time to share some outfits of mine again. Every once in a while I share my outfits for an entire week. This way, you get a realistic view of what secondhand clothing looks like. In separate posts, I often share what secondhand clothing I buy. However, in those posts, you never…
Life update: I have a new job!
Every time my life changes pretty drastically, I write a life update. Today it’s time for a new one! In January of this year I signed a contract at a new employer and quit the job I had at the time (I wrote a life update when I got that job in 2022). I worked…
Why I don’t use artificial intelligence for this blog
Since the release of ChatGPT in 2023, artificial intelligence (AI) has gotten a lot of attention. The possibilities of AI are endless and it can even replace jobs. But dispite all those advantages, I don’t use AI for this personal blog. And I don’t think I ever will in the future. Let me tell you…
Why I donate only 7% of my income to charity
Today I want to tell you why I donate only 7% of my income to charity. This article is extremely uncomfortable to write for me personally. It’s something I’d rather not talk about. That’s because when it comes to donating money, my actions don’t align with my values. But I think it’s good to be…