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Blueprint Lifestyle Costs 2024 in NL
With my recent commitment to the Blueprint stack of 400 euros a month, I calculated my full nutrition and supplementation costs this morning. Buying almost everything at Albert Heijn and everything Bio/Organic, super veggie + dinner is about 10 euros a day. I buy organic black lentils in bulk at de Notenkoerier. The Blueprint stack…
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My First Week with the Oura Ring
I have now completed my first week of sleep tracking with the Oura ring. Although it is quite a big purchase to make, I haven’t had any regrets at all. It has been an amazing experience to get proper insights into my sleep data. I have been quite intentional about sleep for a couple of…
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First night with the Oura ring
Last week I ordered an Oura ring and after finding my size with the sizing kit, the ring finally arrived yesterday. I slept well, went to bed at 20:30 and woke up refreshed at 4:30 actually wanting to get out of bed. My Oura ring gives me a sleep score of 78 (Good), so there…
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Accountability April
I recently started a Skool community at https://mischavandenburg.com/skool where I’m publishing courses and building a community of engineers who are dedicated to learning and becoming better at their craft. One member came up the with the idea of starting a 30 day challenge to keep ourselves accountable. I’m doing this continuously already with my daily,…
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Podcast Notes: An Interview With A Vegan 100 Year Old Who Ran Marathons In His Nineties
A super inspiring podcast with Mike Fremont who ran marathons well into his nineties on a plant-based diet and who raced the National Canoe Championships at age 99. He adopted a plant based diet after being diagnosed with colon cancer at age 69. Although the cancer had metastasized and spread to other parts of his…
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feeling good
feeling good just me alone in my room behind my PC contentment is the absence of a feeling of lack i need no womanno person just me and my thoughts and my notes writing for othersi need the others too cannot be independenthappiness only real when shared
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Celebrating 2000 Days Of Sobriety
2000 days. Almost 5,5 years without any form of chemical intoxication. No alcohol, no drugs, no soft drugs. It is a funny coincidence that my 2000 days should land on First Christmas Day. It makes it even more special that I can celebrate this with family tonight. Reflecting on 2000 days of sobriety. They are…
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Irrational urge to cheat
Fighting the irrational urge to start eating junk food because it’s Christmas tomorrow. I will go to my mother’s place tomorrow and have a feast. This is totally fine and it is necessary to include feast days in your weight loss program, because you can’t have control over your food intake absolutely every day of…
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Running retreats
The days are short and dark. I love this time of year where I can just sit inside guilt free and focus on my studying, coding and reading. But I also find myself daydreaming about the warmer months when I can go outside and explore nature. This year I want to combine the things I…
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I pray to all the Gods I’ll never get a long lasting running injury
I have fallen completely in love with barefoot running. It has become such an ingrained part of my day that I can hardly imagine my life without running any longer. I started this February and I could only run 10 minutes maximum. Now I find myself running for 80 minutes without stopping and feeling very…
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