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Personal development, financial resilience and meaningful relationships - all this while coding or rambling about technology

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Personal Development
#change, #fitness, #how to

Before and After – Or How To Lose Weight by Running

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Running changes bodies but transformation photographs miss the real story. Weight loss happens between photos—in daily decisions nobody sees

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Personal Development
#perspective, #self awareness, #wisdom

Blindfolded

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Operating blindfolded reveals how much we depend on assumptions versus direct perception. Removing sight amplifies everything else—here's what emerges

ultrabalaton ultra-marathon
Personal Development Running
#lessons learned, #race reports, #ultra-marathon

Ultrabalaton Ultra-marathon – The Aftermath Of A 222 Kilometers Race

Last updated: December 2, 2025

222 kilometers non-stop around Lake Balaton—the aftermath reveals what ultramarathons do to body and mind. Recovery tells the race's real story

things I did in 2015
Personal Development Running
#race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of My First 220km Race – Ultrabalaton – The Fifth Marathon

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Fifth of five marathons—exhaustion versus determination in darkness. The final 42km where mental strength becomes the only fuel remaining

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Personal Development Running
#race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of My First 220km Race – Ultrabalaton – The Fourth Marathon

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Fourth marathon of five—body breaking down, mind negotiating whether to continue. The psychological warfare that defines ultra-distance running

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Personal Development Running
#race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of My First 220km Race – Ultrabalaton – The Third Marathon

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Third marathon brings reckoning—optimism fades, reality solidifies. Understanding you're only halfway triggers the real mental battle

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Personal Development Running
#race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of My First 220km Race – Ultrabalaton – The Second Marathon

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Second marathon meets exhaustion approaching. Confidence from first marathon collides with accumulating fatigue—the pattern emerges clearly

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Personal Development Running
#race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of My First 220km Race – Ultrabalaton – The First Marathon

Last updated: December 3, 2025

First of five marathons—starting strong before reality hits. Initial optimism masks the distance ahead—naivety serves as temporary fuel

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Personal Development Running
#race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of My First 220km Race – Ultrabalaton – The Preparation

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Preparing for 220km ultra-marathon reveals planning's limits. Training strategies, gear selection, mental frameworks—readiness illusion before reality strikes

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Personal Development
#family

Maybe You Got Some Kind Of Superpowers

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Superpowers exist in unexpected forms—resilience, focus, empathy, persistence. Your ordinary abilities are someone else's impossible

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Personal Development
#stoicism, #wisdom

We’re Gods. Really.

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Modern humans possess god-like powers compared to ancestors—instant communication, infinite knowledge, flight, disease elimination. We're gods who forgot

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Personal Development Running
#goal setting, #ultra-marathon

Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals – Ultrabalaton

Last updated: December 3, 2025

BHAGs require audacity beyond reason. Ultrabalaton's 220km qualifies—big, hairy, audacious. Goals should scare you into action, not comfort

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Personal Development
#personal story, #race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of My First 100 Kilometers Race

Last updated: December 2, 2025

First 100km race crosses into ultra distance territory. Marathon doubled plus eight more kilometers—discovering new limits beyond previous boundaries

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Personal Development
#fitness, #race reports

First Race Of 2015 – Half Marathon Brasov

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Season opener half marathon in Brasov sets annual momentum. First race determines year's trajectory—early commitment generates sustained forward motion

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Personal Development
#efficiency, #focus, #how to, #list post

7 Incredibly Simple Productivity Hacks For Insanely Busy People

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Seven simple productivity hacks for busy people who need to get more done with less stress and better focus.

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Personal Development
#100 ways series, #acceptance, #letting go

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 100. No Regrets

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Regrets anchor you to unchangeable past. Living without regrets means accepting every choice as necessary—the final lesson in better living

get rid of labels
Personal Development
#100 ways series, #assess

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 99. Get Rid Of Labels

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Labels simplify reality but kill nuance. Dropping identity labels creates freedom to become whoever you choose moment by moment

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Personal Development
#100 ways series, #love, #relationships

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 98. Love

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Tip 100 from the 100 Ways series. Unconditionally

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Personal Development
#100 ways series, #self discipline, #values

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 97. Make Your Own Rules

Last updated: December 2, 2025

And stick with them. Go for what works for you, not the others. Go for what you want, not the others.

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Personal Development
#100 ways series, #gratitude, #presence

100 Ways To Live A Better Life – 96. Enjoy

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Like being in joy. Like giving permission to yourself to extract joy from any situation you're in. Even if it's bad.

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