change_yourself – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Everything in this world tries to make you fat and lazy

2024-11-24

That advertisement is manipulating us isn't new, but since when is everything trying to make us fat and lazy?
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Goshuin Shrine Stamp Books

2024-08-17

Beautiful idea in many Japanese shrines: a stamp that commemorates your visit there in a specialized book for it.
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Inspirational Example of someone changing his life

2024-05-22

Making a decision to turn one's life around.
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End of Day Meditation Ritual

2024-04-13

Ending the day with a structured fifteen minutes meditation can be surprisingly ... helpful.
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Very Simple Meditation Time for the Apple Watch

2024-04-13

Shout out to «Monk Mode», a simple but highly useful meditation timer.
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ChatGPT for Social Interaction Evaluation

2024-04-10

Asking ChatGPT to evaluate social interaction — might be something for autists or people in power who act without considering the consequences.
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Eudaimonia – Then vs Now

2024-04-07

Asking ChatGPT to compare eudaimonia in ancient Greece with today. Image: Eudaimonia Logo in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
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Would you let an AI read your diary?

2024-03-28

Trying out GPT4All for evaluating a person based on diary entries. Mixed results so far.
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Personal SWOT Analysis via ChatGPT Update

2024-03-24

Short addendum to the SWOT Analysis with my results.
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Identifying Aspirations/Character Assessments/SWOTs with ChatGPT

2024-03-14

You can get ChatGPT to ask you questions and make assessments about your person. Even more speculative ones.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.