When I got home the day before yesterday, I had a very interesting message waiting for me on my answering machine. The text was clearly spoken by a computer, and although I already deleted the message, this is roughly what it said:
Hello, this is “Mr X”. Your number has just been selected from our database, and you are a winner. This is not a joke, you have just won a BMW 3-series, or the equivalent of 30,000 Euros in cash. Again, this is not a joke. You can claim your …

Christmas is a joyful time; it is a time to spend with family, good friends, and simply enjoy being together and sharing the good times. Nevertheless, many people decide to spend their Christmas possibly as far away as possible. How about spending Christmas in Las Vegas, Miami, or traveling to Bangkok to enjoy a traditional Thai massage?
Although traveling is fun, exciting and even educational, there are a few top reasons why you may do yourself a favor and spend Christmas at home.
High Price
Traveling comes at a price, and this is …

I spontaneously realized something this morning: how much time of our lives do we actually spend either

sleeping, or
doing nothing

I came to this question, because this morning was typical again: I had been spending hours in front of the television watching a thriller last night, and as I result I went to bed at 1:30 at night. Then, this morning, like every morning, my alarm clock rings at 6 in the morning, I smash it with my left hand until it shuts up, I decide to lay down just for another …

For quite some time I was pretty obsessed with money; I wanted more, bigger salaries, huge cars, the list is endless. This obsession started when I moved to a larger city right after I graduated, and I felt really bad to be at the bottom of the ladder, just starting my career from scratch. I saw BMWs and Porches driving around, peope I met were bragging about their brand new penthouse in the city center, a Maserati comes by with a 20-year old blonde at the wheel. I got so caught up with what I …

I was thinking a few things over last night, amont others how my financial situation would look if everything crashed: stocks plummet and I would lose my job due to a financial crisis. In my case, this wouldn’t look good at all.