by Brigitte van Tuijl | Feb 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I was 6, I couldn’t wait to start ‘big school.’ Learning to read and write! Exploring new things! Following my curiosity wherever it led! What a disappointment. I thought school would be an endless adventure, a place where my curiosity would be free to roam. ...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Feb 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Flipping through my 2017 planner, I was curious about what I was doing then. One thing was clear: Back then, I was still knee-deep in self-growth and self-improvement. Throughout that planner, I wrote journal prompts and reminders to raise my vibration. And...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Feb 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last week, I looked at the copy on my homepage. It was good enough. But I felt it could be better. So I rewrote it. Three times. On Saturday, I wrote copy that was an improvement. I put it on my website and was happy. On Sunday, I felt that this copy could still be...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Feb 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
I was watching a movie the other night when they mentioned il dolce far niente—the sweetness of doing nothing. It immediately caught my attention. At first, it felt like a mirror reflecting the way I live life. No striving, no forcing, no need to push against the...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Feb 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
I mentioned before that I don’t make a distinction between ‘work’ days and days ‘off’. I simply do what calls me in each moment, regardless of what day or time it is. I also don’t track how ‘productive’ I’ve been. That doesn’t interest me in the least anymore. Why?...
by Brigitte van Tuijl | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Every time you feel happy, it has nothing to do with your circumstances. It’s not because you’re in love, you closed a big deal, reached a big goal or got a new car. And it’s not because someone else made your heart melt. It’s because, for a little while, there was NO...