Misc.

Shoshin, the Zen Concept that Applies to Companies, Science and Personal Development

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“In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s, there are few.”  Zen master Shunryo Suzuki  In Zen Buddhism, “shoshin” translates as the “beginner’s mind”, where “sho” means beginning or origin, and “shin” means spirit, soul, or attitude.  A beginner’s mind is different from being a beginner. Shoshin is about having the attitude and mindset of a novice who learns a new practice for the first time, especially after reaching expert levels in our fields.    In the beginner’s mind, there is a lack of preconceptions, a willingness to learn, to ask and try, …

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Keto and Low-Carb Treats

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In another article, I presented all the keto and low-carb baking tips I collected over the years. I tend to eat keto, with carbs coming from veggies or fruits. My family does not eat low-carb per se, more like “fewer-carbs” as I do not cook potatoes, pasta, beans, rice, etc. In this article, I included all the tried-and-tested recipes that my family would want on repeat, no questions asked. Breads and crackers Flaxmeal bread from Lalena.ro, with an English version below: Ingredients – 150g …

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Keto and Low-Carb Baking Tips and Tricks

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A few years ago, I started to notice that more and more culinary blogs published low-carb recipes. Curious, I started baking low-carb desserts.  After some initial failures, finally, my carbivore husband didn’t notice any difference between a traditional cake and a low-carb cake.  The low-carb diet is a diet that limits carbohydrates consumptions. Instead of eating pasta, traditional bread, rice, sugary foods, the focus shifts on natural proteins, fats, and vegetables with fewer carbohydrates and a higher percentage of fat. The low-carb diet means under 50g net carbs per day, and a moderately low-carb diet means under 100g net …

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Insleepia

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You visited me again last night And I woke up again in fright. I didn’t know what else to do. Should I have screamed? Should I have welcomed you? You bring me gifts of smoke. You’re in my head. A rain of words, A wind of plots, A storm of thoughts. You’re all the stories that I couldn’t write, All the wounds that didn’t cease to bite, All the shadows that never leave without a fight. You bring me gifts of light. You’re in …

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End of the Year Favourites (2020)

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Oh 2020, what a year, what a year… In this article, I collected the stories that marked me this year. Non-fiction books, in random order: Fiction Articles Videos Podcasts I would like to conclude with a quote from Good Economics for Hard Times: “Defining people by their problems is turning circumstance into essence. It denies hope.” And maybe hope can rise like seeds from the ashes of this year.

Remembering 2020

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And no more left dreams were right With no more hopes nor aims in sight. I chopped my dreams, I chopped them small Until they were all bleeding, all, all. With no more dreams to spare, How could I learn to live, to love, to dare? I buried the ashes of my dreams. Some were rotten. Some were seeds.

A Home for Ideas

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I have it in me This idea that wants to break free. The snow Of the A4 Says: “Come, I’ll be your home.” Black, tiny letters start running wild like a poem. Until the dark Of the ink Says: “Stop, here comes the dot.”

Word Beings

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And maybe a word is more than a thing. It seems to laugh, it seems to cry. It is all wonders and is all a lie. And maybe we are beings drawn in words. Choking on their meanings blurred.A drop of poison in the sweet of honey.Yeast fermenting in hope and money.Knife that slays or barely sighs.Bridges forming, crossing eyes.And in the end, what is a word? Playdough.