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Fuck Work — Is Work the Evil or the Cure?

I know this is a little bit of a harsh title and I didn't mean to make it sound that negative, but this topic has been on my head for a while now.

by Tobias van Schneider

The big list

Society loves to passive aggressively ask you this question everyday. What are you doing with your life? What's your grand plan? (listen to the song I was listening to while writing this article) I’m not a planner. I don’t trust planners and I don’t like

by Tobias van Schneider

Why do you work?

I recently wrote a piece called “Work/Life Balance is Bullshit,” [https://medium.com/desk-of-van-schneider/work-life-balance-is-bullshit-f51bf8b3767#.ih5vs5qnj] which turned out to be more controversial than I anticipated. To sum it up, I believe that work isn’t the negative thing our “live for the weekend” culture makes it out to

by Tobias van Schneider

Why I Write

I thought about this question a lot in the last couple weeks. All I know is that writing had a huge impact on my life. And the more I thought about it, the more I found out what exactly writing did to me as a person and my career as

by Tobias van Schneider

Work/Life Balance Is Bullsh*t

Every time someone asks me that question I struggle with a straight answer. Then start one of my usual rants about why you just can't ask this kind of question in the first place. For me the concept of work/life balance is bullshit. The fact that we

by Tobias van Schneider

Be useful

Two simple words that are so easy to forget. Every day when I wake up I try to remind myself of just that: Be useful.

by Tobias van Schneider

Why I Try to Avoid a Daily Schedule

If you're following me on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/vanschneider/] you mostly likely have seen a couple pictures from my Iceland trip already. If not, make sure to follow me because there are many great ones coming. (Iceland is just too easy to take great pictures of)

by Tobias van Schneider

100 Years Ago

But today I was thinking about more than just this past year. I started thinking about how much our world has changed in just the last 100 years. There are human beings on earth who were born more than 100 years ago. We call them centenarians, people who live to

by Tobias van Schneider

2015 – The Year of Change

? Panic & Anxiety I kicked off the year with lots of anxiety and the first panic attacks I had in my life. (or maybe I did not know about them before?) Dealing with it took most of my energy last winter and early 2015. It’s not an experience I

by Tobias van Schneider

Be Stupid

If you’re new to this blog, you can read the four principles I already wrote about below: 1. Ignore Everybody [https://www.vanschneider.com/ignore-everybody/] 2. A Jack Of All Trades [https://www.vanschneider.com/a-jack-of-all-trades/] 3. Trust Your Gut [https://www.vanschneider.com/trust-your-gut/] 4. Stay Busy [https: