Welcome to my NOW Page
Here you’ll find what’s on my mind, what I’m working on, and what I’m thinking about and reflecting on. What I am reading. What I am listening to. What I am doing.
Updated June 3rd, 2024
Working
The transformation from moving from my former employer QuinScape to my new employer Dataciders is bigger than I first thought. In fact, it’s like moving from a company with more than 20 years of history to a start-up. Even though Dataciders emerged from QuinScape as the parent company. But working in the group is completely different now. And it is truely a start-up. It was founded four or five years ago. There are private equity stakes in it. It is growing fast. The difference to a normal start-up is that it consists of existing companies with their own history. Like QuinScape. And the interesting thing now is how these different companies are growing and working together. So it’s definitely a new organisation. I think that’s why I like working there now. It’s a bit wild, it’s an adventure. There are lots of opportunities to create and help shape things. That’s exactly my thing.
Thinking
I’ve been thinking about what I want to do with my life. About ambition, passion, what is important, goals, projects. After I gave up my self-employment and my start-up project, I initially felt something like a gap. Perhaps something like a phantom pain. I looked for another form of self-expression and found it in creating collages. But now I feel a bit stuck. And I asked myself if I needed a replacement, a project. Something to express myself or to make the world a better place. Maybe I do. But not right now. For now, I’m allowing this feeling, this urge to follow the things that resonate and want to be in the flow. I follow them by simply practising them regularly to suck less (Austin Kleon) and see what happens after a while. Or I follow them by diving deeper, by learning more about them.
Practicing
Playing drums. I practice with the amazing learning platform Drumeo. It’s great to have some guidance.
Exploring collage. I’ve signed up for a course with exactly that name. Also as a guide. To get back into the flow. And to have fun.
Also:
- meditating
- physical workout
- running
Learning/diving deeper
- The art of Joan Mitchell
- The art of Henri Matisse
- The art of Louise Bourgeois
- What’s growing and living in the near surrounding
This site is inspired by the wonderful Derek Sivers, who has created a real movement of it. You can find other people who also have a Now Page HERE. And maybe this will inspire you to create your own too. I recommend it! (You can find my profile here.)