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This summer and autumn I have spent time at summer cottage fixing some storage room roof and chopping firewood. Also did some garden work planting berry bushes. Also did collected apples from apple trees. Plan is to brew some apple wine and cider.

Long time since visited this site. I had a big setback in life when my mother first fell very ill and passed away in summer 2020. There was handling of funeral and sale ofappartment and inheritance procedures. The latter is now clear but there were big difficulties with my siblings as I anticipated....

Done some stock portfolio reallocation because of Corona virus outbreak in China. Sold fashion-clothing stock because they have exposure in China market in both ends of the supply-chain. Sold gold warrants (not because of gold peaking but) because derivative contracts might freeze or blow up. Sold E...

Well, to me your situation looks like it might be good idea to (not waste time and effort on marginal cost-cuttings but instead) focus on completing studies first and then finding a better paying job. Of course it is easy for me to say this from the outside while not seeing from the inside the whole...

I enjoyed discussion. Especially internal/external motivation and the need for ”Mr Slappy” was insightful.

English not being my first language I struggled with the quote, but I found interpretations in the internet. My interpretation of mild depression is from human evolution point of view to be warning signal from subconscious mind declaring that either earlier assumptions (beliefs) and/or decisions (co...

I have often thought that modern life is too simple in daily activities sense but at the same time mentally challenging in bombardment of all kind of role model advertisement and deeply conflicting news. We have running water, shower, electricity, heating, cooling, transport, ice box, vacuum cleaner...

Would it be possible to study for master’s degree while working part-time?

I also hold some shares of a distillery company to compensate for my consumption patterns

I believe Montessori pedagogy addresses this phase 1.

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The evidence for my assessment for him being INFJ is as follows: When painting Last Supper, he was said to have studied 2 years in streets of Milan to find proper faces (for expressing the feelings when Jesus brought out the claim that someone will betray him). So he was observing and collecting the...

Some background information There are three or four primary periods of life that contribute differently to the development of personality (I will stick with three here for simplicity): 1. Birth - Puberty : This stage has a complex relationship with personality. In general, if the child is well care...

Was Leonardo Da Vinci INFJ? I have seen also arguments that he could be INFP because of he had so many incompleted projects.

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Leonardo da Vinci museum in Piazza del Popolo in Rome. This was a good museum with annotated storyline of Leonardo. He was born outside of marriage by a jurist and a maid, so he had no noble background nor big money. During whole his life he needed a host/protector, so he was never independent. In a...

One of my principles in management was trying to avoid being first to say “no”. I always waited in meetings that somebody else would say no and only after that let my negative stance to be known. So I tried to avoid throwing the first stone. The reason was to avoid enemies. It hurts people big-time ...

When I have to make decisions and choices I try to formulate them in a form of two-dimensional value-analysis table. The columns are quality of life (QoL) criteria, i.e what you want to achieve in life, such as more free time, cost saving, increase income, less travel, environment, spirituality, com...

I like Tuscany and Piemonte regions in Italy because they have maintained local economy intact. They have agricultural and tourism business that works with local companies and cooperatives. Most of the wineyards, hotels and restaurants are family businesses. Perhaps the best place to understand this...

Life is on track if I have peace of mind. In R&D I hated quality system which forced traceability to all decision making, which reduced risk taking to minimum, which then made difficult to be creative. In education I like creating and passing the knowledge and skills to next generation. I used t...