What I'm Doing Right Now

Location

Kuala Lumpur. Just flew in from Bangkok a few weeks ago. The apartment has a weird background hum but the view from the 52nd floor makes up for it.

When I look out and see the crazy lighting of the building next door I am wondering about wtf are we doing as humans haha. It is 50% mind blowingly amazing and 50% absurd af.

Creating

Finally launched Analecta (this website) as my digital playground. Just published two articles - one about using tension as fuel, another about my transformation from rigid morning routines to actually enjoying life.

The writing thing is new for me. Or rather, sharing vulnerable writing publicly is new. Still feels weird but I am amazingly fine with it.

I also got back into street photography after a solid 12 months hiatus. Did a photo tour in Bangkok with an amazing guide, edited my shots, got great feedback. Turns out I love it when I'm not trying to be perfect at it.

Movement

Back in Muay Thai YAY. After a motorbike accident in Nicaragua I was struggling to get my hip fixed. Thanks to the amazing Thai Physio in Bangkok I did now 2 sessions of my favorite sport again. I am at 25% of my strength but just happy I can do it without pain (except sore muscles obviously).

I also try to get a bit of Yoga in to remind myself I'm not 25 anymore and my body needs stretching. Also helped with the hip pain.

Reading/Learning

Currently deep into books about hospitality or let's say human first ideas... because I have a feeling with the current AI stuff getting more and more popular this will be even more important than it even was before.

Also paradox mindsets, creative tension and learning to modulate my sensory input (long story... maybe for another article).

I'm in what I'm calling a "groove in" phase with a new system. Some days I have these insane 10x joy moments like grinning on the street for no reason and making strangers smile. Other days I need to retreat into safety and quiet.

Listening to

I listen to a lot of stuff but this set actually stuck and got a lot of playtime past week... that's why i want to share it as well.

Work

The good old Indie Consulting. Currently working only with a couple of clients.

• Building and improving sales funnels. From High Level Strategy to nitty gritty copywriting. They call me a swiss knife.
• Training their teams on Marketing Fundamentals but with an AI trojan horse (because that's the way you get stuff in nowadays haha).
• Often this work also leads to help teams navigate not just business stuff but also personal/leadership things.

It's fun and a good connection to not do everything on my own.

Also working on my other projects:

• Charcuteria (DE) / Wurst Circle (EN) - my fun sausage making business
• GMALT - currently on hold - AI Wrapper for parents making coloring templates for kids

What's Next?

Month in KL. Feels very homey here because I spent so much time here already. Also preparing for some personal things that have me both excited and a bit anxious (in a good way).