Ralf’s active-rest weekend included running shoes, a carbon bicycle called Forrest, Spanish food, an impossible hotel room, and two people who enjoy life in completely different ways. This began as a conversation about active rest. But it became a conversation about marriage—about how two people can be very different, give each other space and still…
I closed my eyes for a conversation about rest and found a private beach where time does not exist, potatoes whisper, and nobody asks what we are having for dinner. Before this conversation, I had written honestly about how bad I had been feeling. Pressure had been building since November. The Mayor knew some of…
I haven’t quite been myself lately. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been walking around, pacing the floors, and mulling things over in my head like a detective trying to solve a mystery: What on earth happened? It’s the strangest feeling. I don’t feel lazy—in fact, my brain is shouting that I want to…
What began as a conversation about digital rest became something much more familiar: how ordinary frustrations take up space in our minds, and how laughter, family, and small victories help us put that space back where it belongs. Sometimes we imagine that rest comes from switching off our phones or spending less time online. But…
How a full weekend, an afternoon nap, a bike ride, and a quiet evening on the sofa reveal what real rest looks like. Sometimes a conversation begins with one question and quietly answers another. This one started with “rest in a busy life.” But beneath that was something more familiar: how do you keep going…
A conversation with Bruce about AI, power, pleasure, morality, and the strange human habit of muddling through This began as a conversation about Las Vegas. Not the city as a travel destination. Not the slot machines, the hotels, the Eiffel Tower copy, or the artificial Venice without the jet lag. Las Vegas became a model….
A Swimming Club conversation about new cars, old instincts, digital rest, and the strange moment when technology promises comfort but asks you to go to university first. The Car Is No Longer Just a Car This began as a conversation about Digital Rest. Not meditation apps.Not screen-time graphs.Not a clean theory about modern life. It…
Fabrice began with rest. But for him, rest was not only sleep, silence, or doing nothing. Sometimes rest was fishing at five in the morning. Sometimes it was beer in the courtyard. Sometimes it was walking seventeen kilometres through the woods and calling it “just a little stroll.” The First Picture of Rest When Janita…
Chicken marinated with soy, sesame, ginger, garlic, spring onion and kiwi Ingredients Chicken Marinade Method Ralf Note The kiwi matters. You think maybe it is not necessary, but then the meat tells you the truth. Cooking teaches with your teeth.
There is an image going around. It looks like a list of instructions for living better. Delete TikTok. Watch old movies. Embrace boredom. Quit doomscrolling. Eat without stimulation. Hang out in book shops. Walk without headphones. Stare out the window. Learn new skills. Seek discomfort. Experience life. At first glance, it has the smell of…
