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Posts about life and mindset: habits, decisions and living abroad.
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🇨🇭 The lie I was told before moving to Switzerland: "You need to speak German or French to work here".
False.
In tech, English is enough. If you're good, of course.
How dangerous it is to quit your job and focus on your projects.
Besides the obvious, the hardest part is that you lose some of that "pain" that pushed you to start a business.
You get comfortable and lose some of your motivation to work.
🧦 I’ve been living with the bare minimum for 15 days.
I’m waiting to move out of the house and I’ve got everything packed in boxes, ready for the move. So I’ve been using only the essentials for two weeks now.
Basically:
- Some clothes - A laptop - Food
There’s no time like the first 2–3 hours after you wake up
It’s pure productivity.
After lunch, you’re already feeling lazy and sluggish.
By the afternoon, you’re tired and it’s getting dark.
At 3 a.m., you’re out of energy (even though that’s when the best ideas come)
🇨🇭 Moving to Switzerland was the biggest social elevator I’ve ever experienced.
The event calendar has been the best idea I’ve ever had
Especially now that I’m working on special situations
🇨🇭 The lie I was told before moving to Switzerland:
“You need to speak German or French to work here.”
False.
In tech, English is enough. If you’re good, of course.
If I get laid off, I know I can find another job.
I have the safety net, the skills, and the confidence.
That thought saves me so many headaches... When I arrived in Switzerland with almost no experience and no money, every day at work was a fight for survival.
My job is based on sitting in front of a screen. My side projects are based on sitting in front of a screen.
So yeah, the gym is mandatory for me.
Your brain can’t be healthy if you don’t exercise. Without a healthy brain, it’s impossible to make good decisions.