Hello⦠and welcome back to Pieterās Post.
Learn in Public
Last year Iāve posted 1 blog a week on my website. It was a nice experiment but Iāve learned that just writing some crappy blog each week doesnāt add much value. Itās good for forming a writing habit though. Iām thinking about showcasing more āHow-toā articles from things Iām learning at the moment. Itās called
Learning in Public. The difference with a regular blog post is that itās not theoretical fluff but practical suggestions of how to learn or do a certain topic. For example,
how to become a lighting programmer is still visited 100 times a month even though itās written 3 years ago. Iām still thinking about the right format, how to plan and write it. But some core principles:
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No fluff, only practical advice. For example: Telling someone to eat healthy isnāt helpful. Itās too vague and hard to put into practice. To be helpful you should define what healthy food is, how you can get it into your house at the right time, how you can prepare it, what to do when you donāt feel like it. In other words, building the systems to support it, not fortune cookie wisdom.
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Only things Iāve tried myself. Itās easy to copy-paste generic advice. But Iām not trying to get clicks, views, or become a content farm. So it doesnāt matter if it takes longer because I have to try it myself first.
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Templates and lists over text. Books and articles can contain useful information. But itās usually hidden in between thousands of words of anecdotes and fluff. Itās hard to find the information in a structured way when you need it. Therefore I want the core principles of the article to be easily scannable. Or alternatively, put it into a worksheet/template you can easily use.
To be continued⦠would love to know your input so reply to this mail.
Pension for the Dutchies
Let me start off with a boring suggestion for my Dutchies. Take a moment to see how your pension is doing. Millennials (my generation) are largely unaware of their pension status and set themselves up to get fucked later in life. It becomes exponentially more difficult the later you get started. Itās no longer enough to just take part in a pension plan as the result might be disappointing when you retire (Due to the aging population, political change, inflation etcā¦). A good pension is not guaranteed for our generationā¦
Check this video on Dutch Pensions for a quick refresher. Next, check what you can expect with your current pension plan at
Mijn Pensioen. If itās not enough to live comfortably you might need to do additional pension investing through
Brand New Day or something similar.