I have been off work with burnout symptoms. Getting some distance from the daily madness made me think a lot of what I want to achieve in live, what I want from work, and what could I change to not run into a burnout again. I haven’t found a conclusion yet… One thing I want to try is to write regularly. So this page might get a bit more active.

What will I write about

Random stuff. Not sure if there will be a consistent theme, there will be work stuff, there will be (model) railway stuff, there will be general musings on technology, politics and life. An occasional book review might be thrown in as well. Not everything will be translated into English and German, some stuff will be just in one language - maybe an occasional thing in Portuguese.

Work stuff might be about system engineering, system thinking, requirement engineering and product development in general, and some experiences from working in a medical device company R&D for now more than 15 years. I don’t think there will be a consistent line of thought connecting the posts, but if they turn out to be a series, I will tag them accordingly.

How often will I publish

Maybe once a week, maybe every two weeks. But I will try to get some regularity.

Why am I doing it

Mostly to start a habit of putting my thoughts into words. Something for mental health, something for creating an online presence for future careers, something just to have something to link to in social media. I will figure it out while writing. Y

I don’t have comments in this blog, this is on purpose. For one, I don’t want to do the administration of a comments system, constantly fighting spam - that’s why this is a static website. And secondly, this will be a brain-dump for me, not a discussion… If you want to discuss something on this blog, you can find me on Mastodon - see the link in the website Menu.