Today I stepped on the scale and felt like it wanted to step on me too, fed up with me dropping my entire weight on it. Even though today it shows 171 and even though I could say I've lost almost 15 kg, by all accounts I remain a whale. I wondered why people use terms like whale or elephant to describe fit and muscular people like me, and why not chemical elements. Take a look at a list of the heaviest elements: Osmium, Iridium, Gold, or Lead. All these elements have a weight

Today I decided to talk to you about stock market indices. We have just returned from our walk outside, and somehow Luca's little face in the stroller was asking me to explain exactly this to him. Laura, today you spent 40 euros of your own money to buy yourself a children's camera. You were very happy to pay with your card and just as sad initially when you found out that the money you spend from your card disappears forever. It would be so simple, my dear, if the money we s

Another end of the week, at least for me. Since I am currently not working on Fridays, I can already consider myself to be on the weekend. To all those who still have to go to work, I can only wish you as easy a day as possible. Over the last few days, I have been curiously watching what is happening with stocks listed on different stock exchanges across the entire planet. It is an impressive carousel, to say the least. And everything was triggered by Admiral Trump. In realit

Today is another Sunday, the last day of the children's school holiday and the last day of my one-week vacation. I don't want to repeat clichés, but "winter is coming." I'm probably getting old because lately I find myself thinking more and more often about sunny regions where I could just lie in the sun. I imagine myself somewhere in southern Spain or Andalusia, walking through the streets of Seville, dressed in rays of sunshine. I've wondered whether different parts of my b

Discover how childhood curiosity fades as we grow older, and why staying curious may be the secret to lifelong learning, happiness, and personal growth.

A few days ago, I was trying to put on a T-shirt and couldn't manage it. Two years ago, Laura had tested her little sharp teeth on one of my T-shirts. After losing that battle, the T-shirt was left with four tiny holes, like a punched tram ticket. That morning, I was trying to figure out whether this was the perforated T-shirt or not. Due to my lack of imagination, I prefer buying the same T-shirt, in the same size, several times. Somehow, choosing what to wear that day becom

The direction is still right. The speed at which I’m getting there, however, is far too high. After years, decades, and centuries of being obese, I feel like I no longer have the patience to finally get rid of all these kilos. I was 20 the last time I was truly fit. After spending half your life as a whale, it’s hard to imagine a life outside the water. And now that I can see the ocean around me evaporating, I don’t know how to get rid of my whale fins. Compared to all the ot

I woke up this morning with just one thought. I want to keep writing. I don't know why. I'm not a writer. By every possible standard, there are many others who can be considered writers, but not me. I could say that I'm a storyteller. Writing has never been one of my strengths, but telling stories has. When I write to you, my readers, about my experiences, it somehow fills me with happiness. In order to describe and recreate in detail the feelings and emotions I experienced a

This morning, I woke up tired. I woke up tired and tried to gather my thoughts before taking Laura to kindergarten. Just before leaving the house, we had a little tantrum, as she was deeply unhappy about the fact that, although her mother had borrowed one hundred euros from her to pay for her dance classes at short notice, the one hundred and fifty euros she returned today were apparently not quite as good. We clearly need to work a little more on this whole businesswoman con

177 kilograms. The days go by, life moves on, and fortunately my weight is starting to go down. Today was another full day. I can’t say that I did anything particularly important, but from the moment I woke up this morning until now, late in the evening, I haven’t stopped at all. One thing I notice happening more and more often is that I exercise more and more. Today I managed to walk for a total of 1.5 hours without feeling the exhaustion I used to feel. To be fair, I also s

Hi, I'm Daniel, the creator of this blog. I don't even know exactly what I could tell you about myself on this about page. I don't know what kind of information would interest you, or why anyone would even follow my blog. So, out of a lack of imagination, I'm going to try to tell you my life story up to now. Maybe it will bore you, maybe it isn't interesting enough, but this, as it is, is what led me onto the path I'm on now. I was born in Romania in 1986, into a modest famil