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I’m not Jürgen Klopp – Four Takeaways from the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Non-Expert

I’m not Jürgen Klopp – Four Takeaways from the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Non-Expert

Fabian
Life, Health, Happiness

I could follow the example of Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp and leave writing about Corona to the professionals, as I am apparently neither an epidemiologist nor data scientist; but, let's be real here, if I would only write about topics, I am an expert in, there would be no articles in this blog.

The whole idea of Life-Sparring is trying to live up to your potential as a pretty average person, with average talents at best. So here are the (preliminary) takeaways from the current COVID-19 pandemic, from an unqualified non-expert.

Deconstructed Me – What I Learned About Myself Through DNA analysis

Deconstructed Me – What I Learned About Myself Through DNA analysis

Fabian
Health

Quantified Self is, in many ways, the antidote to the trend of “big data”. Big data accumulates, averages and tries to generate recipes for the masses. QS in contrast analyzes the single individual, trying to identify what works for one particular person.

One of the more technical exercises I did in my eternal journey to understand myself was getting my DNA analyzed. In this Life-Sparring round I share my experience and give a first glimpse of the findings.

Weighting In on the Weight Question

Weighting In on the Weight Question

Fabian
Health

I am somewhat of a quantified self (QS) nut. For many years I have taken my body weight and other measures almost every morning. Like most people who track body data with Fitbits, smart scales or other means, I accumulated a lot of measurements over time, but did almost nothing with the data collected. As I’ve mentioned in several of my articles, a huge part of the motivation to start Life-Sparring was to push myself harder on my quest to improve myself, and along the journey, provide some value to those who read my ramblings. That’s motivation enough to dig into the data and take a closer look at some of it.