Creative (business) essentials

• Digital Camera: Sony Alpha 7 III equipped with versatile 35mm F1.4, 55mm F1.8, and 85mm F1.4 lenses
  
• Analog Camera: Leica M6 equipped with Zeiss ZM Biogon T* 35mm f/2.0
  
• Drone: DJI Mini 3 + remote controller
  
• Photo editing software: Adobe Lightroom + Adobe Photoshop
  
• Video editing software: Adobe Premiere Pro
  
• Design tool: Figma + Adobe Illustrator
  
• Easy (online) graphic design: Canva
  
• Microphone for podcasting: RØDE NT-USB+
  
• Microphone for video: RØDE Wireless Go
  
• Headphones: Airpods Max + Airpods Pro
  
• Free podcasting software: Audacity
  
• Podcasting hosting: Spotify for Podcasters
  
• E-reader: Amazon Kindle
  
• All-in-one workspace: Notion
  
• Website CMS: Webflow
  
• Emailing: ActiveCampaign
  
• Course hosting: Kajabi
  

Books

My Kindle bookshelf covers a diverse range of genres. I’ve got lovely reads that delve into the business world, spark the soul with spiritual wisdom, fuel creativity, and offer gems on relationships and parenting. I also enjoy deep dives into random, fascinating topics, and am a big fan of coffee table books. It’s a mix that spans from the nitty-gritty of work to the beauty of the human spirit, capturing all the interesting bits in between. Each of these books, in its own way, has inspired me and my work:

• Four Thousand Weeks: Oliver Burkeman
  
• Wired to Create: Scott Barry Kaufman & Carolyn Gregoire
  
• The Courage To Be Disliked: Ichiro Kishimi
  
• The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
  
• Big Magic: Elizabeth Gilbert
  
• Play: Stuart Brown
  
• Insights for a New Way of Living: A book series by Osho
  
• Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness: Steve Magness
  
• The Power of Boredom: Mark A. Hawkins
  
• An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us: Ed Yong
  
• The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self: Michael Easter
  
• Living Untethered: Michael A. Singer
  
• The Untethered Soul: Michael A. Singer
  
• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures: Merlin Sheldrake
  
• The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: Eric Jorgenson
  
• Let My People Go Surfing: Yvon Chouinard
  
• Mating in Captivity: Esther Perel
  
• Pussy: Regena Thomashauer
  
• We Love Each Other But: Ellen Wachtel
  
• Us: Reconnect with Your Partner and Build a Loving and Lasting Relationship: Terrence Real
  
• Women Anatomy of Arousel: Sheri Winston
  
• Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture: Johan Huizinga
  
• Fear: Thich Nhat Hanh
  
• The Tao Of Natural Breathing: Dennis Lewis
  
• Hunt, Gather, Parent: Michaeleen Doucleff
  
• The Whole-Brain Child: Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
  
• Factfulness: Hans Rosling
  
• Beauty Sick: Renee Engeln
  
• The Talent Code: Daniel Coyle
  
• The Antidote: Oliver Burkeman
  
• The Lonely Century: Noreena Hertz
  
• The Art Of Gathering: Priya Parker
  
• The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
  
• A Thousand Splendid Suns: Khaled Hosseini
  
• Gorillas in the Mist: Dian Fossey
  
• Leonardo Da Vinci: Walter Isaacson