Tag: writing

  • Dutch Lock Down Day Seventy Four

    An optional excerpt meant to entice you to come read the whole post.

  • New Habits Are Hard

    There are a few things I consider more important than taking care of someone else – brushing my teeth, showering, sleeping, health, yin yoga, walking outside, exercise, eating, meditation, plenty of english breakfast tea with a ton of milk, and at least one small round of Swedish, Japanese and Dutch every single day.

  • It Pours

    I completely didn’t write yesterday. I remembered, but then I forgot. That’s how it works sometimes. But I wrote today and published not one, but TWO articles. #WhenItRains WAIT Did I just find my hashtag?!? Holy shit! ASIDE: I once heard a podcast wherein the person said that they were asked to sift through all…

  • Oh, Hello There, World

    At some point I was writing and posting every single day. Go, me! Because I heard Seth Godin talk about it on NPR or somewhere at some point – to write every day – and it resonated. So I did. Mostly. Except then groningenrain.nl was hacked. Stripped. No backup.

  • Psst… You Wanna Hear A Secret?

    I’ve been keeping a lot of things on the downlow lately for various reasons. And it’s time to let all the cats out of all the bags.

  • What Was Your Biggest Lesson From 2018?

    A fellow Toastmaster wrote a piece about her biggest lessons learned in 2018 which I promptly forwarded. #transformation #change But then she turned it around on me. “Thank you for sharing K Rain Leander! Love to know – what was your biggest lesson from 2018?” ~ Sangbreeta Moitra And, yup, I have been mulling over…

  • Do All The Things Right Now

    Around this time of year, a few of us are thinking about what we might pledge to do differently in the new year. “Starting next year, I will…” go to the gym regularly eat healthy drop kilos lower body fat get super fit study more programming languages build some apps in said programming languages throw…

  • Exploring All The Local Cafes of Haren

    Okay, so this may seem like more of an advertisement piece, but it’s where I am and that’s more important than maintaining my I Have Totally Not Sold Out reputation. But who are we kidding – I’d totally sell out, given the opportunity. And so would you. Ahem. This post certainly got dark quickly, didn’t…

  • Who Publishes On Wednesdays, I Mean Come On

    Ideally this posts are written in batches and then scheduled to be published at future dates and times but I’m SO NOT THERE YET. Also? Don’t try to write while also letting the television play if you’re Rain Leander cause you’ll be CONSTANTLY DISTRACTED. I mean, some people can do it? But not I. Focus,…

  • These Titles Are Supposed To Be Short

    The original title of this post was “Wherein Rain Schedules Out The Next Few Weeks of Blogging per Adam DuVander And Then Freaks The Fuck Out (Just a Bit)” but SEO #amirite I’m sitting in my local bakery thinking about three things – routines, writing, and identity and wouldn’t you know it, that’s exactly what…

  • Figuring This Shit Out

    One of the things I’m Working On Right Now ™ is this whole blogging thing and social media and becoming an influencer and thought leadership and how many more buzz words can I fit into one boring sentence. #CanIGetAnAMEN And part of figuring out some of those things is blogging regularly again, so here we…

  • My Notes From Adam DuVander’s Developer Content Marketing Workshop At DevRelCon London

    I know what you’re thinking right now. “It’s been umpteen weeks since you’ve written on this blog and THIS is what you’re going to write about?!?” Yes, I totally used quotes because THAT is EXACTLY what you’re thinking. Yeah, that’s right, THIS is what I’m writing about – so sit back, buck up, and get…