Yasmin Vantuykom: Newsletter #63 The new status symbol? Being offline. November 2025 This Week on "Scrollaholics"... Offline is the new luxury. At least, that’s what Vogue says. Brands are leaning into analog experiences, tactile materials, and slower ways of living, because apparently, scrolling less is suddenly chic. Tote bags filled with books, puzzles, and journals are trending on TikTok. A flip phone or “no followers” status? Instant cool. Wearing yesterday’s micro-trends online is...
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Yasmin Vantuykom: Newsletter #62 Experience offline. November 2025 This Week on "Scrollaholics"... Our first Quyet X Scrollaholics event! A free breakfast session next Thursday (27/11) in The Hoxton - Brussels. Why? Because I want to gather our community offline, make them experience what offline can bring you, especially in the workplace. What to Expect: Welcome breakfast in a beautiful setting. A keynote by me, I'll share my personal story of breaking free from screen addiction. I'll offer...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Yasmin Vantuykom: Newsletter #61 Your phone is a resource, not a way to kill time. November 2025 This Week on "Scrollaholics"... It’s finally here, my new book Scrollaholics is officially out, now in bookstores and available online. What began as a personal journey, a 100 day challenge, to rethink my own relationship with screens and constant connectivity, has grown into a practical guide enriched by the insights of experts who helped deepen and sharpen the message. Next to the launch, I’m...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Workaholics: Newsletter #60 Grounded in green, made for the moments that matter. November 2025 This Week on "Workaholics"... This past year has been an incredible learning journey, one of exploration, refinement, and growth. With Quyet, I went through more than 10 prototypes before we finally reached the version that felt truly right. Along the way, dozens of colors came and went, but the olive green instantly stood out. It became my coup de cœur: a calm yet characterful tone that feels just...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Workaholics: Newsletter #59 We keep investing in what pulls our attention away, rarely in what could sustain us in the long run. October 2025 This Week on "Workaholics"... Building Quyet Last week, Quyet won a startup award by Unizo (Promising SME).Let's be very real: It’s not the first time I’ve applied for one, back in the Efluenz days, I tried a few times and never won. (I did win "most promising Entrepreneur" once, but I've lost "Female entrepreneur of the year", many marketing awards...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Workaholics: Newsletter #58 The body keeps score; it remembers what the mind tries to forget. October 2025 This Week on "Workaholics"... We’re officially live with the second season of Scrollaholics! Honestly, I can’t believe we made it—weeks of preparation, last-minute guest cancellations that had me questioning my life choices, audio issues that made me sound like I had a chronic cold, and recording days so long that I started talking to the furniture just to stay sane. And let’s not even...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Workaholics: Newsletter #57 It’s not about the phone. It’s about what happens when it’s not in your hand. October 2025 This Week on "Workaholics"... We’re finally shipping this week!!So here’s a small email — not in its usual format — to celebrate this big step in my entrepreneurship journey. Don’t worry, I won’t be sending updates or discounts about QUYET every time.That’s what the Quyet newsletter is for (if you're into digital rest, feel free to join over there). This list remains what...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Workaholics: Newsletter #56 Calm isn’t no chaos. It’s figuring it out step by step. October 2025 This Week on "Workaholics"... October will be a rollercoaster. The podcast goes live on 21/10, the first 250 Quyet Home units finally arrived, and the next 500 are already on their way for Christmas. But getting here wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. A truck carrying 400kg of materials showed up at my house instead of the assembly place. My wood supplier went dark, leaving me unsure if delivery would...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Workaholics: Newsletter #55 Intuition does not come to an unprepared mind. September 2025 This Week on "Workaholics"... Lately, I’ve been feeling overwhelmed. A new podcast season. A book pre-order. A product launch...All exciting, all meaningful — and yet, sometimes it feels like too much at once.For you maybe, and honestly, for me too. Yesterday, I came across something that helped me understand it better:The difference between sensing and intuitive types. Sensing types tend to focus on...
4 months ago • 2 min read