Using Ledger-cli for joint finances

Posted on 2025-07-24 19:25 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with ledger-cli, personal finance, bookkeeping

I have been using ledger-cli since 2015. At first only for my personal finances. To make it easier for myself, I use the CSV files I download from the bank and convert these into ledger-cli transaction files.

Later I incorporated my business records as well. This gave me a single …


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Sourdough Cracker

Posted on 2025-07-10 19:00 in recipes • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with recipe

This is a very tasty recipe for making a cracker from sourdough. When stored in an airtight container, this cracker will probably keep good for a week if not longer.

Ingredients:

  • 200g sourdough starter
  • 100g flour
  • 80g olive oil
  • 50g seeds (sunflower, sesame)
  • 6g salt

Preparation:

  • mix all ingredients well …

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Financial Implications of Starting a Business

Posted on 2025-06-24 22:26 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

Recently a friend mentioned she needed to write a business plan for her new business. The request was to include a section on financials.

Starting a new business is quite disruptive to the way you spend your time, your money and your energy. It helps to think through some of …


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My Permaculture Journey from 2021 to 2025

Posted on 2025-06-15 12:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

This is a continuation from My Permaculture Journey from 2016 to 2020.

On 2021-01-22 I started visiting and volunteering at Food Forest Eindhoven. At that time, it was one of the few activities I could physically go to due to the restrictions imposed on all of us at the time …


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Design of an Allotment Association

Posted on 2025-06-14 19:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, social design

Background

I was voted into the board of an allotment association in 2019. In response, I created this design draft to help me get a feel for the challenges facing the allotment association at that time.

I abandoned this design when I ended my involvement with the association in 2025 …


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Meditation technique: 5-4-3-2-1

Posted on 2025-05-25 22:55 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with meditation

A method for grounding yourself and to bring yourself back to the present moment.

Focus your attention one after the other on these things:

  • 5 things you SEE
  • 4 things you HEAR
  • 3 things you TOUCH
  • 2 things you SMELL
  • 1 thing you TASTE

This technique brings me rapidly into …


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Nettle Soup

Posted on 2025-05-14 13:03 in recipes • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with recipe

Quantity: ~2 liter, 6-8 servings

Ingredients:

  • cooking oil / butter
  • 1 onion
  • 2-3 cloves garlic
  • 2 potatoes
  • 2 carrot / 1 winter carrot
  • nettle tops (top 3-4 pair of leaves)
  • water
  • dash of (apple) vinegar
  • salt

Extra:

  • 1 top of mugwort (bijvoet)
  • 2 stems of fennel (venkel)
  • 2 stems of lovage (lavas …

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Four Questions (4Q)

Posted on 2025-05-13 15:45 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, 4 questions

The Four Questions is an evaluating tool. The four questions are:

  • What went well?
  • What would I do differently?
  • What is my vision?
  • What is my next step?

Let's expand on each question.

What went well?

List all the things that went well in your project, presentation, relationship, life or …


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Six Ways To Die (6WTD)

Posted on 2025-05-08 19:46 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with 6 ways to die, Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps

The Six Ways To Die (6WTD) is a tool proposed by Vinay Gupta to help individuals and groups quickly identify urgent needs of individuals in a crisis. It explains what basic infrastructure needs to be in place for people to survive to the next day.

The six ways to die …


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Workshop Financial Know How

Posted on 2025-04-19 10:27 in workshop • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with workshop, personal finance, forms of capital

This workshop is currently in the dreaming phase (see Dragon Dreaming). I use this document to collect things I would want to say about the topic of money and personal finance. I appreciate feedback on it. Leave me a message via the contact form.

Background

I see people struggle with …


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