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MDiT for 20251225

25 December 2025 ·

[My Day in Three](https://schoonens.social/categories/mdit/) for today:

1. We started Christmas Day a little later, after a good night’s sleep.
2. We planned a 30-kilometer ski tour for today. My wife started in the morning, and after a Christmas lunch in [this restaurant,](https://www.wiesenalm.at/en/) I did the second half of the tour. We selected the restaurant because it was reachable by car, so my son could easily join, as he can’t ski this year.
3. We had a lovely Christmas dinner in our hotel. In the end, it was a traditional Christmas Day with a lot of food and family fun.

MDiT for 20251224

24 December 2025 ·

[My Day in Three](https://schoonens.social/categories/mdit/) for today:

1. My wife and I skied together this morning while my daughter was skiing with a friend from school who happens to be in the same skiing area as us. I have great respect for my son, who is showing some serious resilience this week.
2. Former colleague and tech tinkerer friend Thijs connected with me today. We will try to meet in person next week when I’m back in the Netherlands.
3. We dressed up as a family for our Christmas dinner in our hotel. My daughter did my wife’s hair, which was amusing to watch.

MDiT for 20251223

23 December 2025 ·

[My Day in Three](https://schoonens.social/categories/mdit/) for today:

1. I installed a self-hosted version of [Actual Budget](https://actualbudget.org) as I want to investigate if this could become my replacement app for managing my finances.
2. I watched [The Penguin Lessons](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1086497-the-penguin-lessons) with my son this afternoon while my wife and daughter were skiing. This movie is about an English teacher who regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.
3. My wife and I made plans for the remainder of our holiday here in Austria. It’s not easy for my son to see the rest of the family skiing while he can’t.

23 December 2025 ·

I’ve been tinkering with Actual Budget this morning as a self-hosted alternative to YNAB. This might be the Christmas IT project I continue to tinker with during this holiday break.

Actual Budget is a super fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances. At its heart is the well proven and much loved Envelope Budgeting methodology. You own your data and can do whatever you want with it. Featuring multi-device sync, optional end-to-end encryption and so much more.

https://camiel.schoonens.nl/2025/45912/

MDiT for 20251222

22 December 2025 ·

[My Day in Three](https://schoonens.social/categories/mdit/) for today:

1. We had a good time skiing today. We returned to our hotel early in the afternoon as the slopes are icy due to a lack of snow.
2. I relaxed in the afternoon and continued reading my book. It’s no holiday if I can’t spend at least one hour reading a day.
3. I joined my wife on an after-dinner walk on the mountain while the kids stayed in the hotel. It’s great to have some quality time together.

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