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Peep this, I managed to plan all my appointments this week into one single day. This day. That’s a good thing, in case that isn’t clear! It takes some effort for an introvert to go out and be sociable1 and grouping that effort together is a perfect way to deal with that. An added benefit is that I can allow myself to do nothing else besides these meetings. Another benefit is that I can work distraction free for the rest of the week. Everything is perfect. What I also like to mention is that

Internet: fixed. But let’s see how things are in a few days. Leaking roof: contractors called, again. Things should be taken care of soon. Hopefully before the rain starts pouring down again. The walls can take so much water. Aching back: working on it. I finally called the physician and they had room for me on Thursday. I don’t know why I always wait so long to do these things. Other physical unfitness complaints: also work in progress. I got on my bike to ride to the water this afternoon a

I’m mad. I’m mad because our roof started leaking again. Despite having been worked on for two times already, mere months ago. I’m mad the wallpaper is now letting go and it’s a PITA to get the damages fixed. I’m mad the internet at home started to become unreliable at best for no apparent reason at all. I’m mad my photos are being used without my consent and that I should be satisfied with a photo-credit. I’m mad I haven’t been able to live by my own schedule as much as I want to. It’s alw

Wake up in the morning and watch some YBS Youngbloods on YouTube [https://youtube.com/c/Youngbloods] to get my lust for adventure going. Eat the burger I didn’t finish last night for breakfast. Drink another cup of coffee to make sure I’m properly awake. That’s all the energy I need for my afternoon activities. The clock shows a little past 12 as I take my last sips from the coffee and head for the shower. I pick out an airy attire to make sure I’m comfortable later. I thoroughly pet both of th

Go to bed at 04:00. Wake up at 09:00. Fall asleep again at 10:50. Wake up again at 13:45. Do nothing until 17:00. Have a beer on the terrace until 21:00. Order burgers from said terrace and rush home. Almost fall asleep on the couch while writing this at 22:17.

The smell outside is amazing. It’s unbelievable what a good thunderstorm can do after a couple of hot summer days. The air is filled with flowery scents, though stripped from pollen. The sun, still strong because of the impending summer solstice, pierces through the raindrop-covered canopies and releases a warm blanked that’s covering the surroundings. The smell is amazing.

Bad news: The social apps are back on the phone. How’s that for a character arch. How long has it been? Two days? Maybe three? I don’t know I’m too lazy to check right now. Random thought 1: You know it’s hot when the mirror doesn’t fog up after taking a shower. Random thought 2: I think I’m the best at what I do. I also think everybody else is better than I am. Now I don’t know how to behave myself. Am I a teacher or a student? Maybe both?

By the water, across from my home, I sit down and look around. My camera dormantly slung around my torso. A solid 30 degrees Celsius scorch my unprotected skin and the first signs of thirst start to emerge. I look at my camera and think about the new JPEG settings I wanted to test. I then look up at the harsh sunlight and the scooters wizzing by and reconsider. Why did I leave the house in the first place? Not so much to take photos, I’m pretty sure about that. Perhaps to escape the safe confi

I thought about waiting to write a recap of my experiences producing these Monologues until I reach 200 days but the truth is, I don’t want to wait another 33 days to do that. So here we are, at day 166 of my 365 project for 2021. Penning down some thoughts I have about the process so far. I’m not sure where I want to go with this so let’s just begin. I noticed a trend where I start most of my entries with ‘I’, which I’m now trying to avoid whenever I can.1 It’s not so much that I don’t want t

That’s it, the social apps are gone from my phone. At least for now. I’m not necessarily opposed to the social networks but I notice my mind wandering more often than not these days and I don’t want to be drawn to these apps every time that happens. I’ve gotten rid of Instagram a couple of times now but Twitter has been with me from the start. It has never left my home screen since I installed it over 10 years(!) ago. That streak is ending today. Instead, I’ll place my favorite writing app [htt

Right, so that recap from yesterday I sort of promised. Well, it was the official open day of the new office units I am taking part in so we’ve all gathered for drinks and BBQ. What can I say, we hung out in the sun and it was lovely. It’s probably not the recap you expected but I guess this is what it is. Nothing more nothing less. I did shoot a bunch of photos and videos during the day that I’ll take a look at later this week. Whenever I feel like it again. For now, I’m recharging the introv

Oh but wait, another day almost passed again? I totally forgot the time? Why, you ask? Because it’s such a good day. A true enjoyment. Perhaps I’ll do a recap tomorrow when I’m done living the moment. Which also means, I have no other things to share for now. The moment shall be seized!

I thought about it for a minute on the ride back home and I know the answer. I’ve burned through my extraversion these past few days. I need a good night sleep and I’ll be good for interpersonal contact again tomorrow. For now though, I’m just a little tired.

I’m about to set off on a bike ride to Utrecht. It’s about 24K from my home, which takes about 1,5 hours according to Maps. I am not in a rush and plan to shoot a Do You Register [https://mitchellens.ink/do-you-register] on the way so I think 1,5 hours sounds fine. I’m all prepared (I think) so let’s hit play on Endless Cycle [https://mitchellens.ink/about#music] and see how this ride feels. (…) Okay so I arrived! It took 1 hour and 7 minutes, including a pause to shoot that movie and a quic

I planned to do many things today. I wanted to do none of them. I ended up doing all of them. Tomorrow again.

Just booked a flight to Spain for the 20th of September. An actual flight. Can you believe it? Fingers crossed we’ll be able to go there in a world that’s somewhat normal. It’s still a few months from now. Who knows? Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. In other news, did I mention I grabbed the domain name ontluiking.nl? Didn’t I? Ah, well you can take a quick look to get a glimpse of what’s (hopefully) yet to come. It’s filled with dummy text and photos but there’s a general layout. A sneak pe

What do you do when you realize that none of it really matters and the whole point is simply to enjoy yourself? What do you do when the sun continues to bless you with rays of warmth and happiness? I guess you can do a multitude of things. We specifically decided to spread our beds (read: towels) next to the water and read a book. Or at least give it a try. It didn’t take long before we were surrounded by groups of teenagers having the same idea as we had. Though they didn’t plan on reading an

Okay so here we are. My first impressions of the Pergear 35mm F1.6. A lens I bought from Amazon for the insanely cheap price of 70(!) euros. There isn’t much else out there for your Fujifilm X-system that costs you less money. While researching the lens online, I couldn’t find much out there that talks about the lens in depth so I’m considering writing a proper long-term review. It’s too soon for that now though so here are a few of my earliest impressions and thoughts: * It’s heavier than my