2022 Recent posts

✦ February

Why I am walking, an introduction →

07 Feb 2022

First presented in the form of a video, this essay captures my state of mind at the start of 2022 and explains the motivations behind my decision to ditch freelance photography and start going on long photo-walks instead.

2022 Recent posts

✦ January

I quit freelancing and now go on long photo walks instead →

30 Jan 2022

That’s it, I’ve had enough. I look at the phone in its holder to my left and see it’s 11:30 in the evening. Why on earth am I still staring at a computer screen? It has been 10 hours of photo editing, website building and writing today for the I-don’t-know-how-many-th day in a row.

2022 Recent posts

✦ January

2021 →

01 Jan 2022

My best work and most memorable moments from 2021.

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

Monologue (365 Project) →

31 Dec 2021

What started as my daily writing 365 project in 2021 continues in 2026 in a less restricted form. A stream of consciousness that has no other place. Almost like a public diary.

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

365 | I completed one year of daily writing. This is what I learned →

31 Dec 2021

Well then, this year flew by, hasn’t it? I can’t believe it has been 365 days of daily writing already. I also can’t believe I made it! Exactly one year ago today, I decided on a whim that a 365 project to improve my writing skills would be a good idea.

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

364 | My anti-goals for 2022 →

30 Dec 2021

In addition to my list of goals for next year, here’s also a list of things I don’t

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

363 | My goals for 2022 →

29 Dec 2021

A few days ago [https://mitchellens.ink/quick-vibe-check/], I looked back on how many of my goals for

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

362 | GTA V speedruns are therapeutic →

28 Dec 2021

After four days straight of Christmas celebrations, watching a 6 hour GTA V speed run was exactly the type of

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

361 | Last things remaining →

27 Dec 2021

Just to be clear: I am working on one final piece about my goals for next year, as well as

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

360 | The second day of Christmas →

26 Dec 2021

The second day of Christmas is the perfect moment to create a blend of watching silly YouTube videos, Bridget Jones’

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

359 | Merry Christmas to myself →

25 Dec 2021

Merry Christmas to myself. But also to some other people. You know who you are.

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

358 | Merry doing nothing for a few days →

24 Dec 2021

It’s the day before Christmas, or the day of Christmas Eve if you will, and I needn’t have

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

357 | De Ontluiking has its own place on the web now →

23 Dec 2021

YES! Not much to share today except for ONTLUIKING.NL being LIVE! It’s a work in progress, it always

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

356 | I'm nervous because the end is near →

22 Dec 2021

I'm nervous. The end of the year is near. That means I feel like I'm running

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

355 | Echoes of silence →

21 Dec 2021

It’s December 21, 2021 and that are only ten more days left in this project. Can you believe I’

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

354 | Movie night with myself →

20 Dec 2021

For a long time, I’ve wanted to watch The Equalizer. Not the 1980 or 2021 TV series, but the

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

353 | Knowledge, bliss and questions about them →

19 Dec 2021

If knowledge is power and ignorance is bliss, is being powerless then also blissful? Because it appears power and blissfulness

2021 Recent posts

✦ December

352 | mitchellensink.com →

18 Dec 2021

I bought the .com domain for my ‘firstnamelastname’ today and I can’t believe it was still free as well