Monologue

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

I wanted to write about something today but I can’t because the thing that prerequisited the intent to write that thing only happened late in the day, therefore my thoughts weren’t granted the blessing of maturity at the time of this writing which means I’ll get back to you tomorrow.

I woke up this morning feeling rested for the first time this week. Perhaps it was the sudden heat we got to experience (and enjoy!) but my quality of sleep had been severely lacking. This morning though, I felt the clarity of mind that I’ve been searching for all week. This sadly didn’t benefit my energy levels at all that afternoon. I could hardly keep my eyes open enough to stare out the window to the sunshine. Thankfully (thankfully!) The moment my feet touched my bicycle pedals to ride ho

So eum… Viewfinder Magazine? Yeah I started working on it today. Here are the rules: * 13x20cm trade book * 24 pages (the minimum) * Go as crazy as possible with the page design * Just a few intro words. No large essays. * Keep it as cheap as possible * Give it away for free to whomever wants it It’ll be a while before it’s finished though. I need to place testing orders which take time as well. In the meantime, I’ll be talking endlessly about One Two One [https://mitchellens.ink/one-two

I switched out my contactlenses for a fresh pair and it has been absolute bliss all day. Perhaps that’s why I could hardly keep my eyes open yesterday [/i-was-having-trouble-keeping-my-eyes-open/]. But that’s not what I want to talk about right now. In fact, I don’t have much at all to talk about. except this one thing... Are you guys familiar with Poolside FM [https://poolside.fm]? If you’re not, I urge you to take a look at it at your earliest convenience. Go ahead and do it right now, I’ll

I was having trouble keeping my eyes open. Perhaps it was the hayfever. Maybe it was because I didn’t sleep too well last night. Nevertheless, my day was filled with many appointments, which felt like hurdles to overcome at the time of my rising in the morning. All I wanted was to sit on my balcony, enjoying the sun. Little did I know that didn’t happen. Not today. After I finished work at 1 PM (technically 10 minutes earlier as I couldn’t sit inside any longer), my first appointment was aroun

The sun! Finally! As a true Dutchman I wasted no time firing up the ol’ barbecue. After a beautiful afternoon of basking in the much-too-late-in-the-year-first-showing-itself sunlight, I’m now patiently waiting for the coals to heat up to the perfect roasting temperature. I know it’s a Monday but a glass of thirst-quenching (an probably later thirst-inducing) white whine could not be missed. Charlotte whipped up a gorgeous couscous salad. Tonight we feast! Everyday is a treasure. Everyday is

Today I went far nor fast. But we did get burgers so I got that going for me. We then watched both Charlie’s Angles movies (the 2019 one doesn’t count). Yeah, it’s one of those types of days.

Another ride today. Another quick one. And it’s a good thing I do these! The moment I drove off my chain fell off one of the tiny sprockets on the derailleur. Can you believe that? It never happened to me before. I was a little confused what happened at first but noticed the culprit soon enough. I guess the combination of sprockets I chose caused it to fail. This probably means there’s too much room inside there but I didn’t have any issues further in the ride. Let’s treat is like an incident f

I drove off in the wrong direction. On purpose. I just had to do it, I couldn’t help myself. After a full day of staring at the first day of beautiful weather outside, I would never forgive myself if I didn’t enjoy it a little bit as well. So the moment I set foot outside the door, I drove off. In the wrong direction. Without a clear plan or destination, I rode by newly restored bicycle through the sunny Dutch landscapes. A landscape I had seen many times before [https://mitchellens.ink/the-si