Monologue

It is very necessary. Especially after the way I have been pumping myself up all morning. Will I take a bus all the way up to Spakenburg and then walk back home — essentially completing the northern half of the Grebbeline? Nah, that's an almost 25km walk. Too much for a quick afternoon stroll so I should save that for when I have a full day. Perhaps I then take a bus down to Scherpenzeel and walk another section of the southern half of the Grebbeline. Though that would require me to be at the

The way this cat is laying down all relaxed right now, I wish I was a cat. But I think most of us has had that wish before, haven’t we? It’s one of the most universal wishes I’ve heard in my almost 30 years wandering around on this planet. This guy just walks up to any place, at any time of the day, and lays down in an immediate state of ultimate relaxation. I can’t understand how he does it. And if you move him? Doesn’t matter. He just repositions and is comfortable again within no time. I wis

To be honest, I'm already working my way towards closing the year. It's strange, because 2021 has passed by so quickly, I can hardly believe it's already the end of November. At the same time, I'm not unhappy the year is almost over. A small reason for that is that I am ready to focus on other things than these Monologues. There is no other reason. Ha! I'm already subconsciously going over the lessons I've learned this year. Trying to figure out what these Monologues have brought me. I can thin

The Weeknd - The Morning, on repeat in my head. Though, despite the hedonistic theme of the song, my Sunday consisted of day time naps and afternoon drinks and bites. What else could I have asked for?

Winter is not officially here but its spirits are certainly felt already. The changes in light immediately draw me back to black and white photos. I feel like it can be a waste to loose the extra layer of information color can hold during summer, so I can’t bring myself to black and white photography as much at those times. In winter though, the whole world looses its color for the most part and a colorless shot can underline that reality so well. When even the trees decide to present themselve

A mere 4800 steps today. Far less than past week’s average. It’s fine. Let me get some rest tonight and I’ll try my best to make it up tomorrow. Sleep well. Sleep tight.

Hello kids and people older than that. I’m happy to report I have not walked strenuous amounts today. My legs are already very noticeably displaying their presence by presenting me with a constant feeling of soreness. Not the type that inhibits you from walking but certainly enough to remind me of the almost 30km I’ve walked the past few days. Good to know the walking is doing something. I also didn’t sit down behind the computer all day instead. Which is my default behaviour when I’m not outs

Don’t you think it’s poetic that the wrapper or the roll of bin bags is the first item to be discarded? Reduced to the contents of the object is was so carefully protecting from unraveling. Maybe that’s just me. In other news, I walked 11KM again today and my feet are really starting to hurt. You will not find me walking this distance again tomorrow. Maybe I’ll cycle. Maybe I will just read a book for once. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow.

Okay I gotta be honest, it's always either all or nothing with me. Just two days ago I shared my plan of doing one week of boring computer stuff and than the other week of going out and experiencing stuff. Well, today I did went out again (as promised) but I immediately ended up walking a solid 11,5 KM, like that's a normal thing to do. I mean, sure it's good to be out there but am I not overdoing it right away? I just might be. Though we'll know for sure when I wake up with a crippling pain in

As promised, I would be back to report on my week of doing stuff. So here I am: reporting. Sadly, the Mondays are set aside for a full day of office work (I still have a job) so it was well past daylight when I had the first moment to myself. Luckily, the weather is kind enough to us on this November 15th, so I made sure I was warmly dressed and, after a quick bite, headed out again. I wasn't entirely sure what my plan was when I set foot outside so for a moment I dwelled around the vicinity of

New plan! I have a new plan! I’m not sure I will actually pull through but I like the idea so here it goes. How about… how shall I say this… splitting my time into two parts for a while. One part where I focus on doing computer stuff and one part where I focus on going out and making real life stuff. I have so much trouble planning my time properly to allow for outside adventures. It’s not uncommon that I end up finding something to do on the computer and just default to that instead. Such a wa

Who can you bet on if not yourself? That’s the main thought going through my mind the past few months. I have yet to find a reason to believe this growing feeling is unjustified. If anything, this seems to become an increasingly better strategy to move forward.

I’m feeling fine. I’m functioning fine. Everything is just fine. But if I look real close and I mean real close at what I’m truly feeling, than it’s currently: Tired Angry (sometimes confused with sadness) Excited Satisfied

If you don’t count the final touches I did on the logo for De Ontluiking I did this afternoon, nothing much happened today. If you do see that as being substantial enough to write about, then I would tell you that I’m proud and satisfied of and with the results. If you then tell me I constructed those sentences way more complex than they need to be, I’d tell you it might be better to just take a quick glance at the updated logo below and move on with your life. I will then do the same.

My mind is overflowing so I hope you don't mind me venting a little1. Meetings aren't supposed to be at 8PM anyway. Sometimes we do whatever is necessary though and this meeting was necessary. It's so easy to loose track of what you're doing and whatever progress you are making. Until you talk about it. Then it all suddenly makes sense again. So this meeting was necessary for exactly that reason — mental clarity is a beautiful thing. I'll do anything for it. Even if that means I'm hyped and o

Whoops, I was already nodding off on the couch with my YouTube video but then I realised there have not been any writing of words today yet. Luckily, the computer was still within an arm's length of myself so here I am typing away some random sentences. I hope you can appreciate that I at least keep the effort up to do this everyday. Other than that, there isn't much to share again today. I tinkered with my website redesign a little, which is starting to take shape now. I then noticed I have a

As a now proud owner of an Apple Watch (let me finish, this won't get technical! Promised.) I have noticed a trend slowly starting to develop itself. This evening was one of the most extreme examples recorded of this developing trend so far. Just as I rode my bike up to my home, I glanced over at the Watch's screen and noticed I was on 86% of my, admittedly already modest, Movement goal. Usually, I wouldn't have thought twice about this and just parked my bike to prepare myself for winding down

I’m so lazy and tired today I even considered breaking my streak of daily writing. But I won’t. The streak continues.