I like this comic, even though I didn’t when I made it. It’s pure melancholy, and the whole day felt exactly like this.
On a related note, I always struggle with the end of summer and the beginning of the worst seasons. I will persevere, but it’s not going to be fun.
A cute little day. We spent quite a while in the perfume section of a large shopping center, trying dozens of fragrances. It was fun, and it sent Anna spiraling down a deep rabbit hole of fragrance research. I love those moments when you suddenly unlock a new interest and get to learn an entirely new set of things. I also learned that I’m apparently a big fan of pine in my fragrances. Who would have guessed I’d enjoy smelling like a tree!
Speaking of life being great: This is how my Saturdays look like. What’s not to love?!
One of my core beliefs is that life is better when you acknowledge and celebrate important things. That might be a small personal milestone or your city replacing one of the bridges that allows trains to pass through a very densely populated area. I love that Anna shares this belief with me.
Just look at how huge that bridge is! They moved it with the help of 1,080 wheels, veeeeeery slowly, for hours and hours, to its final resting place. What an amazing feat of engineering.
Every time a long train ride is part of the itinerary, I pack my Switch 2. Every time, I pull it out for maybe ten minutes, if that, before it ends up shoved back into my backpack. You’d think I’d have learned by now and just leave it at home. But I’ll do exactly the same thing next time.
Marcel from four years ago would never have been able to go for a run after a day of travel. For one thing, I wasn’t running back then. For another, travel used to take so much out of me that I’d be completely spent.
But over the last couple of years, I’ve worked on my relationship with travel, and this run felt like one of the clearest signs of progress.
It was such a lovely day. Everyone was there. So many friends came to Hamburg for the weekend, and we all had a wonderful time.
Summer is the best season, no debate needed.
I love winning battles against that inner voice telling me not to do hard things. It feels great.
Sometimes quality time together means doing things separately, but side by side.
Running intervals offers an interesting contrast. I never want to do them, even less than a classic run. But once I get going, they’re so much more fun. There’s something deeply life-affirming about sprinting through a forest. It feels almost primal.
I mentioned the quality of beds in the UK to a few friends, and many agreed that modern sleep technology doesn’t seem to have made it across the Channel.
London’s parks are on another level. Ted Lasso didn’t lie about Richmond’s beauty, and Anna surprised me with a Sofar Sounds concert in an old chapel.
We arrived in London, and I couldn’t have had a better initial impression. I loved it from the very first second.
I haven't watched a single episode of Naruto in my life.
I miss my little Boldu buddy.
Who needs meteorology when my head forecasts the weather?
Coding became a lot easier once I didn’t have to do it myself anymore.
