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To dive into the dust, crowd, chaos, noise, and heat.
Yesterday (I wrote this text on the 13th of August, 2025), while rucking and doing street photography in the city center (Srodmiescie district), Ochota and Mokotów district, I thought I ...
Should I define my happiness by estimating my condition?
The more I do rucking, the more I feel I should define my happiness by estimating my condition.
If you are not first, you are not last.
Undoubtedly, the older I am, the more I see that if you are not first, you are not last.
Rucking with 37.5 kg in scorching heat.
Rucking with 37.5 kg in scorching heat is the most exhaustive and challenging task I’ve ever done.
Seventeen trees
It’s a comforting thought that Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a literary giant, found happiness in the simple pleasure of observing seventeen trees.
The last day I took photos with a Nikon D-90.
The last day I took photos with a Nikon D-90.
It is in my nature to do my best to work on my blog.
The older I am, the more I feel it is in my nature to do my best to work on my blog and stick to it, no matter what other ...
Tourist in Warsaw.
When I walk and photograph street scenes, I do not think of myself as an artist or photographer. I think of myself as a passerby, bystander, or tourist who simply ...
We live in a world of infinite stories.
The older I am, the more I see we live in a world of infinite stories. Each life is a unique narrative waiting to be penned.
Sleep is the unsung hero of the creative process.
The older I am, the more I feel that sleep is the unsung hero of the creative process.
Inspired by Dostoyevsky.
This post will be inspired by Dostoyevsky.
How Dostoyevsky influenced my life?
The older I am, the more I recall and see how much Dostoyevsky influenced my life.
Spiritual weapon.
My blog is my spiritual weapon, a tool I use to navigate the complexities of life and express my thoughts and feelings.
This is what you were born for.
This post was inspired by one of Goya’s drawings from “The Disasters of War” series (plate 12: “This is what you were born for”).
I love street photography.
In today’s post (I wrote it on the 27th of July, 2025), I want to stress that I love street photography.
Sweet sweat.
Today (I wrote this text on the 26th of July, 2025), I thought about sweet sweat while rucking.
What rucking taught me?
Rucking, for those who may not be familiar, is the act of walking with a weighted backpack. Rucking taught me that a great and strong human cannot live with anxiety ...
Past, present, and future.
Writing is a process of communicating the past, present, and future.
Finding freedom in burden.
Today (I wrote this text on the 23rd of July, 2025), I will write about how I found freedom in burden and the unexpected joys of carrying weights.
Influencers.
Today (I wrote this text on the 22nd of July, 2025), I will write a short text about influencers, among other topics.
To move means to be free.
The more I walk, ruck, and do street photography, the more I feel and see that to move means to be free.
Revelations from childhood.
Both walking and doing street photography, intermittent fasting, exposing my body to cold by taking cold showers and walking in summer clothes in frigid temperatures, and, last but not least, ...
Rucking in a healing forest in Brok.
Today (I wrote this text on the 19th of July, 2025), I had the opportunity to walk with a heavy rucksack in a healing forest in my beloved hometown, Brok.
I do not have any specific plans or expectations regarding rucking.
The title of this text is my quotation from the post entitled “30 kg,” which I wrote on the 8th of March, 2025.
I think I do not need much to be content.
The title of this text is my quotation from the post entitled “Doing street photography straight after office work,” which I wrote on the 7th of March, 2025.
How to fuel your street photography passion?
In today’s post (I wrote it on the 12th of July, 2025), I will write about how to fuel your street photography passion.
How to feel the force of gravity?
Of course, to “feel” the force of gravity, one needs only to jump, and the moment of falling would be a de facto “feeling” of the force of gravity.
Again, about rucking?
On the 10th of July, 2025, before I started writing this text, I asked myself what I wanted to write. Did I want to write again, about rucking?
How was that possible?
On the 9th of July, 2025 (it was a day when I wrote this text), I read my post from the past, “Rucking for nine days in a row.”
I bought the third Nikon D-90.
Two days ago (I wrote the current text on the 7th of July, 2025), I bought the third Nikon D-90. Why did I do it?
Rucking in 31 degrees Celsius.
Today (I wrote this text on the 6th of July, 2025), I was rucking in 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit). How did I feel?
Rucking in scorching heat.
Tomorrow (I wrote this text on the 5th of July, 2025), I will be able to do rucking in scorching heat. Will I take advantage of this opportunity? I do ...
Fu*king discomfort.
Today (I wrote this text on the 4th of July, 2025), while doing street photography and rucking, I told myself Fu*king discomfort.
How am I rediscovering street photography each time I do it?
To be totally honest with you, my Dear Friend, I do not know how I am rediscovering street photography each time I do it.
Does time exist?Â
During New Year’s Eve 2024/2025*, I wondered whether one could divide each hour, minute, second, millisecond, microsecond, and so on into infinitely smaller and smaller parts so that the final ...
Finding pleasure in discomfort and pain.
Without finding pleasure in discomfort by exposing my body to cold by taking cold showers, walking in summer clothes in freezing temperatures, and rucking, I would not do all these ...
Return to rucking.
How is my return to rucking after a vacation in the Latvian town of Liepaja going?