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Balancing my professional job with my artistic activities.
For me, it is not easy in terms of balancing my professional job with my artistic activities.
Rucking after 10 days of break.
I wrote this text on the 25th of June, 2025, after rucking after 10 days of break.
The last day of feasting.
I wrote this text on the 22nd of June, 2025, while in the Latvian town of Liepāja, knowing that it would be our last day of feasting here.
One week of drinking beer per year is definitely enough.
After writing the title of this post, I started to think whether one week of drinking beer per year is too much.
A sixth day without rucking.
I wrote this text on the 20th of June, 2025, while in the Latvian town of Liepaja, knowing it had been a sixth day without rucking.
Drinking alcohol.
Drinking alcohol worsens and decreases one’s mental and physical abilities.
Doing street photography in foreign countries.
Today, I will share some insights on street photography in foreign countries.
The sun that does not burn.
While spending time with my beloved Kamilka and our cat Azorek in the Latvian town of Liepaja, I reminded myself about the sun that does not burn.
Taking photos while taking a break on a bench.
The more heavyweights I carry while rucking and doing street photography, the more photos I take while taking a break on a bench.
Break from intermittent fasting and rucking.
As I prepare for my upcoming trip, I’m taking a break from my usual health routines of intermittent fasting and rucking.
Adapt to reality.
Adapt to reality by changing yourself. This power lies within you, my Dear Friend, and I believe it’s a force that can shape your world.
The flow of my mind.
The more I read my texts from the past, the more I see the flow of my mind.
Backbreaker.
Rucking with 37.5 kg (83 lbs) is a backbreaker.
Where is my endurance limit?
On the 7th of June, 2025 (it was the day when I wrote this text), I asked myself where my endurance limit is.
Feast time is getting closer.
I wrote the “Feast time is getting closer” text on the 6th of June, 2025. It was a day when I realized that within the next week, I would have ...
Prepare for discomfort.
I wrote the “Prepare for discomfort” text on the 4th of June, 2025.
Black and white are the colors of photography.
For me, black and white are the colors of photography.
Reflex while doing street photography.
Undoubtedly, the more weight I carry while rucking and doing street photography, the worse my reflex in taking photos becomes.
Rucking with 37,5 kg on my back and shoulders.
Today (I wrote this text on the 30th of May, 2025), I made a personal record in rucking. I carried 37,5 kg (83 lbs) on my back and shoulders.
Write, for God’s sake, write!
I wrote the “Write, for God’s sake, write!” text on the 28th of May, 2025, while fatigued after eight hours of work in the office and rucking after it.
I am bold and independent in my artistic work.
The older I am, the more I see that I am bold and independent in my artistic work.
The act of photographing is more crucial than what I photograph.
The more I do street photography, the more I feel that the act of photographing is more crucial than what I photograph.
For your life.
I think Led Zeppelin’s “For Your Life” is one of the most underrated songs not only by the British rock band but also by the whole of music history.
I take inspiration from mundane reality.
I wrote the “I take inspiration from mundane reality” text on the 22nd of May, 2025, after walking, rucking, and doing street photography on Warsaw’s streets.
Read, ruck, write, sleep, repeat.
The older I am, the more I feel my daily routine could look like this: read, ruck, write, sleep, repeat.
It’s only photography, but I like it.
04Of course, the title of this text refers to one of the greatest Rock and Roll songs by the Rolling Stones, “It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It).”
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Presidential elections 2025.
I am not used to writing about the current political events. Nevertheless, due to a lack of inspiration, I decided to write about the presidential elections 2025 in Poland that ...
I do not analyze the past and worry about the future.
The title of this text is a quote from one of my previous posts entitled “Is it possible to force creativity?”
14k steps with a 35 kg burden on my back and shoulders
Today (I wrote this text on the 16th of May, 2025), I took 14k steps with a 35 kg burden on my back and shoulders.
Pain, struggle, and adversity.
It’s a belief I hold dear: only great things can be born from pain, struggle, and adversity.
Rucking in scorching heat.
The first half of May 2025 was relatively cold. Today (I wrote this text on the 13th of May, 2025), I was wondering how it would be to carry a ...
Rucking or swimming?
Today (I wrote this text on the 11th of May, 2025), while walking, doing street photography, and rucking, I wondered what the best sport for me was: rucking or swimming?
Time perspective.
Today (I wrote this text on the 10th of May, 2025), I will write about time perspective in relation to my photos and activities I do while doing street photography.
Health is wealth.
The older I am, the more I feel and understand that health is wealth.
How can we change our thinking towards bad news?
Practically, each day, I feel I am bombarded with bad news.
Creative activities.
I see my creative activities as a way to pull away from professionalism and the routines and conventions accompanying it.
What I do is who I am.
This simple yet profound statement encapsulates the essence of my personal and professional journey. It’s about the choices I make, the challenges I overcome, and the growth I experience in ...
“Physical Graffiti.”
Led Zeppelin’s “Physical Graffiti” album is one of the most tremendous albums I’ve ever heard.