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Looking back at the past week - W40. Slight sickness, but enough to impact my workweek and running. Enjoying the autumn weather, revisiting a people CRM and finishing a book.

Not having the best training week, and while I want to go out and run, I'm telling myself to take it easy now to be ready in the future when I need to.

Part 7 of my log to train for and run the Valencia marathon. Overall feeling: Happy 😊 - Hard but consistent training. First 70km week.

Looking back at the past week - W39. Another perfect running week, getting Obsidian sync, tweaking mood.camera, an overall great weekend and some useful apps.

Thinking about always having bad luck, however, others experience it as well. They don't always share their experiences.

Part 6 of my log to train for and run the Valencia marathon. Overall feeling: Happy 😊 - Hard but consistent training.

Looking back at the past week - W38. A perfect running week, finding more use for Obsidian bases, a watch crisis, padel and some Kagi apps.

An open question whether Big Tech cares about its consumers or just earning more money.

Part 5 of my log to train for and run the Valencia marathon. Overall feeling: Delighted 🤩 - after some good testing runs.

Looking back at the past week - W37. Getting back into gaming, playing around with Obsidian bases, some very good test runs, and watching TV.

Reflecting on my long run and how I almost sabotaged myself.

Part 4 of my log to train for and run the Valencia marathon. Overall feeling: 😊

Looking back at the past week - W36. Finishing my #blaugust2025 challenge, a very good running week and back to work & school.

My final entry for #blaugust2025 and a small review on the experience.

My self-devised method to stop me from accessing unhealthy apps and URLs. #blaugust2025

My journey with online addiction, how it affects me and what I'm doing to become free. #blaugust2025

Reflecting on a time our team worked together and cherishing that again today. #blaugust2025

Part 3 of my log to train for and run the Valencia marathon. #blaugust2025

Looking back at the past week - W35. A quiet week before the rush to school begins, writing for #blaugust2025, and another fitness coaching app.

Starting a more personal and story-driven photography project on Pagecord. #blaugust2025

I chose to show up today and not let yesterday define me. #blaugust2025

Doing an experiment with voice dictation for the first time. #blaugust2025

Learning about the deeper meaning of some of the emojis I use often. #blaugust2025

How perfectionism and imposter syndrome still keep me from publishing freely. #blaugust2025

Part 2 of my log to train for and run the Valencia marathon. #blaugust2025

Looking back at the past week - W34. A perfect running week, suffering with a cold and bad productivity, writing for #blaugust2025, reading some books and a fitness coaching app.

How bad sleep impacted my productivity and the obsession I had to fix it again + learning some important things about sleep.. #blaugust2025

I'm not a quick writer or talker, and that's ok.   #blaugust2025

Some reflections on passing the #blaugust2025 halfway mark.

An iOS&Mac app that keeps me focused. #blaugust2025

A request to keep sharing even if you may think it's not worth sharing. #blaugust2025

Part 1 of my log to train for and run the Valencia marathon. #blaugust2025

Looking back at the past week - W33. A nice week off in the Ardennes, writing for #blaugust2025, preparing for my marathon training and some  apps.

There's always someone reading and showing they care. #blaugust2025

The struggles of living a fulfilling and happy social life. #blaugust2025

What I do to get focused and excited for the run to come. #blaugust2025

Adjusting phone notifications and other improvements to limit my phone usage. #blaugust2025

Freeing my mind and becoming focused with 1 HIIT training. #blaugust2025

Being honest about the apps I use. #blaugust2025

Looking back at the past week - W32. A good week of sports and work, joining #blaugust2025, some TV, books and an app.

Admitting my eyesight is getting worse with aging. #blaugust2025

Wondering about all the ideas I got thanks to #blaugust2025

Paying respect to other people while not neglecting my own feelings. #blaugust2025

Deciding to join the Blaugust challenge to regain my love for this blog. #blaugust2025

Looking back at the past week - W31. A better work- and running week, reading, following up on our electricity spending, some movies, books & apps.

Reflections after 2 weeks of photography during our holiday, on what I need and what makes my shots and workflow better.

Looking back at the past week - W30. Enjoying some time without the boys, difficulties working & focusing, getting caught up in comics and trying to get ready for the start of my marathon training.

Looking back at the past week - W29. Getting back to work, Loop earplugs, daily quote review, lost of reading and a must get focus app.

Looking back at the past week - W26-28. Starting to write again after my family holiday, a small note on our travel, some useful apps and articles I enjoyed.

My Cycle of Action and Inaction. Trying to crack the code to revert bad days into good ones.

Looking back at the past week - W25. Sidelined from running, mentally depleted, settling for an RSS solution and playing a lot of deckbuilding games.

Reflecting on my needs & cleaning my phone after thinking about past moments away from home or interruptions in my "programmed" schedule.

Looking back at the past week - W24. My son's first running event, enjoying and suffering in good/hot weather, still searching for the best RSS setup, photography, Andor & some apps in focus.

Small updates to the blog. A small logo and a hamburger icon trying to add some structure.

Looking back at the past week - W23. Surviving birthday parties, back at full health and training, and photography writing and apps

Launching my app library, an overview of all apps I referenced in any of my previous blog posts.

Doing an experiment to assess whether the Fujifilm X Half is something for me, made me realise what I need and want from photography.

Looking back at the past week - W22. Recovering from my 20km race, enjoying a weekend off, experimenting with my X100VI to mimic the X half and a lot of reading.

Taking the experience of struggling during a 20k running race as an experience to strengthen myself for future events.

Looking back at the past week - W21. Failing at the 20k running event, using a new system for tasks & habits (with Awesome Habits), Fujifilm X half and a Mood.camera recipe.

Digging into the different mood.camera emulations and creating my own "cuban neg" variant.

Looking back at the past week - W20. Reflecting on my 2025 goals and how to reach them, and everything else pushed to the background with full focus on running.

How sharing my daily tasks on the omg.lol Discord kept me focused on completing them.

Looking back at the past week - W19. Caught up in running, a nice email exchange, accountability through the omg.lol community and trying to get back into photography.

Reflection on how our constant need to do something might, in fact, harm us.

Looking back at the past week - W18. Committed to running & strength, Raycast & improving other workflows, building an app library, articles & some nice apps.

Admitting that parenting is hard and can feel overwhelming at times.

Looking back at the past week - W17. Trying to get back in the flow after Easter holidays, committed to sports while it being hard, tv, app and article recommendations.

The tools and apps that were the most useful during our Malta holiday.

Looking back at the past week - W16. A strained muscle & a weekend off, trying apps for strength training and local LLMs, and a new book I started reading.

Looking back at the past weeks - W14-15. Our Malta holiday and first flight with the family, exploring the country and becoming obsessed with mood.camera.

Adding micro notes to my blog, categorizing all blog posts, updating the homepage and cleaning the webmentions view.

Looking back at the past week - W13. A great running week, learning about my strengths and weaknesses, tv&books, and a bookmark tool.

About writing in the morning and gaining clarity for the rest of the day.

Looking back at the past week - W12. Catching up on games, tv and books due to sickness.

Looking back at the past week - W11. Subscribing to a 20km, playing retro games, getting featured on Glass and some good app recommendations.

Buying a TrimUI Brick and getting into retro gaming.

Looking back at the past week - W10. Enjoying the weather and some time off, finishing Shogun/The Reunion and trying to correct my typing.

How the framing task of the #TheCompoChallenge made me aware of my fear of being judged. #the100pics

Looking back at W09. Changes to my work routine, strength training, photography challenges, 750 words, a few app recommendations and some tv, books and music.

Photos and thoughts about the shots of the #TheCompoChallenge of this week. Another series for #the100pics

A small change in my task planning changed my morning productivity.

Looking back at the past week - W08. Changing weather, an energizing weekend, my birthday and some morning routine changes.

Recognizing the fleeting nature of both struggles and treasured moments.

Looking back at the past week - W07. Enjoying snow, a running-infused week, looking back at my photo challenge, changing RSS workflow, Civ 7 and sticking to Obsidian.

The realization I finally have my spot on the internet doing what I want to do makes me so happy. I only regret not starting sooner.

Lessons I learned from a 31-day photography challenge and how it helped improve my photography game.

Looking back at the past week - W06. A reminder to take action, testing out some apps while ditching others and joining another photo challenge.

Sofa, the app I use to keep track of everything.

It's easy to see what others are doing and try to copy what they are doing. But this doesn't always work. Let them inspire you, but don't blindly copy their ways of working.

Looking back at the past week - W05. Enjoying the sun and good health, focusing on food and breathing, joining the 100 pics challenge, watching Sherlock and some new apps on my phone.

Join me to share 100 photos in the next 365 days - #the100pics

Explaining the CSS changes to my footer and web interaction improvement.

Incorporating a form on my blog posts to reduce friction to comment.

Looking back at the past week - W04. Regaining my focus and motivation, trying out new earbuds, movies I watched and a great AI voice to text app.

Following my last post about the issue with our attention due to phone usage, I took action to reduce my screen time.

How an article on attention made me reflect on my phone usage and take action to become more focused and present.

Looking back at the past week - W03. Feeling reborn and energised, battling my phone usage, finishing some movies and an audiobook, and some app recommendations.

How being featured in a blogpost made me reflect on showing praise to others and how often we neglect this.

Looking back at the past 2 weeks - W01-02. New Year's Eve, the end of the holidays, some struggling and a good camera app.

Looking back at the past week - W52. Enjoying the holidays with the family, taking my X100VI wherever I go and celebrating my first run in months.

Closing down on 2024, a list of my default apps. And an overview of many other lists that were shared.

Looking back at the past week - W51. Obsessed with my new X100I camera, giving Drafts another go and finally seeing my health go in the right direction.

Reflecting on life before turning 45. Letting go of what doesn't matter and cherish the moments that truly count.

Looking back at the past week - W50. Registering for the Valencia marathon, a few good apps and games and finally getting my X100VI delivered.

How my company made me create a custom solution for my bookmarks instead of using Raindrop.

Looking back at the past week - W49. More doodling, searching for an X100VI, free Civilzation game and some app recommendations.

An overview of tools that I used and that can be used to help with a digital detox.

Looking back at the past week - W48. Covid, drawing, a birthday party and further focus on photography.

In my search for a Fujifilm X100VI camera I've used AI to write a simple python script to check its availability.

An open invite to share your thoughts, pictures, and what you're working on for your future self and for inspiration for others.

Looking back at the past week - W47. Feeling under the weather, my son's birthday, joining Glass and looking for an X100VI.

how to sign up for webmentions.io and enable them on your website.

Looking back at the past week - W46. A visit to Auto World, hospital check-up for my son, Hotel Mumbai & Pillars of the Earth.

Documenting life’s moments can bring treasured memories back to life.

Each day is a fresh opportunity. Skip excuses and start today.

Looking back at the past week - W45. Struggling with my stomach, hand surgery for my son, joining omg.lol & launching my own domain.

To strengthen my commitment to Bear I'm starting with my own domain and themes.

Don't take things for granted and say thank you more often. I small gesture with a huge impact.

Mela — a revolutionising recipe organizer and meal planner.

Taking a step back to be grateful for life luck and good health

Looking back at the past week - W44. A midweek away, first long electrical drive, bowling accident and Woman of the hour.

Looking back at the past week - W43. Minor changes to this blog, becoming a dad taxi, family celebrations & Jack White - No name.

Sometimes an easy solution is already available. Don't over-complicate.

How one tweet made me reflect on what I need for peace of mind.

Looking back at the past week - W42. Biking and running, city annual fair, some books, tv & apps.

Why preparation is important or it can become a failure.

How a simple change in routine can reignite motivation

The Paradox of Choice - why more isn't always better. Or why you lose time when there are too many options.

Looking back at the past week - W41. Working from home struggles, happy to be writing again and marathon planning.

A personal account of falling out of the writing habit and the journey to rediscover daily writing.

Sleep, my secret weapon and how it can make or break my day.

The applications I always install on Windows for my work productivity.

Analyzing my photography struggles and reflecting on how to overcome them.

Master the basics first before working on perfection.

Making travel planning and sharing easy with Apple Maps & Polar Steps.

Starting a photography challenge to become more consistent at photography.

Starting my journey blogging on Bear. Hello everyone, nice e-meeting you.