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Articles about healthy living, my life, my interests (music, mainly) and philosophical questions about life.

Do you even lift?

I was 32 years old, working an office job and had had trouble with my back for a couple of years already. I tried a lot things: yoga, physical therapist, lots of walking, not being stuck at my desk for too long by taking breaks, working on my posture, you

Shure SE535 in-ears review

Februari 2015: So I had been looking to replace my in-ears with something new because the cable was getting worse and worse. I was getting used to my 50 euro in-ears breaking down at roughly two years of age; I had gone to like three or four pairs in the

6 Months of Daily Yoga

In august 2015 I started committing to a daily yoga practice. In this blog post I’ll tell you why I started doing this and if it has benefited me. It all began when I started working as a mobile tester. I began to notice pain in my shoulders and

West Highland Way Dag 1

Vanmorgen bij de start in Milngavie bleek dat we niet de enigen waren die op het briljante idee waren gekomen de West Highland Way te lopen. Het was heerlijk weer en dat was een goed begin. Deze etappe vergde nog geen gekke inspanningen qua stijgen of dalen en dat was

Scotland: Walking the West Highland Way

Scotland: Walking the West Highland Way

Claire en ik gaan vanaf vrijdag 8 mei naar Schotland om de West Highland Way te lopen, van Glasgow naar Fort William. De totale afstand van de route is 151 kilometer. Het record van deze afstand staat op ongeveer 16 uur rennend, maar wij nemen onze tijd met 8 dagen.

High on Fire zoals het hoort

High on Fire zoals het hoort

Dankzij Misha had ik ineens twee kaarten voor High on Fire! Dat was een hele aangename verrassing, ook al moest ik half Nederland door met het OV om bij de 013 te komen. Ik had Christiaan gevraagd me te vergezellen naar dit concert. Toen ik uiteindelijk door alle NS vertragingen

To which albums do I keep coming back?

To which albums do I keep coming back?

While driving I’ve been listening to an MP-CD I burned when I was about 17. It was a full blown trip down memory lane and I still love most of the albums on this MP3-CD! Muse – Origin of Symmetry Heard this album first when I was about 15 and