i love:
the feeling of being a journalist. not so much the whole grand media world, but that simple joy of having my own column. You know, that space where I can write about the things I love. like clark kent (you know, superman?) tapping away at the daily planet, or that cozy rhythm of a sports columnist – like raymond (from everybody loves raymond), just doing his thing. that’s the vibe I love. so this is me, scribbling in my virtual column, just saying I love that idea of being a journalist in my own way. and hey, maybe I don’t need a big newsroom or a fancy title – just a blog, a little corner of the internet, and the freedom to write about the things that light me up. that’s what I love. ↗
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Friday, 05.12.2025
Koniec
Tuesday, 04.11.2025
: i just bought audible’s new Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Full-Cast Edition). i’ve been waiting for this for months.
i had to bend the rules a little, because amazon here in poland…… licensing and this kind of stuff…. come on, I needed this one 😅
i know the polish version by heart – seriously, i’ve listened to the whole series a million times. and every single time, it was pure magic. nothing will ever beat piotr fronczewski reading harry in polish. not even stephen fry.
but still… this full-cast version? that’s something else. I just had to wait for this one. and now I’m ridiculously excited. can’t wait for the evening. first chapter. in bed. well… on my yoga mat 🙂
back at hogwarts again.
: well… it looks like I’ve finally switched from #spotify to #applemusic. I knew it was coming. am I happy with this change? partly, yes. but I already miss Spotify’s music recommendations. with Apple Music I feel like I stepped back five years with my playlists. maybe it’s just a matter of changing my habits and the way I use the app. I know I can accomplish the same things I had on Spotify – it just needs time.
now, the next step is to change my podcast player from Spotify to… well, I’m thinking about Apple Podcasts or Pocket Casts.
it looks like I’m slowly staying loyal to just two companies – Apple and Automattic (the company behind WordPress). I just wish Automattic would integrate all their apps more. I’d love to use Day One as my main diary editor and sync it directly to my WordPress blog. the same with podcasts in Pocket Casts. and Simplenote! I’d totally use it – but is it still in development? will they abandon it? it feels so disconnected from other Automattic tools.
honestly, I could easily replace my Apple-centric ecosystem with Automattic’s one – with my WordPress blog at the heart of it. actually, that’s where I’m heading already. it would just be so much easier if their tools talked to each other a bit more.
Sunday, 02.11.2025
: so, I’ve installed #badoo again. it’s like tinder, you know – swipe, match, chat, repeat. I do this once a year, maybe. I don’t even know why now. because I know it’s not a good idea. you can meet people there, yes, but not the kind of people I actually want to meet. and not in the way I want to meet them.
still, here I am, doing it again.
maybe it’s because I’ve been a bit #sick lately. a little cold, a little tired. it’s hard to be alone when you don’t feel great. when everything’s fine, being alone feels fine too. but when it’s not – that’s when it gets harder.
and maybe… maybe it’s not even about #loneliness. maybe I just needed to do something. something that feels like movement, but isn’t really. maybe installing the app is just a trick – to make myself believe I’m doing something about that small emptiness inside. like scratching an itch that doesn’t really go away. maybe it’s just my way to calm a few #emotions down without actually changing anything. because deep down I know an app won’t change anything. it never does.
this is not a ritual. it’s a moment of weakness.
but also a small experiment in self-control.
because I can watch myself from the outside and think: ok, that’s my brain observing my #emotions again.
for most of the year I’m fine alone. maybe not happy about it, but I know it’s best for me. my life isn’t typical. I’m not typical. it’s hard to share a life like mine – full of strange routines, weird habits, constant changes. even my kids, who love being here, probably wouldn’t want to live like me all the time. sleeping on a yoga mat, eating while standing, no table, no chairs. I know. not exactly family-friendly.
and still, sometimes, I just want someone to share a moment with. not to take care of me, not to fix anything. just to share something, to make the hard parts a bit easier. that’s probably what I’m really looking for when I swipe.
but even that thought feels strange to admit. like something slightly shameful. maybe because I think I should be above it. maybe because needing someone feels too human for the version of me that wants to stay in control.
the funny thing is, I don’t even believe in “second halves.” my brain keeps telling me it’s impossible, that it won’t happen. and my brain is usually right. but my #emotions… they don’t care. they just go.
and I have this complicated relationship with my #emotions. I don’t like them, because they lead me to wrong things – fast food, Netflix, wasting time. but they also bring me to good things – dance, for example. my brain knew I wanted to start dancing, but it was my emotions that pushed me through the door of my dance school for the first time. same with switching my blog to English. my brain planned it for months, but my emotions just said ok, now. they’re the starter, the accelerator, the reason I actually move.
my brain is the strategist. my #emotions are the doer.
and I guess I need both – even if one of them keeps installing #Badoo once a year.
in the end, maybe it’s not sadness. maybe it’s just physics.
and I’m just learning how to balance the forces.
Saturday, 01.11.2025
(notes on creating a mobile-friendly front-end editor)
for a long time I’ve been thinking about how to make #wordpress not only my publishing tool, but my daily #writing environment.
the #wordpress admin dashboard works, but it was never made for quick, #mobile, everyday #writing – and definitely not for #iphone.
so I started exploring how to make my own editor – a small, #minimal interface on top of #wordpress – that lets me post, edit, and publish content in my own way.
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Koniec
Friday, 31.10.2025
: dear #apple, listen up, very carefully: i don’t want my #iphone to fold (or unfold). i don’t want it to transform into an #ipad – that’s a bad direction. #iphone should stay thin, pockety, simple. it’s supposed to disappear in your hand, not unfold into something clumsy.
but #ipad… oh, that’s a different story. i want my 11″ #ipad to grow. to open up. imagine this: you use the small one on the #bus, on the go, #reading, #sketching, #scrolling. then you sit down in a #coffee place, and it unfolds – smoothly, beautifully – into a big one. 14, maybe 15 inches. a full workspace. a writing desk. a creative field.
#iphone should stay what it is: the quick, smart tool in motion.
#ipad should become what it wants to be: a #screen that expands with your space.
maybe #apple should stop trying to make the #iphone bigger
and start making the #ipad expand.
i already live somewhere between these two worlds. i have three ipads, and i love every one of them. the mini – not the latest version – is my pocket #ipad. perfect for evenings, checking #rss feeds, #reading on #instapaper, sometimes even #writing short #blog posts.
the eleven-inch pro (with m2) is my travel #ipad – i’m actually #writing this post on it right now. it’s also my #imac companion, my everything-device when i’m away. if i had to choose just one, this would probably be the one. it’s perfect.
and then there’s the air – the 13-inch one. oh my god, i love this device. i love working with it in cafes, love #writing on it at #home, listening to #podcasts in the #morning while i make #coffee – even though its speakers are worse than the pro’s.
each #ipad has its own place in my #life. i love them all.
but the minimalistic me says it’s too much.
and i know i’ll have to let one go someday. i just don’t know which one. it’s going to be hard.
so please, #apple – make that foldable #ipad next year.
don’t make me choose.
so… it was last Tuesday of the month, and the last round with this #jazz #choreography. and yeah, it’s not exactly a masterpiece from my side – actually far from it. closer to tragedy – especially when I’m watching it. but you know, it’s #jazz – my own little nightmare – and it’s tricky. it always is. I regret that I’m not as good as I’d like to be. but maybe that’s fine.
i’m putting this #video up here – again – and again, it’s kind of a little reality check for myself.
it’s the last take of this piece, so it’s like: okay, this is where I’m at, and this is how much work there still is to do. and that’s that.
new choreo next Tuesday.
Thursday, 30.10.2025
: no dance today. no gym, no #rush. well, ok – with some #rush, I guess, because there’s a lot going on around my place lately. but at least I don’t have to go anywhere today.
I woke up with that small sore throat again – not really #sick, maybe just enough to slow me down. maybe it’s an #excuse, maybe not. but it’s a good one – hard to argue with.
I’m sitting at @Jeff’s, eating #breakfast, and for the first time in days, the world feels a bit slower. lately everything’s been moving around me – the renovation at my aunt’s house, people walking through the yard, decisions to make, things to fix, voices everywhere. I don’t mind helping, but it fills the space that used to be quiet. and I miss that quiet.
funny thing is, I like my life now. I like the rhythm I built – the dance classes, the movement, the workouts. but this other rhythm – the constant coordination, the noise – that’s not mine. and I guess my body decided to draw the line for me.
so maybe that’s what this morning is about. not skipping anything, not being lazy. just taking back a bit of stillness. remembering that I don’t have to fill every hour with effort. that silence can be part of the rhythm too.
Monday, 20.10.2025
: so I’m slowly restarting my life. and it’s not easy, because I’m restarting it in English. I have to switch everything I know into this new language – my diary, my notes, even what I eat. it’s strange, because I’ve never used any of these English names for meals before. I don’t know the exact words for what I eat, but thanks to Steve (AI) I’m learning. I upload a photo of my breakfast, I talk about it, and step by step I start to describe my days in English.
I hope that in a few days I’ll be better at describing my meals – not only for myself, but for my whole system, the one that tracks my life. now I’m also preparing my website for this new version of me, for this new language. I decided I want to migrate everything into English – without deleting the Polish part. actually, I’ve been writing in two languages for the past few days, and it’s quite ok, I have to say.
so I’m switching my site to English, but I have to do it slowly and carefully, because my site wasn’t bilingual before. I need to rewrite some parts of it, rename things, update domains, taglines, tags, categories… all of it. so yeah – it’s a lot of work, but I’m not in a hurry. I won’t rush.
Monday, 13.10.2025
: my blog will remain Polish-English for a while. so the English version will come, and the Polish version will not disappear. i will successively translate all the old content (with the help of WPML system), and then… well, i haven’t decided yet whether fajne.life will disappear. i would like it to disappear, because it will mean that my “migration” was successful and – more importantly – made sense.
: I’m creating my English world online. fajne.life is transforming into TomorrowWasFine.life – I absolutely love this new name, and I’m going to have so much fun with it 🙂 The domain is already booked and active. Stefan (who is slowly becoming Steven) and I spent a few days debating the new name. I have to admit, I managed to develop three super cool brands (and about 15 that were a bit less fitting, though equally magical). I spent quite a while wondering what to pick. I chose the one that resonated with me the most, but – unintentionally – it’s the closest to my current name, fajne.life.
