Tag: Walking

Lentil Soup

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I was too quick on my weekly hiking trip to Cherni Vrah today and the beans soup wasn’t ready. There would be beans, kufte, and kebapche 15-20 minutes later. Missed that but I had lentils and chocolate, and it was fine. Life was good.

Appreciating the chance to see the peak one more time.

Under 10 min/km

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I was tired this weekend and couldn’t do a hike. I did a walk instead, and hit a new and unexpected milestone. First kilometer under 10 minutes since I started tracking.

I was in a hurry to end the walk so I can watch the Starship 5 flight. Ended up at home on time to see the booster catch live.

Here’s a proof of my achievement. I’ve tried doing that before and failed, even downhill. It just randomly happened today.

What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself?

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Daily writing prompt
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself?
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Good job to whoever came up with this writing prompt! I have two candidates.

  • Buying my first computer. I knew I wanted one ever since I was 7, so I began saving my pocket cash. The world changed—communism fell, the world moved from 8086 to the 8088XT, 286, 386, 486, and eventually the Pentium. By the time I finished high school, I had saved just enough for about half a computer. With a little help from my family, I finally managed to buy one. I met all kinds of characters along the way, wrote two books that never saw the light of day, and worked part-time jobs. Learned Basic and math. It felt almost like a journey out of The Lord of the Rings, culminating in that moment when I disposed of my savings at the mountain of Doom to get a shiny new K5 computer—only to realize I didn’t know how to use it.
  • Overcoming panic attacks. That one took more than 8 years and involved the Sermon, two therapists, many books, a deep research on the subject of thinking errors, and some bad luck. I could also write a book about it but it would be grossly incompetent. Maybe a blog post one day. Also, with panic attacks, there’s no guarantee they’re gone for good.

I’m now after 10k steps/day average over the course of a year and climbing Vihren in 2025.

Blackberries

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Found this in Sofia. First time I see anything resembling blackberries in my area.

I spent years of my childhood in Stara Zagora where blackberries are common. I liked the blackberry jam my grandmother made.

Bean soup

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It’s been awhile 🙂 I post photos of the bean soup that’s sold in the Cherni Vrah shelter as a mark of achievement that I managed to get there one more time.

The mountain was moist, slippery and foggy today. It rained a bit and I even had a chance to walk in hail for about a minute or two. Thankfully, no thunders. Found some berries.