Category Journal

18+ years of writings from Markus Nylund’s life. Real, raw, unfiltered. Thoughts, fragments, truths. The logbook of a working artist building from scratch and overcoming perfectionism, self-sabotage and sharing what it takes to rise back up again and again.

Now

Drinking coffee at home in kitchen. Listening to Children of Bodom's first album on Spotify from laptop speakers. My laptop is a MacBook pro

Amsterdam

I just booked a flight to Amsterdam. I will fly there on September 17th. I have no idea where I will stay yet. I haven’t played a liveshow for almost 2 years because I had to take a break (had…

Travelogue MARCH 28

Gonna delete my facebook again as I think it’s a complete waste of time (saving some posts first in case I need this stuff later). You can reach me here if you need to: markus.nylund@me.com (although I am considering deleting…

Travelogue MARCH 25

It’s been awhile since I wrote a proper post so here goes. And yeah I get it, I write too long posts and blablabblaa.. But nobody is forcing you to read this stuff. I am sorry if your attention span…

Travelogue MARCH 17

It’s a funny thing. How the universe seems to provide the right people and the right situations, at the right moment. I might be reading something or thinking about something I am currently really interested in or wanting to know…

Travelogue MAR 16

I’m in Romania. Malta was not the right place for me currently. So i flew away in the steal bird through lands and seas. There is a beautiful decadence and sweet grace to Bucharest. There are some real characters in…

crazy post

Feeling like shit again (I’ll get back to that in a bit)… In Malta. Sun shining. Just woke up. In a hostel… Drinking water. Quit my vices (yes all of them). So this is day one. I don’t even know…

Travelogue MAR 10

Good morning! First of all, I met this little friend in Florence last week. He has a little brother who is even cuter but turned out to be all bark but no bite (when i left the shop, he was…

Travelogue MAR 9

I don’t know what the fuck i’m doing with my life. I’m almost 35 years old. Currently in some small shithole town in Italy. I came here because I bought a cheap flight to Malta for €40 which leaves tomorrow…

Travelogue FEB 28

I’ve spent the last 44 days living in hostels throughout the balkans and eastern europe. Now I am in Albania for the last day and it’s snowing outside! I must say, I did not expect snow here. I’ve met a…