Yeah, I try to be conscious about that. Initially, I was looking at the wall, mostly, which was why I had the camera in that orientation. I just need to get a bit quicker with the mental reframing, so to speak. Practice. 
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I always thought you were a decent photographer but you like 50 mm equiv. 
This is not fish nor flesh.
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I never liked the look of the 50 mm and never used it for photography but for indoor videos I always find my zoom lens creeping back to this setting. There is something magical about this 50 mm focal length I cannot explain.
I have a 50 mm equivalent prime, and go on occasional photo walks with just this lens.
After years of taking cell phone photos, the 50 mm feels like a short telephoto to me. At first, I found myself trying to frame a shot, then stopping to take several steps backwards.
Still, I like it very much. I tend to get tighter compositions with this lens, but you know it was the long-time standard focal length lens sold with many SLR’s from the film era. Step back to widen the frame, and shoot from a low or high angle, and you can create the impression of a 35 mm lens to some extent. Get close, and it looks like a telephoto.
Lately, with my zoom lens, I try to guess the focal length of the shot that I envision before looking into the viewfinder. I’m not very good at this game yet. 
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@dnzm others have touched on it but I think it’s worthwhile considering that focal lengths aren’t primarily about what “fits in the frame” (exceptions exist as always)
Focal lengths can be considered creative choices because of how they make the photo feel. The same frame of a wide angle lens will feel very different from one shot with a telephoto lens. This is due to the distance to the subject not qualities of the optics. Cropping into a wide angle photo will give you a telephoto look.
This is exptremely simplified but generally speaking a wide angle lens will produce results that feel more “in the scene” or intimate but also often messier. A telephoto shot, or cropped wide angle shot, will feel more analytical and distant as well as calmer.
These qualities can be subverted or worked against to produce complex images but at the basic level I think they apply.
From your description and comments I would highly recommend getting a prime lens to exercise with. The focal length depends on what scenes you typically capture and what qualities you prioritize. Clean aesthetics or layered storytelling? As well as for people photos how close to the subject you dare to be.
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That now makes more sense to me. Speaking for myself I want to get a bright wide angle lens for street scenes at night and building interiors. I am tossing up a few ideas and even considering a full frame body just for the wide angle lens as they maximise coverage for wide angles. I also don’t like changing lens during a shoot. 50mm primes are popular but they don’t really get my vote.
Yeesssssss well… I’m not quite at the stage where I’m adding full frame bodies to the loadout… Yet. 
there is plenty super fast APS-C and M43 glass now.
Fast APS-C glass was why I went to Fuji back in the day.
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I have two µ4/3 ILCs. Please tell us more.
How fast is “super fast M43 glass”? Any examples?