Blog
May 2020
Kindness in times of Corona(virus)
Image by Matt Collamer from Unsplash This week is World Mental Health Awareness Week, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, and the theme is kindness. What acts of kindness have you been doing for yourself and for others? Do share with me in the comment section. I have been focusing on the arts, which you will hear more [...]
April 2020
How we are the lucky ones in this coronavirus crisis
Original Image by Dimitri Karastelev on Unsplash If you are reading this, chances are that you too are one of the lucky ones. Whether you are a volunteer in a local charity or whether you are just someone who cares about the less fortunate in our highly unequal societies, times like these are ripe with strife, injustice and [...]
March 2020
How I am turning the #COVID19 crisis & home office into an opportunity
Original Image by Sumanley xulx from Pixabay What was intended as one article quickly turned into two. This first one covers how I feel about the current situation and how it impacts my life. The next one will be about my concern over how it may be impacting the lives of others, who are far less fortunate than [...]
November 2019
Why working without a plan is a waste of time and energy – Be SMART
Image by Klimkin from Pixabay Over the years, you learn that time and energy are very precious. Here is how I am setting goals and working smarter, not just harder. As you all know by now, I work in the area of communications and for those of you who do too, I am sure you are familiar with [...]
August 2019
What my convalescence has taught me
Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay Today I left my crutches at home. On the last day of my holiday, I managed to injure myself. I was again trying to fit a pint into a half pint glass, burning the candle at both ends. This is the story of what happened to me, why it happened and what [...]
Why are languages important? The story of a multilingual nomad
Image by Oli Lynch from Pixabay I have been thinking quite a lot about languages over the past few days. Today is the first day of my holiday and I have been looking forward to coming back to Belgium for weeks now. What does this have to do with languages? Well, for those of you who don’t know, [...]