Ex-Expat Day 161

Early Monday morning in January, heading to work. I just got off the train and am walking to the office. Stopping for some coffee.

It’s still early. A few minutes to ponder life. Actually, it’s not that serious. But it’s nice to just ‘be’ for a few minutes. Soon I’ll be neck-deep in schedules and planning and slide decks and status reports and Teams calls and Slack messages and emails.

I know I’m late to the party, but perhaps I should come up with some resolutions for the new year. It’s still early January … so why not give it a shot?

How about: … seriously planning to slow down? Well, that may have to wait until December. But next year will definitely have to be slower!

… spend more time with the whole family in general? Yes. That we’ll do. After all, most of us are now in the same time zone and even in the same country 😊

… read and write more … uhm … that one is on the list every year. But this year is different! This year I will find time … of course, I say that every year. I guess we’ll see. I do have two new (not so secret) weapons: the city library and the university library … and I love sitting there … so maybe this is the year after all 🤓