Count your blessings - March 2026

1. Gorgeous touching music such as Danit - Cuatro Vientos that I get to know thanks to my yoga classes
2. Perfect working AirPods Max as new headset and a good webcam/ lightring for my home office
3. Storks flying and hoovering low over the traffic jam at the Vilvoorde viaduct
4. Having lunch with some ex-colleagues outside in the sun in sweater
5. Going to see Nabucco in the opera with a friend
6. Extra training sessions at judo to prepare for the belt exam
7. Beertje getting his orange belt in judo
8. Getting new books signed by Jo Claes
9. Our neighbour girl ringing the doorbell and offering a full place of maroccon cookies and sweets for Eid al-Fitr
10. All fruit trees in blossom and many flowering magnolia's in the city
11. The daffodils flowering. 
12. Feeling very busy and in a work rhythm 
13. A dinner date with old school friends near Ghent
14. Driving Jan's car a couple of times
15. Blossoms
16. Successfully cooking some more challenging meals (to me) from scratch and getting out of my comfort zone but enjoying the food extra afterwards
17. A sandwish with creamy herb cheese and fresh raddish
18. Getting a free training course offered after attending a sector networking event

This is a monthly list of simple things in my life that make me happy or that make me smile.  

As the world often seems full of negativity and disaster, I want to pay attention to these small things that make me happy in my daily life and be grateful for them. You can find all of them via this link