Time to spend with the family, loved ones and friends.  Yeah right.

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last 8 months, you must have heard of this crisis that’s been going around.  Now, I haven’t felt a decrease in projects yet, but I’ve noticed some changes here and there.

Some projects aren’t being decided upon as fast as before, others (mainly backend stuff, financial applications) are getting priority.  These are moving faster than ever before! There’s real business to be done and a real opportunity here! I’ve never been so busy as these last weeks.  

Belgium being Belgium and our weather being what it is, I was looking forward to a weekend enjoying the great outdoors (read: the golf course), but work comes in the way.  Now, I don’t mind hard work, but from what I’ve seen around me, many people are really suffering from increased stress levels, doing longer hours, a slower cashflow and mainly, a burden on the mind.

Let’s all remember that we’re here to enjoy the time we have and to help one another.  Griet and I both enjoy our jobs and we love working hard every day.  We hope that our plans come true and that we’ll be allowed to retire in 17 years (when we’re 50 and have saved enough to relocate to the south of France and open a bed-and-breakfast) but we ain’t going to try and enjoy our lives now any less. Have a superb weekend!