🌲 Forest > Fireworks: My National Day Escape
Today was Belgium’s National Holiday. The country celebrates, everything closes, and Brussels lights up with activities and crowds. My reaction? “Perfect time for a hike.” I…
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Golden Hour Strolls & 10km of Joy
Some Thursdays just get it so right. Enough work to keep the brain fired up, but not so much that I was glued to a chair. That left me space for two 5km walks—one under a bright…
From Canal Calm to Coffee Conquest
Friday energy hits different. Maybe it’s because the weekend is peeking around the corner, or maybe it’s because I split today’s walk between zen-like canal paths and the shiny…
Lunch Break, Rain Break, Mind Break
The skies were brooding, my calendar was packed, but today I flexed my favorite underrated muscle: the one for setting boundaries. Midday, I escaped for a quick walk—just me, the…
Two Walks, 16k Steps, and a Full Heart
Today felt like hitting the reset button – twice. The first walk was a lunch break escape with @nathalie-s. The air smelled like warm fields and wildflowers, bees and…
Stolen Time and Cloudy Skies
You know those days where the universe sneakily hands you back time? That was today. Thanks to holiday-thinned traffic, I won 1.5 hours i wasn’t expecting. And rather than scroll…
Streams, Trees, and Family Ease
We traded traffic jams for tree jams today (the leafy kind). The German-speaking part of Belgium delivered exactly what we needed: a calm, green wonderland with streams gurgling…
Little Boys. Big Moves. Proud Dad.
Today’s steps didn’t hit 10k, but my legs feel like they climbed Mount Everest. Why? Because they weren’t taken along peaceful canals or through leafy forests—they were taken up…
The Accidental Upgrade: From Windows 11 to 10k Steps
Today was supposed to be a standard office day. No walks, just a full calendar and the quiet hum of my laptop. But then came the Windows 11 upgrade—two glorious hours of my…
Caught on the Way Home: A Sky Full of Balloons
Some people run marathons. Some hike the Alps. Me? I run a gauntlet called Saturday errands. Today’s mission involved the classic route: supermarket → dry cleaner → pharmacy →…
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