31 Benefits in 31 Days

Today marks one month since I last taught a lesson looking out at a group of students, rather than my iPad.

It has been an immensely challenging month for many people, I’m in a fortunate position and I have had the chance to reflect on some of the things I have liked about the last month.

No matter what you are going through, there are always some things to be grateful for.

Here’s my list of 31 things I have realised that I am grateful for and have enjoyed in the last month (in no particular order).

1. Sleeping 8 hours per night
2. Sitting back and listening to a whole album
3. Rediscovering music that I haven’t listened to for a long time
4. Shopping less
5. Spending less
6. Cooking
7. Spending time with Karina
8. Creating a fairground in the garden, Smith + Western themed dining room, and living room into a cinema for Alex on his 11th birthday
9. Teaching my students on Skype
10. Teaching Mandarin to students on Zoom
11. Trying to come up with new ways to change and come up with a new business model – quickly!
12. Writing
13. Getting a new dog
14. Playing and walking with my dogs
15. Reading books
16. Listening to books
17. Studying Mandarin
18. Bulldog Hazy Jane IPA
19. Training more
20. Persian meels
21. Creating a training studio in my garage
22. Spending time at home
23. Waking up without an alarm
24. Saying hello to more people on the street
25. Speaking to people on the phone
26. Sennheiser over ear headphones
27. Sunshine
28. Driving less
29. Silly music themed Skype kung fu lessons
30. Meditating more
31. The community feeling of WCA