It’s Xmasssss🎄🎅🏼⛄️
Season's Greetings 👋🏼
I have some bad news and some good news...
The bad news is that I'm out of office 🙁
The good news is that I'm out of office 🙃
Temporarily trading my keyboard for skis, and my inbox is on a vacation of its own – enjoying a break from my relentless clicks ⛷️
I will be getting lost in the snowy Alps and will be back to reality (and warm socks) on 20th December, hopefully with all limbs intact and a few epic ski stories to share, or not...
If you're wondering how I'm doing on the slopes - let's just say I'm navigating them with about as much grace as a penguin on roller skates and I've nearly mastered the art of trying to look like a professional skier while executing a grade-A face plant 🤣
At least I'll have the Après Ski to warm me up again and show off my gnarly dance moves, most probably in the style of hysterical elf 🕺🏻
While I'm away, please resist the urge to send rescue teams for missing emails. In case of any project requests requiring more urgency than a snowman in a sauna then call me or reach out to my trusty Finnish accomplice, Sami, who I'm grateful for handling the avalanche of work in my absence 💪🏼
To get you in the spirit, here's a clip of Slade on Dutch TV back in 1983 🎸
MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY 🎄🎅🏼🎁
p.s. and as it's that time of year, allow me this encore...
THANK YOU for your connection and the interactions that we have had this year, be it virtually or in-person ✨
I trust that you are looking forward to some quality time with your loved ones 🥰
If some are not near pick up your phone to tell them how much you love them or invite them to a virtual Christmas dinner and unwrap presents together 🎁
Go and light a candle to remember those who are no longer here physically but continue to bless our lives with their spiritual presence 🕯
Laugh, whatever you do, don't stop laughing. Laugh with others, laugh at yourself. Life tastes better with laughter 🤣
At times like these, we cannot turn a blind eye to the many people in the world going through tremendous hardship and must realise just how fortunate we really are 🙏🏼
Let’s all remember to count our blessings, show gratitude and help our neighbours as we are all on this journey of life together ❤️
A beautiful age-old African concept and word that sums this up is Ubuntu which essentially means "I am because we are" or "humanity towards others" 🌍
