Ask me about anything you would like to know about me

1. Know when to listen to other people, but also be a little deaf sometimes.
   In my experience people like to give advices. Especially when they like you and care about you. However, most of our experiences are unique. What has worked for me, does not have to work for you. If I had listened to the naysayers I crossed paths with in my life and allowed them to project their fears on me, I wouldn’t be here today. So know when to listen, and try to be a little deaf to others sometimes.
2. Spend your time to things and people that lift you up, inspire you, or give you positive vibes.
   Our time and attention are our most valuable assets in life. Be mindful to what kind of things or people you spend your time to. If you want to find some meaning in what you are doing, then put the way you like to spend your time first. There are many occupations or careers that may look great from the outside and sound great as well, but it’s worth nothing if in the end of the day you don’t like to spend your hours doing that. So give yourself some space to figure things out. Energy flows where attention goes. So great things can happen.
3. Change what you can control, and let go of what you can’t.
   It’s a simple one, but not always easy to live by. Yet, when we continue working on things that we can actually change, odds are that life will work out the way you want it more often than not.

We learn a lot of things in school. From how to count, spell and speak. All meaningful skills but I feel emotional competence is an overlooked skill that we need to have more conversations about. It´s the most essential life skill and making yourself a priority is an investment that lasts a lifetime. I wish everyone has the awareness and the competence to make decisions that serve us well. Our emotional make-up is underneath everything we do and so determines the way we look at ourselves and others. It influences the way you feel and it ultimately influences your actions. So to live our best lives we do well by getting to know ourselves.

I like it when everyone express theirselves and get the chance to say whatever they want to say. In many conversations, however, I often find opinions stated as facts. The tricky thing about moralizing is that it simplifies reality to what’s right and what’s wrong, which give certain people the invisible permission to say that their version of “good”is more valuable. I don’t necessarily thrive on that.

I often remind myself that I never enter a room alone. You take your grandma with you, your grandpa, your mom, your sister, the people that meant something to you at a certain point in your life but are not part of your life anymore, whether they are dead or alive. People you loved or hated. All of those people learned you something. They are part of me, or you can say; they made me who I am today. So whenever I feel alone or confused, I make sure I go into silence mode. To that place inside myself that gives me the courage to do what I need to do, and to be who I need to be. The thing is: why not you. Sometimes you need to find ways to remind yourself of that.

I knew from very young that everyone has a voice. No matter where you come from and who your parents might be. You find greatness in many areas of the world – from people delivering vaccines from village to village to people who are providing help and support in war zones. Martin Luther King once used the following words: `Not everyone can be famous but everyone can be great, because greatness is determined by service`. I take those words by heart. So, at the time when this platform was just a very tiny space on the internet and attracted only my mom and some bots, I knew back then that I could use it to acknowledge my voice. To spread stories across that are meaningful to me and to use it to uplift others as well. So to answer your question: I could only dream of the size this creative platform has gotten and the impact it has made. The beauty about success and results is that there are too many factors at play. We can only push for the things we believe in, care for and make sure we master our craft and become better at it. And then you knock and knock again for the door to open. It´s of incredible joy when that eventually happens.

I’ve probably wondered many times why adults generally seem to be so convinced about what they’re doing and where they’re going. We get to see politicians, spokes persons, popstars, people with strong opinions who strongly seem to know what they are talking about. As I got older I started to see that these strong individuals were just human beings with flaws and insecurities. You can actually find many people who are far from sure about what they are feeling or actually know why they are doing what they are doing. To a certain extent you could argue that we as human beings often have to believe that what we are already doing is the right thing because what else would be the point of even being there? Questioning our decision-making can bring uncertainty which many of us find uncomfortable. But when you are little and you look at all those confident adults, it can overwhelm you. It can influence you of what kind of person you want to be in the world. At some point it just appeared to me that no matter how things may look like from the outside, the main thing that matters in life is our willingness to ask ourselves the real questions of why we are here and where we aspire to go.