Hey there! ⛵👣🌤🎶

I'm sitting here among the echoes of building sounds and people having lunch, waiting for my train back home. It kind of feels good to travel home and kind of not. The past 5 days the road has been my home again and now I wish that I could buy a plane ticket anywhere because I constantly watch trains heading towards the airport pass me by. My body is all like please rest now and after that head to the gym after all that sitting! But my mind is all like "Would not hurt to travel a few more days!". I'll have like 2 weeks of normal life ahead of me (= work, courses, BA writing..) and then I'll come back to Helsinki because I got my student pass for SLUSH 2019. SLUSH makes me both nervous and happy because it could very well be the opportunity of a lifetime and I'm willing to get ahead with that part of my life but also it puts a lot of pressure on me to be the best possible version of me, which of course is what everyone should strive for because life does happen outside of your comfortzone, I know that for a fact!

Another interesting thing I've noticed during my travel is how well I get along with my close friend Maria. I mean of course I knew that but traveling together unfortunately sometimes brings out the worst in us due to a lack of sleep, being hungry and other factors. But we didn't fight at all! Instead we had this wonderful mutual aspect of understanding and respecting eachothers needs between us. So if you don't know we went on a cruise to Stockholm together and it was our first time traveling together. We did the entire experience with karaoke, dancing, fancy drinks, great food, watching the sea.. But being in Stockholm was of course the best part of the trip. Stockholm must be my favorite city in the world. Anywhere you look you find beauty and new experiences. I don't know how and when to turn my life around so that I could move there. I seriously feel more at home there than in my actual home. Must be related to the fact that I visited Stockholm 2-3/year ever since I was like 5, must give me somekind of sense of security and childhood nostalgia. We also found an amazing cafe! (random side note, ignore it my brain is tired) But yeah if you are in Stockholm then visit Downtown Camper Cafe. Gamla stan was also like a dream like always, filled with Swedish culture and most importantly Christmas things.

Now I've also traveled all most any hour of the day experiencing both sunsets and sunrises and now I'm contemplating if I should sleep on this bench before my train leaves or perhaps striking up a conversation with some interesting stranger in order to top of my vacation.

Have a great week!

❤: Rebecka

Tere! (greeting in Estonian language)
Yesterday me and my friends took the first trip this year! After a spontaneous idea we took action and traveled to the cosy, beautiful, historic and windy city of Tallinn. The Christmas market was still open so we walked around it as well.I absolutely love the atmosphere and the cafe culture in Tallinn. But the best part of Tallinn is definitely the old town. The old town is filled with pastel colored houses & art galleries. We also visited a couple of churches and Toompea "The Cathedral Hill". Of course, a trip with the girls is never completed without some shopping and great food. It was a lovely day spent in great company and I definitely feel like I need to visit Tallinn more often. As Finnish people we have this culture of regularly visiting Tallinn but until this point I've always preferred a cruise to Stockholm.

During the trip me and my friends had this idea of somehow keeping track of each day this year by writing something everyday. Then I realised that one could write one sentence each day this year so a total of 365 sentences. Each sentence would represent each day, so depending on what you did and what the day was like you would need to include that in the sentence for example; "The wind carried us to the city of Tallinn" which is my sentence for 2.1.2019. These sentences would give you important information about the quality of your life and so next year, you would be able to read a short description of your life in 2019 and maybe just maybe, you would see more clearly what makes you happy and what doesn't and what kind of changes you would need to make in 2020. Also writing one sentence each day isn't really time - consuming and it doesn't have to be perfect since this is a project you do for yourself and nobody but you need to see what you write. For example if I notice that new experiences make me happy after reading the sentences from the year 2019 I could make the following conclusion:

Do something exciting every day. It is important to keep up with a nice quality of life. You will also fall asleep easier so you don't have to lay in bed thinking about unnecessary stuff. This is why it is an important step in becoming well again to recognize that sometimes staying in is the worst thing to do as an anxious person.

So are you going to join my challenge?

Have a great day ❤️✨

Best wishes, Rebecka

Hello darlings! 💋 Today I feel like I've made the most out of life! It feels like I'm walking on sunshine. I enjoyed a lovely breakfast at the balcony and started to list things/goals for the upcoming year. Then I've walked around without constantly checking up on social media and what time it is. In the early afternoon it was all about spotting waves and cool surfboards. But I chose rock climbing as my beach activity and since it was during low tide I saw eye to eye with all kinds of creatures such as crabs. Now I am just resting and thinking about eating out tonight. What do you guys do during these sometimes annoying days between Christmas and Nye?

/Rebecka