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Read more: Postcards from the Lakeside CabinAt the time I’m writing this, I just got back from a short getaway to a lake house. The post-vacation blues is in full swing (although technically I’m still on vacation), and I can feel the bliss from the lake slowly dissipates as we ease back into city life. But let’s talk about this place.…
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7 Favorite Books Read in 2018
A long time ago, I created a series called 7 Things, where I share my favorite things from travel destinations to books. I’m planning to revive this series, although it won’t be a regular feature for the time being. For now, let me share my curation of 7 favorite books I read in 2018, in no…
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A Very Swedish Christmas: Unique Traditions
New place, new traditions. This Christmas will be my first in Sweden, and while last year I got the chance to dip my toes in Swedish Christmas festivities when I visited my sister for 5 days, it wasn’t until now that I got the chance to really revel in it. I’ve experienced some of the…
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Grateful.
I’m starting to get what everyone has been warning me about winter here; the gloom, the bone-chilling weather, and the worst of all, the short daylight. Those warm summer days already feel like they belong to another lifetime. This week was particularly exhausting. I don’t know if it’s because of the winter affecting me, or…
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Bah, Humbug!
I’d be the first to admit, I’m that annoying person who starts Christmas way too early. As soon as Halloween is over, it’s Christmas time for me. For me, it’s such a happy time, and stretching it for a few weeks longer only makes it better. But this year, I’m not like that. Not for a sentimental…
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Working from Home: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Last month, I said goodbye to my working-from-home life, as I got an internship with a company here in Gothenburg. I’ve finished the internship and will start a new job next week (office-based), so I think I will share a few things about working from home. These days, the Internet has provided us with more…
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On Finding Peace in the Sea of Negativity Online
In the last few months, I’ve seen a lot of friends who take a step back from social media. Either they deactivate or delete their accounts, or log off without knowing when they will come back. And I completely understand. Social media can be overwhelming, and can hugely affect your emotion or even worse, mental…
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Stories from October, the Best Month This Year
October has always been my favorite month, mainly because my birthday is in this month. But throughout the years, October always gives me something special to experience, things that later would become some of my fondest memories. This year is no exception. There were lots of good things that happened in this month, and I’m…
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A Quiet Birthday
Last week, I turned 28, and there’s a weird feeling that came with it. It’s not so much of a fear of getting older, but more like the fear of running out of time. The clock is ticking, but I feel like I haven’t done so much. I’m only a year older than a few…
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A Few Notes On The Fall Equinox This Year
Happy first day of fall! We had a stroke of luck that stretched for months with an incredible summer, but now Gothenburg is back to its real self with grey sky, rain, and occasional strong gusts of wind. And so it begins. Already I was down with a fever as the season was changing, and…
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The First Summer in Sweden: A Diary
How come it’s September already? Summer is coming to an end, and I’m clinging to it like an old woman clinging to her long-gone party days. For the last few months (yes, months – not just days or weeks) we’d been extremely lucky with the weather, and suddenly, the temperature dropped overnight. My first summer…
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