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Moving to the country and eat a lot of peaches

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Vanhalinna, Turku, Finland
Vanhalinna, Turku, Finland

In today’s NaBloPoMo prompts the question is. Where would you retire if money wasn’t an issue? Retirement is the least thing I think about. I have never even had a real job. Maybe I should get one first. In a way this is an impossible subject in my case. But anyway.

I’ve lived in a city all my life. But I realised there’s just too much noise in a city. Too many cars and too many people around. I like some peace and quiet. It’s a reminder when I hear my neighbours and even my father’s. Slamming the doors, playing music out loud, talking too loud, walking heavily on their heels. Even worse when the only time they go out, is on their balcony to pollute the air with their smoking. Yuck. When you go out on a walk, there they are, the smoking chimneys. No offence for those who has that bad habit. It’s just annoys me so much.

At least in the country there’s fresh air. As a city girl, the country has to be close to the city and there has to be a bus stop near by. Since I don’t have a car of my own. Except if I’m rich enough, I would get my own driver. I wouldn’t have any farm animals or any farming things. That’s the neighbours thing. If any Lee Pace fans are reading this, you know what I’m talking about 😉
I would live in a cottage. No big house. Too much to clean. Maybe like Bilbo Bagging. A hobbit hole. That would be nice. There would be flowers and a cage for my 1-2 bunnies. The only thing I would grow are potatoes or maybe carrots but that’s as far as it goes to farming. Rest of the food I get from the city.

There would be a forest near by where I take walks with my camera to take photographs. Nature will always be important to me. I don’t where this country will be. Hopefully in Finland. But it could be anywhere in the world. Austria or Switzerland would be cool too. As long as it’s not too far from a city and there’s snow in the winter.

That’s where I would like to retire. And maybe eat a lot of peaches. Store bought that is.

 

NaBloPoMo15: Mum’s birthday

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flowers
©Mia Salminen

Today’s (Nov 18) my mother would have turned 70 years old. It’s 2 years soon since she passed away. I miss her everyday. Especially when I’m alone. I wish she was here so I could ask her advice about things my father doesn’t know about. Like about job search. She had experience of that kind of things. Now I have to search for the information somewhere else.

You don’t know what you got until it’s gone

You should not take things for granted. Especially when it comes to parents. I think it’s a shame some kids doesn’t get along with theirs. For me they’ve always been important. I was especially close to mum. That’s the reason why her death hit me so hard. Sometimes “why she was the one who got cancer” enters my mind. But those are things you can’t control. You can’t turn back the clock. You just have to move on. Music and entertainment in general lifts my spirit. Without those I could not go on.

So here is to you, mother. Happy Birthday to you. Wherever you are ♥

NaBloPoMo15: I’m not very good at this

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When trying to think what I’m good at, I can’t think of anything else besides that I’m a good listener. The question arises when it comes to work and job applications. I’m not really good at anything, is the only thing that comes to mind. I can do things a little of this and that. But I can’t do anything really good.

These days when you search for jobs, you need to “sell” your skills to the employers when you write your CV and cover letters. You need to explain what makes you better than the other applicants. That’s something I can’t do. I just don’t find any words to explain what my strengths are. I can’t pretend I can do something I can’t. That’s like lying and I don’t want to do that.

I’m thinking of doing a job search campaign. I just don’t know what to write about me. Writing about things I can do is the most difficult. I don’t have that confidence to brag about myself. That’s also a Finnish thing. We’re not used to brag about our skills. We’re modest that way. There are those who can but most Finns doesn’t.
If someone says to me that I’m good at something, I believe them and feel flattered. But I don’t feel I’m that good. Especially when it comes to work. When it comes to interests, that’s much easier to explain.

I’m not very good at explaining things on the blog. Especially in English but I can’t do it in other languages either. That’s why writing is only a hobby. I couldn’t write to save my life. Nor can I sing, dance or play an instrument for a living. Finding negative things about yourself is easy but that doesn’t give you a job. Unless someone makes up an occupation where negative thinking is required. But I rather think about positive things about myself.