Favorite

Place: I have a couple. My bed, the house we rent sometimes in Gran Canaria, and my mom’s house. 

Person: My aunt Eva probably. Also her son, my 2,5-year-old cousin. 

Color: Guess some people wouldn’t even call them colors, but black and white. I also love copper but that’s not really a color either. Clearly I’m not that colorful.

Food: Lasagna

Smell: Gingerbread-houses. I don’t love the smell when you bake gingerbread but when the air has been cleared and you can just get a whiff of the smell when you walk by the house it’s so good.

Book: My answer is quite mainstream, since it’s basically all of the John Green books and also the Perks of being a wallflower.

Movie: the Notebook, Life as we know it, the Blindside, etc.

Music artist: Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, James Bay, Tom Odell, Shawn Mendes…

Genre of music: Singer/songwriter and pop, and indie as well.

Genre of literature: novels for young adults basically. The only things I really don’t like are sci-fi or fantasy books.

Magazine: Vogue and Marieclaire.

Texture: Clean sheets.

Time of day: I’m most productive at night, but I also like lazy mornings.

Day of the week: Right now it’s wednesday since I have that day off, and it’s a little minibreak in the middle of the week.

Thing to do when bored: Watch youtube. I watch it when I’m not bored too though. Yes I’m an addict.

Celebrity: Khloe Kardashian. She’s strong, doesn’t take any shit from anyone, and she’s very funny.

Class in school: I loved all the languages I studied; finnish, swedish, english and german.

Drink: If I’m going for an alcoholic drink it’s Rum&coke, if I’m going for non-alcoholic it’s the Little miracles iced tea, or just a diet coke.

Animal: I’m so torn between cats and dogs. I love them both equally.

Flower: I should definitely have a favorite for future reference right? I don’t really have one right now though… I like tulips a lot I guess.

TV show: Modern family, Grey’s anatomy, the Big bang theory, Friends, HIMYM, New girl, seriously I could go on for a while.

Sound: the breaths of the person sleeping next to me.

Fruit: Banana.

Vegetable: Carrot or sweet pepper.

Store/shop: H&M, Monki. For food I think the bigger the store, the better.

Article of clothing you own: I have two new sweaters, a patterned one which you’ve sort of seen in selfies, and a red big christmas sweater.

Workout: I like the 7-minute-workout app for a quick sweat.

Quote: “Whatever you are, be a good one”

Boy’s name: Boston/Tristan

Girl’s name: Emiliana/Lana

Potato chip flavor:Sweet chili

Meal of the day:Lunch or dinner. I’m not a fan of breakfast.

Ice cream flavor: Strawberry.

Soda: Diet coke.

Popcorn flavor: The flavored popcorn isn’t really a thing here. There’s butter flavor (movie-theater popcorn) but that’s really it. We also pretty much only have salty popcorn. I prefer the regular salted ones.

Season: Fall.

Month of the year: September probably, or August.

Disney princess: Belle. I don’t know why, because Beauty& the Beast wasn’t my favorite disneymovie, but somehow she was my favorite as a kid, and still kind of is.

YouTube channel: the Sacconejolys IF I have to choose only one. It depends on the day.

Eye color: Armygreen.

Dessert: I don’t love dessert. I mean I like candy and chips and stuff, like snacks, but I’m not all about dessert. I like the taste but it’s usually too sweet for me. I like cheesecake a lot, so that’s probably my favorite, but I can only have like one bite before it gets too sweet.

Candy: Chocolatecovered liquoricetoffees by Brunberg. They’re so amazing.

Restaurant: I don’t have one favorite but I like either burgerplaces like Hard rock café (or other similar places), or sushirestaurants. Asian buffets are great cause you get sushi as well as chinese or thai foods.

Language: English. 

Thing to learn about: People. I also want to learn Spanish.

Thing about yourself: I’m very loyal. I feel like I value listening to my own needs too (as well as other peoples’ needs), which I’ve recently accepted and started liking about myself. I know what I need and want, and I’m okay with it. It’s a pretty cool feeling to slowly figure yourself out more and more.

Transformation Tuesday

I’m excited to start a healthier chapter in my life. I feel like everyone’s saying this all the time, especially now that we’re approaching the new year. I want this to work for me though. I also want to start right now, I don’t wanna make it an unserious resolution. I’m not doing it for looks, I’m doing it for happiness (and health). One of my goals is still to loose weight though. Some other goals are more flexibility and to start enjoying cardio more. I can do it!

I also want to have a better diet, and that’s where you guys come in. I’ve already started eating veggies as snacks instead of something else, and I also don’t really eat bread in the mornings. My hardest thing to cut is sodas. Today I ordered a few alternative drinks from a fitnesstore, as well as some green tea pills. Green tea is very good for the body, it helps in many cleansing ways, and I don’t like to drink tea so that’s why I bought the pills. My questions for you guys however are: What’s a food you’d like to see me cut out of my diet? What food do you think would be good to eat? Do you have any other advice, some people I should follow, some good workouts or recipes? I would truly appreciate all the tips and thoughts I can get. Xxx 

    
    
    
 

Interior inspiration

 Looking for ideas for a future home is probably one of my favorite things to do on the internet. I’ve been thinking about doing a post with some pictures from my apartment, would you guys like that? xxx  
   

8 questions

21. Who has influenced you the most?-Probably my mom. Hearing her struggles from before I was born, how important my birth was for her, and how amazing she’s been during my life, makes me so thankful to have her. She is seriously someone I look up to so much.

22. What are your favorite lyrics? -I like so many because I basically always listen to songs for the lyrics. I really like “Keep me where the light is” which is a lyric by John Mayer. That’s one of my all time favorites, and also a great tattoo-idea. My most recent favorite is “they say the time’s supposed to heal you, but I aint done much healing” from Adele’s new song Hello. A funnier favorite is from Taylor Swift’s song Blank Space: “Oh my god, look at that face. You look like my next mistake”. 
23. Real jeans or jeggings? -Jeans but I also love wearing leggings. This reminded me I should go get some new ones. 
24. On the first day of ruling the world, what would you do? -I would think of new effective charities to start up, and maybe make a fun new holiday for that date. It’s really hard to think about something important and good to do.
25. If you were forced to open a bakery, what would you name it? -Klara’s Kupkakes maybe? Kind of the K-theme like the Kardashians haha. But from my name obviously.
26. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done on a date? -I haven’t done anything particularly weird although once me and my exboyfriend had cozytimes at home and lost track of time and got to the movies 20 minutes too late, but a worker still let us in with her key, so basically we came in to the first big song in Les Miserables. Got some stares.
27. What do you hope to achieve by 50? -I hope I have teenaged/grown up children and a husband, a nice career, and maybe am planning my next vacation. Just enjoying life.
28. What has been your best moment this year (so far)? -Probably moving out of my mom’s house! Independence! Yippiie…

If you’d like to ask me some questions that haven’t been answered in the past few days, feel free to submit your questions in the comments! I love doing QA’s and lists like this. It would be fun to have personalized questions that I know someone actually wants to know, haha. xxx

9 questions

12. If you had to choose between using Internet Explorer forever, or permanently using an AOL e-mail address, which one would it be? -Cringe!! Can I be selfless and give both options to someone else, teehee. Angel…
13. If you could either be a duck or an owl, which would you be? -A duck?
14. What do you love about yourself most? -I love that I’m caring and funny, and I love my eyes and cheekbones.
15. What don’t you like so much? -My tendensies to be a little depressed, which also makes me have more lazy, lonely days (which doesn’t make it better), and also my weight. 
16. Rugrats or Doug? -Neither really interest me.
17. Which house would you belong to in Game of Thrones? Like, very honestly. -I don’t watch Game of Thrones so I don’t know the houses.
18. If you got a (new) tattoo, what would it be of? -I’d perhaps want a text on my foot that says “Long way down” which kind of represents that I should always remember to be high enough on the positivityscale that nothing can pull me under or drag me down. A giraffe with the text “Stand tall” would also be cool. Later in life I definitely want my children’s names or something else that commemorates them.
19. What would you like to eat for your last meal? -Fajitas and diet coke :-). 
20. If you had to be on a reality TV show, which one would you choose? -Probably the show where they meet the person they’re about to marry at the altar, and then they see if the marriages work. That seems the most genuine, at least the Finnish version.

11 questions

1. Who are your top three lady heroes?-My mom, my aunt, and Lea Michele. Strong women who’ve been through a lot.

2. When you were little, what did you want to be? -A singer. Still might want to be that except I was in the musicprogramme in highschool and kind of realized that it’s very difficult to maintain your voice and health and being able to sing every day on tours and stuff.
3. Who do you think should run for president in two years? -Lol so obviously these questions are a bit old. I’m not from the US but I’m definitely rooting for Hillary Clinton.
4. What’s the best book you’ve read so far this year? Ever? -I don’t think I’ve read an entire book this year… That sounds so bad. I have just been reading so many books for exams, and now for university. 
5. What makes you feel afraid? -Sometimes I feel afraid when I’m walking home alone in the dark.
6. Would you rather get lunch with Gillian Flynn or J.K. Rowling? -J.K Rowling.
7. What’s your most embarrassing childhood memory? -I honestly have a really bad memory about childhood things, but once when I hopped a fence when I was like 11 my pants ripped. That was embarrasing. Thankfully one of the boys in my class was nice enough to loan me his hoodie to put around my waist while walking home. So sweet. 
8. If you had the option of adopting a baby fox or baby koala, which one would you choose? -Baby koala.
9. What’s your dream job? -Right now it’s probably working for a company where I have some sort of high position. I’m also intrigued by the sort of lifestyle many vloggers have, working from home and such. I’d love to be a blogger or something fulltime.
10. Who is your favorite mythological god/goddess? -I’m not very into them.
11. Who was your first crush? -Probably some boy in my class when I was about eight years old, can’t remember which one haha… 

xxx

Get to know me a lot more

Questions:
What is your idea of a perfect day? -On a perfect day I would wake up next to a s.o., take a long walk with him, go to a fun lunch and spend the afternoon with my friends and their s.o.’s in a group, and then in the evening go to my mum’s house.
When did you cry the last time and why? -I cried today when I watched a video but I don’t think that counts. I can’t remember the last time I cried over something real. I had a shitty day today but still didn’t cry.

What, according to you is a sensitive topic that should not be joked about? -Feminism. I saw some discussions today that had some comments that really pissed me off, and most of them were jokes. So annoying Btw I am not an extreme feminist I just find this frustrating sometimes.

Of all the people in your family, who do you like the most? -I can’t pick from my closest family, but in a little broader perspective my favorite is definitely my aunt (dad’s sister). She’s honestly like a friend.

Would you want to choose the sex and appearance of your offspring? -No.

Who is your hero in life and what qualities of him/her you desire the most? -My parents. My mom because she is strong, hardworking, intelligent, healthy, and loving. My dad because he dares to follow his dreams and has a big heart, and worries about his family.

Do you still have feelings for an ex? -Yes I do from time to time. I think those will only fully go away when I move on to someone else.

How did you fall in love the first time? -How…hmm. Well we met in high school and I didn’t really expect anyone to be able to fall in love with me ever (I was that lonely girl yes…lol), and then he just appreciated, loved and valued me so much and I was so in love with him. I thought he was the best thing that could ever happen to me. He saved me in a way.

What is your weirdest habit? -I talk to my kitchen appliances (usually mostly when I’m complaining). I don’t do it to other things in my home a lot but in the kitchen it kind of comes out of me.

Have you ever had the intent to punch or physically hurt a person? -I have pretty much never wanted to do that. We have had some physical fights with my sister sometimes but I’ve never gone in with the intention of hurting her.

Do you have a vice? -Something about me? probably low selfcontrol.

Do you have any regrets in your life? -I have a few but I definitely try not to have them.

If you died tonight, would you think you have lived your life to the fullest? -No. I’m still so young and I have clear lists of things I know I want to experience, and I’m sure I’ll experience loads of extras too.

When people die, what do you think is on the other side? -I hope another life of some sort.

Do you think about other people in your life and how you affect them? -Yes sometimes more so than about myself.

Where do you see yourself 10 years from now? -Hopefully I’ll have a great job, a fiancée/husband, possibly one or two kids already, and just generally more happiness than I have right now.

What do you think about the ‘purpose of life’? -I think it’s family.

Are you afraid of losing anything? Why? -My loved ones and my health and life

Do you really care for all the people around you? -Not all of them…

What is your aim in life? Was it always this? -My aim is to have a lovely family and stories to share with them. My dreams have been less familyfixated earlier.

Is there someone you wish to teach a lesson, and still haven’t? -Many people I’ve met, but I’m sure they’ll learn lessons through other people or experiences.

Are you comfortable talking to strangers? -Not particularly.

What are the three basic factors you look for, in a partner? -He should be caring, funny and intelligent.

Is there a feeling you are trying to ignore? What is it? -Sadness. Monday blues.

Is there something in your life (some memory) that has always troubled you? -No but maybe it annoys me a bit that my earliest memory is helping my dad move away from my mom.

Do you believe in Karma or in doing good? -To some extent probably yes.

What is your definition of ‘Love’? -Depends on the love for whom you are refering to here. For one I do believe that love is what connects us all in some weird way, and that it is the most important factor in living and surviving.

If there is one thing you can die for, what is it? -Love

How important is commitment to you? And companionship? -Very important. I’m not a loose cannon.

Do you believe in reincarnation? -I wish that was the truth, but I have no clue.

19 random facts about me

…for the 19 years I’ve been on this earth.

1. I hate breakfast. If I can skip straight to lunch I usually do that.

2. I’ve been to 15 countries (if I counted correctly).

3. I have a roommate but I love being home completely by myself.

4. I don’t like cheese. I have it in foods but not on sandwiches or in salads etc.

5. I like to cut out pictures from magazines and use them as bookmarks when I study. That way I can have loads in one book and feel like I’m reaching goals more often. It’s a good motivationtip.

6. I go on walks pretty much every day.

7. My biggest pet peeve is hearing someone brushing their teeth.

8. I love colouring in these books that are a new trend here; coulouringbooks for adults. Colouringtheraphy, mindfulness, etc, it’s just good for calming yourself down and having some relaxing times to yourself.

9. I am not a fan of New year’s eve. It’s always a hassle figuring out where to go and so on. I’m glad I’m escaping to Gran Canaria on the 30th.

10. I played the flute for 13 years.

11. My favorite subject in school was english (as a foreign language). I have yet to learn what my favorite subject is at UNI. 

12. I listen to music almost completely for the lyrics. Even though I am a musical person (and it obviously has to sound good too).

13. I like to call both of my parents almost every day. For me it’s not an obligation, but a fun thing for me as well. Can’t understand how people call their parents like once every two weeks.

14. On my christmas wishlist I have that my mom would pay for me to get my nails done every month. I bite my real nails so they don’t look good, and I’ve had acrylic ones once and loved it. 

15. I usually get my pictures developed into real photographs, and I also have a book where I put them and decorate with some other things too (memories, texts etc.). Kind of like an album of memories.

16. I can speak four languages. Swedish, Finnish, English and German.

17. When I watch Grey’s anatomy while being hungover, I usually don’t get grossed out from the surgeries but from watching the characters drink tequila at the bar (lol).

18. My aunt from my dad’s side is one of my best friends. Her son who’s 2 does not feel like my cousin, he feels like a friend’s child.

19. I love making lists, planning, answering questions… Can you tell? Lol.

The loves of my life from A-Z

Autumn
Beer

Colouring

Daydreaming

Eggs

Flowers from him

Gran Canaria

Holidays

Indian food

Jingles

Keeping up with the Kardashians

Lgbtq+ pride

Making out

New York

Old pictures

Playing music

Questions

Red wine

Singing

Thinking about life

University freedom

Volkswagen cars

Wednesdays

X-factor USA (canceled, boo)

Yankee candles

Zoe Sugg

Documentaries

Now that my week of exams is over I have a little more time for some relaxing. Something I want to start doing more is watching documentaries. What should I watch? 

I watched Jesus Camp the other day, which I’d seen before but it’s just so insane and very well made. I get extremely creeped out when I watch it but it’s definitely worth watching! One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen, if not the best. Another one I watched (on the same day actually haha) was Bully. It is a very touching documentary about bullying. It really makes you think. I cannot comprehend (no matter how hard I try) how people think it’s okay to make someone’s life so miserable. 

Some other documentaries I’m thinking about watching are: Aftermath: the legacy of suicide, Hannah’s anecdote, Tania Head: the 911 faker, Biology of Dads, and The American Abortion War. Have you guys seen any of those? What are your thoughts on the ones you’ve seen? What are some other documentaries you’d recommend? xxx