I spent the past week putting my CV out there, and yesterday came down to two back to back interviews. Looking back, I am so relieved the first option fell through. That initial interview was with a local

Lately, I’ve been looking at my plan to move to France through a truly critical lens, carefully weighing different countries against each other. When asking which country offers the best framework to set

I’ve spent a lot of time lately reviewing my life, my priorities, and where I want to focus my energy moving forward. The answer I keep arriving at is simple: I just want to be an artisan. Unfortunately,

​@merit.ahama asked me specifically about my tips for learning French, and while my methodology is very unconventional, I’m excited to share it. ​My approach is a bit unusual mainly because of my language

I recently watched a fascinating YouTube video where two people competed to see who could learn more French in a single week. One person used only Duolingo, while the other relied entirely on ChatGPT.

Last week, completely out of nowhere, my brain decided to develop a sudden, intense new special interest: hand sewing. Sure, they taught us basic hand sewing and machine sewing back in school. Later, while

It has been five years now since I became single, and I haven’t even gone on a date in the last four. I was thinking about this deeply today, and I came to a clear realization: I don’t even want to go

As I started learning French recently, I had an epiphany that completely shifted how I view my relationship with languages. I’ve realized that my mind works like a polyglot’s, and the way I absorb a new

It was 9:00 AM on a warm Sunday morning. My dog Mariano and I were wrapping up our usual walk, right by the hedge planted in front of my apartment building, when Marion stopped for one last sniff. That’s

I’ve been sitting at my workbench, looking at a handful of unsold necklaces and asking myself the same question over and over: Why are these still here? And the honest, simple answer is: they don’t have

A couple of weeks ago, I had a jar full of discarded beads and freshwater pearls that sat completely stagnant. I had the entire jar priced at just €10, but no one wanted to buy it. Mostly because the valuable

Some time ago, I came across a TikTok video that suggested having weekly executive meetings with yourself. The idea was simple: if you can't run the most important company you'll ever own—yourself—how

I went to the Torremolinos flea market today, and while the selection was pretty slim, I also made a rookie mistake: I dressed far too nicely. The sellers immediately started quoting me ridiculous prices.

It has finally become clear to me that I don't have a skill issue when it comes to jewelry. I have a visibility issue. Vinted is really working against me. Some of my pieces sell in a minute. Others take

I've been wondering whether I'm actually taking Mariano for walks, or if he's the one taking me for walks. At this point, our system is pretty simple: he decides where we go. Last night, I really didn't

The past couple of days have been an absolute goldmine of realizations. The first one is simple. My life is so much better now that Mariano lives with me full-time. He makes my life better in ways I didn't

I was doing my daily French lesson on Duolingo when it suddenly slapped me with a new word: tante. I recognized it immediately because in Finnish we have the word tantta, which refers to an uptight,

It was 2 p.m., just before the post office was closing for the day. We headed over there to send a parcel to Finland. While I was dealing with the postal clerk, a fellow dog owner approached Mariano, knelt

Yesterday was Sunday, and I was feeling lazy. I simply didn't feel like cooking for myself. Instead, I found myself craving pizza. If you're on a gluten-free diet, you already know how difficult it is

We’ve all been there: you have a piece of vintage jewelry that you want to love, but it just isn't working. For me, it was a very 2000s-style glass bead necklace hiding in the back of my "to be sold"