Blog posts in category “Personal life”
Posts that are about my life as a human being on a space rock.
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Dec 30th, 2024Year in Review 2024
Another year in the books and it’s time for the end of year journaling retrospective. How did my goals for the year turn out and what were the highlights?
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Dec 25th, 2024Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays to all of my friends ❤️.
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Dec 18th, 2024Writing is my canary bird
I write enough daily these days that I notice when I struggle with it and it has become a canary bird of other issues in my life.
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Dec 11th, 2024Struggles with believing in myself
For this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, I write about my struggles with self-confidence, impostor syndrome and believing in myself.
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Nov 27th, 2024I like the person I am when I travel
When I’m out there, I flow with the universe and enjoy the ride.
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Jul 27th, 2024My desk setup, 2024 edition
My setup has changed quite a bit since the last post in 2021
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Jul 17th, 2024Advocate for your colleagues
If we don’t advocate for each other, nobody will. Also includes a few good resources to learn how to advocate for yourself!
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Apr 10th, 2024Prepare, Perform, Ponder
I like a tight feedback loop that helps me improve what I do in life. Prepare-Perform-Ponder is a solid trio that helps me learn from my successes and mistakes.
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Mar 27th, 2024Chance of serendipity
A lot of positive things in life happen by accident. But for them to happen to us, we need to be active, get out there and have an open mind for learning and meeting people.
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Feb 19th, 2024Thank you, Startuplifers
After more than a decade of sending students to intern at startups in Silicon Valley - and changing my life - Startuplifers is sunsettings its operations.
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Feb 14th, 2024Stickers tell stories
Some like their laptops clean and sticker-free. I’m the exact opposite and have multiple layers of stickers on mine and each one tells a story.
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Feb 10th, 2024Anonymous, asynchronous friendships
This month’s Indie Web Carnival took me to think about digital relationships and I ended up on a nostalgia trip back to early 2000s and friendships I made in the IRC and discussion forums - anonymously and asynchronously.
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Jan 20th, 2024A few core memories
foreverliketh.is challenged Indie Web Carnival to dig on some core memories and find some that remind of the good parts of myself
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Dec 27th, 2023Year in Review 2023
Time for my annual look back at the rather eventful year of 2023.
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Dec 20th, 2023Merry Christmas!
And happy holidays!
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Dec 13th, 2023Two months with Obsidian
I’ve been experimenting with taking notes with Obsidian for two months now, here’s a retrospective of that experiment.
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Nov 25th, 2023Three travel essentials
I never leave home without these.
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Sep 27th, 2023Traveling Europe on land: Turku to Prague
This month, I visited PyCon CZ conference in Prague and spent over 80 hours in public transport to get there.
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Aug 25th, 20236 months of recovery, how is life?
It’s been about six months since I last wrote about how things are going. Time for an update.
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Aug 13th, 2023Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a BBC radio show where people share 8 songs, a book and a luxury item they'd take with them on a desert island. Here are my picks!
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Mar 22nd, 2023A quick life update
9 weeks ago I shared that I'm leaving Mozilla and moving back home. A lot has happened and I'm blown away by how well everything has gone since.
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Mar 10th, 2023I combat impostor syndrome with building in public
I suffer from impostor syndrome but I've recently found an unexpected way to combat it: learning and building in public
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Feb 15th, 2023The imperfect mess of note taking
I like to take notes and for years attempted to find the perfect solution. Once I embraced the imperfect chaos, I started to get good at taking notes.
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Jan 18th, 2023I'm leaving Mozilla
I resigned from Mozilla. The time has come for me to take a break and make my mental and physical health a top priority. I'm also moving back home to Turku.
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Dec 21st, 2022Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas friends! This week I'll spend with friends and family, away from online.
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Nov 5th, 2022I joined Mastodon
As so many others, I decided to join Mastodon in preparation for the possible downfall of Twitter.
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Sep 21st, 2022Traveling in connected, digitalized world
I love traveling. And in a world with digital services, easy connectivity and friends everywhere, it's easier and more fun than ever for me.
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Sep 14th, 2022Why I do what I do?
I have two main beliefs that led me to building communities for developers: 1) technology can be used for the good of humanity and 2) technology is everywhere and you can't opt out.
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Aug 31st, 2022The Firehose
It's been a while since the last update on this site, either on this blog or in the weeklies. I started a new job as a Senior Developer Advocate for add-ons at Mozilla in the beginning of August and it has pretty much taken all of my energy to create anything.
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Jul 20th, 2022Embracing failure
When I grew up, failing or being wrong wasn't something that was encouraged. It led to me only wanting to try things I already knew I'd succeed in. It took me until my late 20s to realize that it's hindering and slowing me down a lot. Luckily, I learned to start failing.
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Jun 22nd, 2022A lighthouse
On top of a small hill, there's a small lighthouse. At the base of the lighthouse, there's a small house, and at the heart of it there's a fireplace that brings light and warmth to the entire house. Even on the rainy days – and there are plenty – the house stays dry and comfy.
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Jun 15th, 2022Goodbye, Futurice
Time for personal news. After 4+ years at Futurice, it's time for me to graduate from Ultimate Learning Platform and move on. Here's a retrospective of the good stuff.
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May 4th, 2022A week in life of a developer advocate
So what do I as a developer advocate actually do? What's hidden beneath the title? I wrote a journal for a week about the things I did to give you a peek into the life of an advocate.
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Mar 23rd, 2022Last two years have been awful
CW: burnout, depression, stress. These past two years have been incredibly tough and I've been struggling more than I ever have. And I want to share it so that if you're going through something similar, you can know you're not the only one.
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Dec 22nd, 2021Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Sep 22nd, 2021Where do you see yourself in five years?
I was recently asked where I see myself in 5 years and it sparked the need in me to write about why I think it's a horrible interview question but a great topic to reflect on.
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Jun 16th, 2021My (career) story in tech and developer relations
Everyone's career story and progression is different. Since in social media stories about fast learning and advancement pick up a lot of attention, I wanted to share my slower path.
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Feb 24th, 2021Learning in public
It's a great feeling when you write a blog post or give a talk about something you're doing and learning and people participate in the discussion, allowing you to learn more. Join me to read how you can get into the mindset of learning in public.
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Feb 10th, 2021My home office setup
During the pandemic, I've made some additions to my normal laptop-only setup as I end up spending all my days sitting at my desk. Macbook, alpacas and Nintendo Switch – and a tiny bit more.
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Dec 23rd, 2020Merry Christmas my friends
Merry Christmas! This week I just want to take a moment to wish you all happy holidays.