Choices

Life is full of them. Some lighter than others. Today, I made one. Not the easiest I`ve ever made, but still very necessary. I decided to quit my dayjob and try to make it on my own once again.

I realized that life is what you make of it, and if you continue to settle to someones elses choices, soon you`ll have none of your own to make. Rather burn out than fade away I guess.

If I put my life on paper, it sounds no less than crazy and epic. Since I turned 18, I`ve been living in Barcelona, Tenerife, Croatia. Traveled central america and southeast asia. Over 50 countries in total. Meanwhile doing odd jobs here and there to support myself along the way.

I finally arrived back to Finland around 18 months ago, when my contract as a travelguide in Croatia came to an end along with the season. I moved to the northernmost part of Finland, beautiful and ever so stunning Lapland. The land of peace. Did 6 months as a safariguide up there. Amazing. Words cannot begin to describe the zen of that wonderland.

After that, back in the city again. Whats up. I have to mention, I was about to move to Malta as I got a job offer from there, but after giving it some thought, decided to stay in Finland. Back in the city trying to figure myself and my life out. Choices. Whats up next? No clue. For last summer, I was lost. Did not know what to do or how to do it, everything was a mess.

Then I found the job I`m now about to quit. That felt like a lifeline at the time, and I took it. It proved to be a great and powerful experience with a lot of lessons to take away from. That journey has took me to move to the most beautiful place I have ever seen, a place of my own, in the woods, by the lake. As I have dreamed about since I was a little boy. So I don`t regret the choice of taking that dayjob some odd 6 months ago. Im thankful that I experienced it. But now I`m thankful to go on with my life, to turn the next chapter, take a leap of faith and discover whats beyond my perceived boundaries.

Be brave. You are beautiful. You are amazing. Remember, you always have a choice. Dare to take it.

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Every Walk Is A Dream, Every Path A Fantasy

Your driving a car on a road. It’s a long way to your destination. You assume to know the journey to your destination well, because you have been told how its supposed to look and feel like by the voices around you. As you drive along, you become more and more assured that you really do know the journey and the landscapes that surround it. You go further and wonder about the scenery, like concrete your belief grows as the scenery is just as its supposed to be, just how the voices told you. Closing the destination, happy and backed with solid belief that the ride, the journey went just as expected, you become to realize that it only went so for one reason, because you expected it to. Almost at the finish line, you now have time to ponder about your journey. You take a deep breath, sit down, and think it through.

You are the car. The road is your lifespan. And the journey, the landscape and scenery is your imagination working its magic. You realize that you created the whole journey in your mind, following the voices, the guidance of the society around you. Even though you now know it was all your own creation, creation of your imagination, you see that the sceneries were limited by your expectations and landscapes paintings of beliefs that you didn’t exactly choose to believe, but were offered to your mind by the ever so loud voices along the way. Those voices so loudly playing the structures and rules of society. Endless tunes assuring you that the song they sing is the only reality there is.

But at the end you finally realize it all. You were the creator of this journey, scenery and landscapes, but it was never your own hand painting the picture. It was the hand of the voices. The society around you made you believe their reality was yours and you bought it. You bought a picture from the shelf of society, only to realize that you could have painted the most amazing one yourself. You understand now, that it is you that has all the power to create the most wonderful painting that has ever seen existence. Your future is yours, and empowered with your imagination you are capable to create limitlessly. Now, and forever.

What you think, you become
What you feel, you attract
What you imagine, you create

Believe In Yourself With A Vision

”What you think, you become

What you feel, you attract

What you imagine, you create”

Buddha

When I lived in Tenerife 4 years ago, I bumped in to a beautiful wooden painting with these words on it. I immediately got it, because it resonated with my own beliefs in a beautiful way. Since then, a lot has happened in my life, yet I still cling to this wonderful

As Long, As You Have Other Powers

The power of thoughts is highly underestimated in the society we live in. Or at least underrated. We don`t teach it to children in schools. We hardly talk about it. Yet, I think it is one of the most important factors in creating a blissful existence.

I grew up being, or at least wanting to be, the best in everything. I played a lot of sports, and was always the captain of the team, or the star of the golf course. My willpower was always strong. So strong that it led me to thrive in many areas in life since the early days. But    little did I knew back then, that I had the thoughts running through my mind to thank for all the success.

The Harvest

Hi folkes! Been roadtripping around Europe for some weeks now, so I`ve been keeping some time of from writing as well. And I think writing, as any form of art, needs some input before a valuable output is able to come out. So here we go.

A lot is happening in my life right now. Moving from the lovely coast of Croatia to one of the northernmost points of my home country, Finland. Changes. As the summer turns to autumn, the flowers and the trees change their colors. So one could say, I`m in tune with the seasons because I`m also changing my colors by moving to Lapland.

I feel that the autumn comes with a beautiful sense I call the harvest. The summers are mostly quite hectic, in a sense that one might be partying a lot, working a lot, travelling and so on. Then comes the autumn, the harvest. For me, it`s always been about self reflecting. What have I learned through out the year? How can I now apply the things I have learned to better my life?

This year I have learned to take better care of myself, to set ambitious goals that help me daily to take the actions needed to become a better me.

I have learned that nothing comes easy. To make something happen, I need to put a lot more effort in the game if I`m really ought to succeed in any of my goals. Personal and business wise. I need to man up, quit fooling around and make myself proud by taking important action daily.

I have learned the importance of focus. By that I mean, if I set a goal to myself and go and get it, I need to quit thinking about everyone else fooling around, all the hassle of social media, all the unnecessary. And stay focused on the goals that I have set for myself and go get them.

To wrap this up. You live life and you learn. But what makes you either a better or a worse person after these experiences, is the way you choose apply what you have learned. You either choose to man up and grow, or you choose to ignore and complain. Either one you choose, it`s up to you.

What have you learned through out this year? And how are you going to apply these lessons to your life, to become a better, happier and healthier person?

Keep on shining. Karri

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The Importance Of Giving Yourself A Break

I was recently very strict about writing and publishing an article everyday. Then, I flew back home to Finland for a working holiday. From one week off from work, I had 2 days at the cottage where I really didn`t have any meetings or other things related to work planned. I still felt like I should continue writing each and everyday. So I did. I wrote something. I actually forced myself to write an article. And it was great, because I realized how important it is to give yourself a break every once in a while.

I noticed

Life Is A Beautiful Journey

Recently, Iv`e been on the move. And when I say move, it`s movement. Last three days in a nutshell:

Monday morning I wake up at 9:00, head up to a meeting in Lauttasaari, Helsinki. 11:00 o`clock, another great and hugely impactful meeting right behind the presidents castle downtown Helsinki. While driving the car back home, had a lovely talk with one of my favorite persons on this planet, my grandmother. And just for the record, I don`t say or write these things lighlty. If I say it, I mean it. My family is the most important factor in my life. My grandmother is the a sun that keeps on shining no matter what`s the weather.

Moving

With my most beautiful half, Eriko, we`re moving to Lapland for the winter and moving