I'm friendly, social, adventurous, open-minded happy-go-lucky, honest and nerdy. I love to travel, watch TV shows and movies, play video games and spend time with friends. Becoming a psychologist was my dream since 2011, and in 2023, I finally achieved it and now I work as a school psychologist. I am also very interested in languages: I actually double majored in English and psychology and I am studying Italian and Spanish.

The last time I travelled solo was back in 2019 and this year is finally the time for another solo trip. I will start interrailing from Portugal and I'm planning that I will end up in Germany after visiting Spain, Andorra, France, Switzerland, San Marino, Italy, and Austria.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't dream your life, live your dreams
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do
I'm an optimist
I believe the meaning of life has something to do with being happy, living your life the way you want and doing something meaningful

CURRENT MISSION

Chasing my dreams, doing what I love, meeting new people, travelling as much as I can

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet people from other cultures and countries, hear their stories and share my own experiences and thoughts about life, travelling, Finland and random things with them. Couchsurfing is an awesome way to travel - especially for a solo traveller - as you get to meet locals and other travellers in a unique way. I've stayed with quite a few hosts back in 2019 and liked it much more than staying at hostels.

Interests

• animals
• theater
• reading
• bouldering
• podcasts
• hiking
• psychology
• travelling
• watching movies
• horror movies
• audiobooks
• musicals
• art museums
• escape rooms
• interrail
• watching tv series
• dogs and cats
• forensic psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Too many to mention
Movies: I watch a lot of them and have many favourites (for example Brokeback Mountain, Black Swan, Fight Club, The Dark Knight, The Green Mile, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Third Star, Sweeney Todd, V for Vendetta...)
Music: 30 Seconds To Mars, MIKA, Hurts

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being an au pair in Australia for eleven months and backpacking on the East Coast for one month after that

Teach, Learn, Share

I could share my knowledge of psychology and stories from my different trips around the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Everything about Finland, such as recipes, dishes, where to go, what to see, weird stuff we Finns do... I could also share my incredible knowledge about wordplay in How I Met Your Mother and the personality of elephant handlers from Myanmar (the subjects of my master's theses)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany