Live the life fullest and not letting others define you
I am from Finnish countryside, where I was able to spend time outside in the nature. My favorite things were swimming, sailing and climbing trees with my sister. I was usually the one who caused grey hair for my parents. I wasn’t very calm kid 😀
Active lifestyle has always been part of me. For me it is important that I treat my body well in order to explore the world in the way I want. Doing sports also gives me energy and makes me feel good. For me, different challenges keep me mentally healthy and I am very enthusiastic about different cultures, untouched nature (which is very rare to find nowadays) and feminism.
I have done my conscript service in Finland and I have been working in the Finnish military and deployed once in peacekeeping operation in the middle east.I have always been seeking challenges through the work as well, searching action and changes. As a woman, I have faced discrimination in my field but never let that define what I want and what I am capable of doing. Keep fighting for my rights has got me into this point. I live my life fullest for myself, not for others.
After my military work, I started to do sports as a work as well. I studied Personal Training and graduated one year after. I worked in a gym and helped people for healthier lifestyle. But after years, I needed to challenge myself again and change something so I applied to Finnish National Defence University. I graduated in 2015 as a naval officer and started to work in the Finnish Coast Guard. After years in the Finnish Coast Guard and being Master of Military Sciences, I still work at the sea and I still love it.
For me, having a property or owning a big house doesn’t make me more happy. The happiest moments I have experienced, are when I have finished very physically and mentally tough challenges or I have seen very beautiful places in nature. So in 2022, I bought a van moved into that. I felt more and more that my urge of moving and living is very different from others at my age, but it doesn’t mean that it is wrong. I felt peaceful in living in a van and that’s why I want to keep going as long as I can and I want.
While I’m doing adventures, if I manage to inspire especially other women to start their own adventures, that’s the point when I have succeeded in my life.