Pakko sanoa että ko viimeksi lukiossa elänyt niin että jokainen päivä muistuttaa toistaan, niin tuntuu mukavalta vaan toteuttaa rutiineja päivästä toiseen.
I have to admit that since after high school my life has been a lot about moving around quite constantly. Whether it's been running to school and training, or to work on top of all that I enjoy now just doing daily routine by going to work and training, sleeping, repeating.
I wanted to make a decent update since it has been a while so here you find again two videos
the other one in Finnish and the other one in English. I was a bit frozen while giving the English update but hope you'll get something out of it!
It was a really warm and nice today outside. Probably around 16 degrees Celsius. I'm always thankful for everything that has passed my way but I felt I have to say something that came to me just when I was driving home from that skatepark tonight.
When I was younger I really took sports super-seriously. Not a laughing matter at all. Just hard, brutal work. And I have had the honor to work with many good coaches during the years so far.
Now I wanted to mention one man, who had a huge effect on the thinking I have now in sports. He was my coach when I went to high school. He loved people who work hard and have the right mental attitude to realize that to become good really requires years and years of arduous work. He taught me a lot of the stuff that I know now, that effect sport alongside my training. How to eat, rest and take care of my body. But among all that appreciation towards work and training hard. He was the one who told me when I got out of school, on my last day. "You're a hard worker. But try to loosen up a bit, that's what you need now." And during the years I have remembered those words and that has made me carry myself over many mentally tough times. And those words I will always remember, because sport involves a lot of hard work. But at my level it's also your lifestyle. And the meaning of life in my opinion is to make most out of it. So try to keep your head light when you're not training, don't carry pointless burden on your shoulders. Forgive and do your best to people around you.
And so now I have to say this is Finnish but basically it's just "thanks" in Finnish.
Iso R, tiedät kuka olet, kiitos noista sanoista, jotka yllä mainitsin. Ne kantavat pidemmälle kuin olisit saattanut itsekkään arvata. Tää äijä jatkaa kovaa työtä kohti niitä unelmia, jotka asetin jo aikoinaan kun en vielä edes ymmärtänyt mitä kaikkea niiden saavuttamiseksi vaaditaan.
PS. I wish to mention here too that I read the front page from the main editor of big Finnish news paper called Helsingin Sanomat. The editor talked about how being patriotic is something negative or commercial nowadays back home. Patriotism does not mean to go on about why we would be better than other countries. It is about being proud of your roots and being proud to be part of the society you were born and being yourself. Being away from Finland has made me realize how big part of me that is. So be proud that you are Finnish and that we can speak our own language and have our own culture. I will not comment anything about EU because that is a bigger matter. But as I am here, I am trying to learn all I can from the people I meet and try to see things from their point of view but I will always be proud of my home country and open about where I come from. Have a great Spring and stay tuned for more updates!!
