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I've been busy acclimatising myself to living in south of Gothenburg, Sweden again. I moved back from London a while ago and it is challenging to change countries after being based abroad for almost ten years.
I am really happy I moved back to my home country, and I plan to stay here. But still, it’s difficult.
Moving to a new country means that you recharge and restart yourself. Right now, I am continually looking for new fuel in my life.
I spent a few years working full-time as a speaker and trainer. It was a fabulous time in many ways. I travelled to new countries, I met amazing people and I learned a lot about myself.
When you do a lot of public speaking you give away a lot of your own energy. You never know what kind of audience you will meet, some will give you energy back and some will just suck up all the energy in the room including yours.
After speaking full-time for a while I realised that there was not enough energy left for me to stay healthy and happy and I started to slow down.
Now that I am back in Sweden, it would not work for me to travel and speak as I did before, and it has to do with my energy.
I’ve just finished a job where I was looking at the level of digitalisation in the manufacturing industry in Sweden. Very interesting, but it was temporary. My next step here in Sweden is to find a job that fits me, where I can use my mix of skills and knowledge.
I have lectured a few times in Sweden and I will continue to speak professionally, but it won’t be my main thing.
I am now looking for my next turn and if you have any tips or contacts to share please get in touch.
The areas I am looking into are:
- digitalisation
- operations and management
- digital marketing
- chief digital officer
- brand development
- entrepreneurship
- new digital platforms
- other interesting opportunities.
All help is welcome! If you have any tips get in touch by emailing me on sofie@sofiesandell.com.
I wish you a great weekend.
Sofie
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Quick points
What I am working on
I am working on finding new contexts here in Sweden. I have found a few through my work, but I need to find more frameworks where I belong.
What I am learning about
I am into composting at the moment. I will soon start my own bokashi composting factory and it’s really exciting. Around the house where we live we need a lot of new soil and it will be perfect to make new soil at home.
What I am fighting
I planted some sunflower plants in the outdoor room a while ago. One day I discovered that someone had eaten the small plants. I planted new seeds. The next day they were gone again. I then planted new seeds and put them on a pedestal table out of reach of mice and other animals. But, the next day the seeds were gone. A neighbour suggested that the cat will catch the mice if he is hungry. We didn’t feed the cat during the whole day and then we let him sleep in the outdoor room for one night. He suffered and hated it, and escaped at 4am and came into the house and woke us up. After this, he will never go into the room again. It was a big trauma for him, and I felt pretty bad locking him in a cold room. Yesterday I placed some rat traps out there with Snickers in them. I caught four mice in 24 hours and gave them to the cat to make him happy.
What I am listening to
I have listened to Tara Brach’s podcast a few times lately and if you are interested in meditation I recommend you check it out.
Projects I am following
I am following the One Dear World crowdfunding campaign at the moment. It’s a set of multi-cultural dolls from around the world that aims to help us to show kids that they are fine as they are and create better mutual understanding.
Quotes I like at the moment
“Realise that everything connects to everything else.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
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