24/09/2026
20 years ago
20 years ago, I started university and with it, my journey to become my own person. The first time I lived without my parents, I felt lost and had to find myself. Sometimes, the best way to listen to your path is to stop the noise.
I quickly learned that I enjoyed being by myself, but I still didn’t know much about who I was. Starting university and pursuing my bachelor’s degree became a new goal, and I remember it was a confusing yet wonderful time in my life.
My life crossed paths with some amazing people whom I still have the opportunity to be part of, or at least follow through a screen.
Travel has definitely been part of these 20 years, but it also brought new adventures and a wonderful feeling that this was the right path: a new country, a new culture, and now a new family.
Professionally, there have been many ups and downs that could be quite daunting. But if life has taught me anything in the last 20 years, it is that you shouldn’t criticise anything that you haven’t tried yourself yet.
A team is something everyone needs, even those who prefer to be solo. But a team can also be made up of different people. It doesn’t have to be someone who is always on your side, but someone who is there for you. I learned that I can go some time without contacting people, but I am always here for the moments when someone needs me.
I also learned over the years that I don’t want to let people step on those I love or on myself. And I will fight for what is right, but I also like to listen to what is wrong, in case it changes my mind or offers a different perspective.
20 years sounds like a long time, and mostly because of those 20 years, I’ve spent the last 13 in Norway. And although it’s been a long time, I feel full of energy and like my life is only just beginning. I’m looking forward to the next 20 years, and I am happy with the wonderful people I have surrounded myself with — those who were always there for me, those who always support me, those who have believed in me, and even the ones I have barely spoken to but who have changed my life completely.
I hope the younger version of myself is proud of the roads we have taken when we were not unde