Nationality is a strange thing. It is something that is clearly stated in your passport and all the official documents. It is a way to put you into a specific category, a way to label you. "Finnish". Based on that label I only drink vodka, carry a knife in my pocket and I should be depressed basically all year round. As you can imagine this is very far from the truth. I mean, I am definitely not depressed ALL year round..
At times I think about who I am, and how I'd like to label myself. At times I don't fit in here, but when I go back home to visit my family I get the exact same feeling. It doesn't have to be something negative. I believe that you become aware of the "social programming". We all have something to learn from each other, and I try to find the good things from the Swedish culture and adopt my way of thinking to make a better, improved version of me. Anna 2.0. No matter what your passport says, it is how you feel like that matters. You cannot fit me in one tiny box.
However, yesterday I felt like a Swede. I heard a song by Melissa Horn and I really liked it.
What's happening to me?!
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