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  • Home office days! I like my home, I like to work from here. Especially when I have calls scheduled or Skype sessions with clients, it makes it easier to know I have a stable connection, I’m not disturbing anyone or blocking a room or phone booth. Also my coffee machine is just over there. But then again, so is the sofa for accidental naps. Working from home can be super great, but I need to know what I have on my schedule that day. Regular work days can be very unproductive at home, for those I prefer co-working spaces or cafés. But for peace and quiet or when I’m feeling a bit under the weather like today, my home office is super. Whole photo on my #collagefeed @luminoucity :)
  • Happy Monday! I felt a bit sick on Friday, so I tried to kill it by staying on the sofa with my work bits, and managed to feel great on the weekend. Today I’m back in business and craving breakfast from @antonanton_ruokakauppa for my work date at @spacesworks Bulevardi. More about the co-working office on the blog. But for now, let’s get this week going!
  • So in the last weeks I’ve struggled a lot with getting motivated and being productive. Some work things didn’t go the way I had hoped and planned and that was quite discouraging, to be honest. I spent hours staring at my laptop but not getting anything done and that’s totally the opposite of helping to solve the situation! It’s funny how I always try to be the one to push people to get stuff done but once you’re in a proper rut it takes more than just words. Today I feel much better after a couple of really good days. It helps to surround yourself with people that are like-minded, who understand you and who give you hugs and listen to you whine. Who understand that in these moments also small accomplishments seem like a victory and that most of all it can really take some time to get back on track. Some of my plans I just didn’t manage to go through with in the last weeks, but I feel like I’m on the right path again. I’ll introduce you to some of the amazing people around me in the next days and I can’t wait for you to meet them because they’re the bestest. Have a super day now! Let’s be awesome.
  • Huomenta! How do you like to start your mornings? I start my day with some stretching and skincare, followed by the essential oat milk cappuccino. Then I continue with my to-do lists of the day, I colour-code my project/client list so I can easily spot what to-do is for whom (who would’ve ever thought I’m organised like that...) and go through my appointments of the day. I usually take 1-1,5 hours to catch up with emails and social media, and get my day in order. If I have calls scheduled, I prefer to take those at home during the morning, so I’m definitely not disturbed, the perks of home office! More on my home office routine later today on the blog. See the whole photo on my #collagefeed and have a happy day!
  • Happy Sunday! Weekends are actually always something I struggled with as an entrepreneur. Some jobs regularly required work on the weekends, and taking days off during the week to balance that out just always feels weirdly wrong, even though it probably shouldn’t. At the moment I’m in a pretty okay spot when it comes to that, with most projects really happening during normal office hours. But I still find myself at my laptop way too often, just somehow sliding back into doing something work related. Taking time off is so important for physical and mental well-being, but seeing that as a priority sometimes isn’t that easy. My favourite thing about weekends? Not setting an alarm, staying in my cosy clothes all day, going out to the woods, visiting flea markets, brunch with friends. Although the last time I had brunch is way too long ago.
  • It was a stressful week with lots of ups and downs, beautiful and panic moments, but I absolutely prefer these times to slow weeks. I was producing the #pingstudio event of this morning and it’s so amazing so feel that this is why I’m doing what I’m doing! I love bringing people together and connecting over topics that are relevant, interesting and worth having a conversation about. So happy. Today’s blog post will be postponed to the morning, because life happens and also headaches. All is well. There’s gonna be Portuguese cheese later. 📸 @veerabianca
  • Finding the right places to get work done can be a tricky one if you’re self employed. Sometimes your home office is too inviting to take naps and hang out near the fridge, cafés can get busy and noisy and sometimes you don’t have a dedicated project office to work from. I love co-working for so many reasons, and I’m happy that so many amazing options are coming to Helsinki. One of my favourites is @spacesworks on Bulevardi which just opened a couple of weeks ago. Read and see more over on the blog, link to the post is in my profile! . #spacesworks #workinspaces #ad
  • Hyvä #yrittäjänpäivä! On September 5th we celebrate the entrepreneurs. I’m now already in my fourth year of running my own business and I wouldn’t go back. I’ve decided to take this day to kick off #yrittäjänviikko with one blog post per day on Luminoucity.net, with a focus on different aspects of being an entrepreneur. Check out the first post linked in my profile! . Coming your way in the next week are my work routines, best places to work, what it means to be a foreign entrepreneur in Helsinki, dealing with struggles and discouraging moments and some more stuff. So see you back soon 😊 . 📸 @veerabianca
  • Another one from Isosaari a couple of weeks ago. Island excursions are probably what I miss most in the winter months. See all of my summer collage and the whole photo in context over @luminoucity in my #collagefeed :)
  • I wanna go back on the sea - can’t say often enough how much I love kayaking. Check out the whole photo on my @luminoucity profile #collagefeed
  • Good morning and happy weekend! The weather looks a bit grim right now but as soon as it clears up I really wanna jump back into a kayak like we did on this beautiful day a few weeks ago. Being on the water puts me in my happy place and this blueberry lemonade and sauna afterwards make for a perfect day!
  • A couple of weeks ago we went on a little day excursion to Isosaari island, which is about 40 minutes away by ferry. I have to admit that this wasn’t actually my favourite place in the world, and the boat ride there was probably my favourite part. The island does have some nice spots, definitely more of a raw gem and interesting military history so it’s still absolutely worth going, but I won’t be going back all the time. Ferries still run on the weekends until the end of September so there’s still a chance! Don’t miss it.

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