Discovering Finland, Discovering Myself

 (c) Miss Reads

As far as life-changing experiences go, studying abroad for a year is probably one of the things that will change your life and especially your outlook on life the most.

It certainly was for me.

My decision to go to Finland was not necessarily rational. It just felt like the right thing to do, and I figured following my gut couldn’t be such a bad idea.

It wasn’t.

Coffee 'n' Cats

 Image: originalcoffeecat

Whenever I think of cats, I get a warm and fuzzy feeling that floods through my body, similar to coffee that percolates through the moka pot. As soon as contact with coffee or cat is established, everything lights up, no matter how excruciating life may seem at that moment. Soaking my body’s every fibre, both transform bad thoughts into no thoughts at all, leaving only but a bittersweet aftertaste. Whereas the thought of cats and their actual presence usually calms me down, coffee has quite the opposite effect: it resurrects me.