So I have been in Sweden a good while now and been living the Swedish life and I have to say it’s a fairly expensive lifestyle. At the start I didn’t really notice it too much but after being here a while I have started to realise things that I would normally buy back home have become luxuries over here. Simple things like meat and coffee, but it’s not that they are really bad just enough to put me of buying. There just is no point in lifting out 10 pounds in Sweden as it hardly lasts. It’s a thing I have found difficult and at times annoying because I do have to look after my money more, and be more disciplined with it.
However
on the good side it has made me more disciplined with my money. My mum always
told me money burns a hole in my pocket, which was probably true to a certain
extent but it wasn’t always spent on me. I have just had to be more careful
with it, being able to budget for that week and especially when I am on trips
somewhere for the weekend, as I found it was too easy to just buy lunch and
dinner. So I am glad I have come across this problem as this is meant to be a
learning experience both positive and negative and I am happy to learn both.
Another
thing I have found difficult is living with someone in such close proximities.
I live with a guy called Javiar who is really nice but he is just so quite
compared to me so he only talks to me if I ask him how he has been or what he
has been at. They are usually just a couple of word answers. I am a really
outgoing guy and easy to get on with, but I still need my own space at times
and I don’t get that at all unless I leave the room. Simple things like talking
on Skype with my family and girlfriend has to be done in front of him if he is
in which is just a bit annoying at times. Again this is something I have had to
get used to over the last few months, and I have to say it is something I
looked forward to having when I get home.
Until next time Hej
då
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