Following through

This past year, I’ve had Articulating and Gentle as my focus and theme for my personal growth. Since I used to work in advertising, I’ve been very self-conscious about posting any videos of me speaking, since normally any of my videos would be done in a studio with proper lighting and by a professional photographer, but since I don’t have the funds to access that, as well as have undergone dental surgery to get implants for several years, I haven’t been able to. Now this past year, I challenged myself to improve my speech by practicing in front of a camera again on my own. Here is the result:

In fact, I’ve also been known to talk too fast, which is one of the good things about speaking in your second language. It has naturally slowed me down. I also used to sing when I was younger, in choirs, so these coaching tip videos I’ve been posting on my social media, has been good for me to reclaim my voice, both literally and figuratively. One would think that in a country like Sweden, it wouldn’t be a problem to perform with talks and be featured in the press again about your books and cases, just like I have been my entire life up until 2014, but authorities then tried to stop me from selling my books through their misguided reports about me and my mental health, while forcing me out on the street. One would also think, it would be better for the state that I worked with my normal salary, paid taxes and paid off my student loan. Not being able to, together with heavy libel and unresolved stalking, is the foundation for my aim to move abroad.

We all have battles and we all can work on improving ourselves. Have you had a theme or word to focus on yourself for 2025? How did it go? I will share my next one for 2026, in a couple of weeks.