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My name is Bernadette Olderdissen, I am a freelance travel journalist and author (www.bernadette-olderdissen.org). In January 2022, I moved to the village of Båtskärsnäs in Swedish Lapland, which has about 200 inhabitants, to experience all eight seasons (according to the Sámi calendar) for a year and to learn from this much wilder nature and the people living in it. About how to treat nature, but also lessons for life in general.
About this experience I wrote a book: "Between eternal summer and deepest night - How I experienced the eight seasons in the north of Sweden" (Malik Verlag) and also the travel guide "Travel Moments Swedish Lapland" (360 degree media).
Of course, this region did not let me go afterwards, and today I live between Hamburg and Båtskärsnäs, working on my private and professional future between the German metropolis and the village near the Arctic Circle - two contrasts as great as the eternal summer and the eternal night of Lapland.
Would you like to be part of my adventures in and between two worlds that seem so incompatible, but are not? Then subscribe to my KZbin channel ;) From summer 2024 on, my videos will get a new format for the time being: I will publish a video "8 minutes from Swedish Lapland" every now and then and talk about a topic I am currently thinking about in the North, something inspiring about nature or anything that could be interesting for you - accompanied by scenes from the North.
This video is about the topic of "comfort zone". Not only was my one-year book project in 2022 probably my biggest step out of my comfort zone so far - my current life, which includes commuting over 2000 km, also has a lot to do with it. And maybe you'll recognise yourself in some of the thoughts or tell me your own story!
Do you think I deserve a little support for my videos, which I am currently creating for you without any income? Then become part of my Patreon community and get the opportunity, for a few euros per month, to request topic-relevant content for the videos and much more. Here you can find me on Patreon: / bernadetteolderdissen Alternatively, I am also very happy about a small donation via PayPal: bolderdi15@gmail.com
You can find my book here, for example: www.piper.de/b... and wherever there are books :) And the travel guide here: 360grad-medien...
If you want to come to one of my live events about the book: www.bernadette..., others will follow.