What song do you think everyone should listen to once in their life ?
Heavy Weather by The Rubens
What book is a must read ?
I found Samantha Power’s book The Education of an Idealist very inspiring. In general, I would highly recommend getting audible, I find it much easier to find time for listening to audiobooks rather than reading. #sponsorme
What film is a must see ?
I’m not afraid to say the truth: Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia 2 are the best films to ever have existed. Nothing will change my mind. And I just realised that I really said films rather than movies, looks like British English is finally taking over.
What are you most grateful for ?
I just finished third year and I’m relieved it’s over. Besides that, I’m thankful for the people around me, the opportunities I have and all the things I can look forward to. I’m excited to start an internship soon that I think I will really enjoy and I just found a flat, so I’m grateful for that as well.
2020 was a bit of a rollercoaster for me, just like for everyone else. Initially, the pandemic saved me from having exams at a point where I was seriously falling behind on my Uni work. When the first lockdown started and flights were being cancelled, my boyfriend was visiting me in Edinburgh and thanks to the new policies of rescheduling flights for free, he was able to stay for three weeks rather than five days. Then came the first low, when my siblings and I had to cancel our trip to Greece with our grandma, who had never been to Greece and considered it her last adventure at the age of 87. In May, my exchange year to Australia was cancelled. I was devastated, obviously there are worse problems during a pandemic, but this exchange year was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. On the other hand, I was able to stay with my boyfriend in Amsterdam for several months over the summer, where I made many great memories. One of the highlights was petting baby goats. After the first wave, I was lucky enough to go on a trip with my grandma, my siblings and some extended family, to the town in Silesia (now Poland) where my grandma is originally from. We’ve been there many times with her, but she kept saying this might be her last visit, so I’m glad we were able to do that in the few weeks where everything seemed back to normal. In September, I returned to Edinburgh. The first online semester was a train wreck. I didn’t enjoy my courses and didn’t really do anything besides Uni. It was the first semester that counted toward my degree classification, so I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well. The second online semester went better, I lived in a beautiful flat with great flatmates and made more of an effort to take breaks and have fun from time to time. Now I have one year to go and I can’t wait to be rid of the School of Economics, although I will miss everything else about Edinburgh. Overall, I feel like I’m getting to where I want to be and I’m just trying to enjoy the process rather than focus on the outcome too much.
