My name is Mia. I am a psychology student from Finland moving to Long Beach, California in August to study acting.

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago 

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Hi fellow steemers! I am writing this post to introduce myself to all of you. This is only my second post on steemit so I am still trying to figure out how it works. I also try to find likeminded people, so please do comment if you share a interest with me!

Who am I?

My name is Mia, I am 23 years old and I study psychology in Turku, Finland. I also work part time as a youth activities counselor on a cruise ship traveling between Turku and Stockholm. My main interests are psychology, theatre, drawing, photography, traveling, nature, snowboarding, going to the gym and I am also trying to learn yoga.

On the 17th of August I will move to Long Beach, California for a year to study acting. This is something I have been dreaming about doing for many years now. I am extremely excited and also quite nervous and I will definitely be posting more about my exchange in the months to come.

What will I post about?

I will mainly be posting about two things:

1. I will post about my life. In the near future I will write posts about my exchange and about living and traveling in California. I will also be posting pictures of nature and places that I visit in Finland, the US and other countries.

2. I will post about topics concerning mental health and other aspects of psychology. My dream is to work with something where I can combine my interest for psychology and arts. One way I would like to do this is by creating art and organizing art projects that address mental health issues. Contributing to raising awareness and fighting stigmatization of mental disorders is of great importance to me.
If this is something that is important to you, or that you try to do as well, please do comment! I would love to share thoughts and ideas, or work on a project together with other people that try to raise awareness about mental health issues as well.

I might also do some posts about other things that are important to me, like promoting healthy and sustainable living, vegan food, charity and volunteering.

Thank you so much for reading and please do upvote, comment or follow if you feel like you might be interested in what I have to share! :)

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Good luck at long beach! Do you know people there or are you just up and leaving?

Thank you! I don't know anyone there, and I don't even know where I'm going to live yet :D I love these kinds of adventures where I can just leave to a totally new place and live a totally different life for a while. I've done it twice before, but it seems to become more scary as I grow older.. :P

Get a place as close to the beach you can afford. Those areas are the safest. Welcome to Steemit!

Okay, that's good to know! I've been looking for something close to the beach, but for other reasons than safety :P

I hear ya :) Following you.

Hi @mialinnea i introduced you in one of my posts as well check it out if you can thanks.

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Thank you for mentioning me! :) it means a lot!

Hi welcome to the community! It is nice to have a psychologist here:) look forward to lore of your story!

Thank you! Even though I'm still only a psychology student not a licensed psychologist. :P But I do hope that I can contribute to the community somehow :)

Welcome! gave you a follow!

Thank you David! :) I like your philosophical posts, followed you as well!

Congratulations @mialinnea!
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Wow, thank you! That's amazing ^_^

Welcome Mia! You have some really beautiful eyes. I'm looking forward for your content! =)
Cheers from Switzerland.
Feel free to check my Guitar's Artwork, maybe you’ll like it! <3

Thank you! I'll definitely check it out :)

Wooow! Your artwork is amazing :) I actually like drawing in quite a similar way, a bit psychedelic with lots of different shapes and details. I'll post something some day, right now I'm at work and don't have my drawings with me. I followed you, can't wait to see more of your art :)

Hello, welcome to Steemit. There are a lot of good posts on how to maximize your fun here and I highly recommend checking them out first.

I am following you now to help you build your network. Good luck with Steemit and acting as well.

Thank you! :)

Welcome to Steem @mialinnea I have sent you a tip

Thank you! :)

welcome to the family, i just upvoted and followed you, follow me back and feel free to check out my account!

Thank you!

Welcome to the Steemit community Mia! My name is Tann.

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Hi, thank you for the tip! Your post was very helpful, I will definitely look at it before posting next time :)

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Hi, thank you! It was a really nice post, I have been wondering how long posts I should make. I don't want to make them too long so that people won't read til the end... But I guess they will if it's interesting enough :)

yes if its quite interesting ,the steemitians will read upto the end

Psychology huh? I also studied that as a second career, never finished because I was working 14 hours a day before dropping everything and starting traveling.

Volunteering huh? You are going to love some of my posts from about 2 months ago, I did some farming, fence building for an animal shelter, bought dog food for an dog shelter... not bragging, just stating we think similarly.

Vegan food huh? So sad, we where going so great with our similitudes...

Great intro post, started following Mia.

Wow, working 14 hours a day... That sounds rough! I bet it felt good to quit working and go travel. Do you think you're gonna pick up your psychology studies again some time or do you hope to be able to just keep traveling?

I will have to check out those volunteering posts, sounds really nice! I always wanted to volunteer with animals :)

And for the veganism part: 😁 oh well, we can't have everything!

Welcome Mia, go through the FAQs ,you might not understand everything (even I didn't at first glance) but that's a good start

Thank you! That's a good idea :) I looked through them quickly once, but I should definitely go through them again!

Welcome to this incredible platform,

Hope you enjoy this place as much as I do. It's not difficult to get started. A little effort will truly go a long way, engagement is key.
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A great way to start is by Following ,Upvoting & Resteeming people and they will do the same for you.

Thank you! I'll definitely follow your trading challenge it sounds exciting :) I got a little money on cryptos as well, even though I'm still very new to crypto currencies.. there's so much o learn! what altcoins do you believe in?

Yes lots to learn for sure . I like Bitcoin long term .. but some interesting projects out there ICONOMI is well worth keeping an eye on ;)

Okay, thanks :) I'll check it out!

Hello Mia :)
It was nice getting to know. Welcome to steemit, If you are interested in paintings/sketches and conspiracy talks or talks on Prehistoric and the medieval days you should follow me :)
PS you have such beautiful eyes!

Hi! Thank you :) I like your paintings, they are really nice!

Welcome to steemit mialinnea ! You look cute on this pic. I am pretty sure you will have a lot of fun here and also earn some money. Looking foward to hear more from you!

Thank you! :) really nice of you to resteem my post ^_^

Hi @Mialinnea! Welcome to Steemit and soon California! I'm from Los Angeles. I think you'll enjoy it here a lot. Look forward to watching your adventures in Long Beach. How long have you been acting? Have a great day. :) - @Tiffy

Thank you! I look so much forward to being there! :) I actually haven't been acting that much, only in some summer plays and when younger. So it's both really exciting and a bit scary to study acting full time now, especially since english isn't my first language. But I'll mostly take fundamental courses so I think it will be alright :). Maybe you have some tips on what I should do when visiting L.A.? Or other nice places to visit in California? :)

Welcome @mialinnea! Psychology is one of my favorite topics and I'd love to find other people who are interested in talking about it. Here's an upvote and a follow :)

Hi! Thank you :) It really is such a fascinating subject! And important too! How nice to find more people who want to talk about it :)

Welcome to steemit :D You are welcome to look at my post.

Thank you! I followed you, I look forward to reading some motivational fitness posts :)

Welcome Mia :D great intro post! Looking forward to seeing more. I followed and resteemed your post :)

Thank you! I followed you as well :)

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Welcome to Steemit!

Thank you! :)

@mialinnea bienvenida a steemit. te dejo mi voto.

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Muchas gracias! :)

De nada!!!! Éxitos!!!

Hi Mia! I also just signed up, need to post my intro soon. I had to comment because while I ended up moving into graphic design, I studied Creative Art Therapy when I was in college- I love your passion and my husband's family is originally from there- neighboring Seal Beach is so cute to go walk around by- the Main street that leads to the boardwalk has tons of cute shops and restaurants and is a nice initial SoCal experience.

Hi! That's really cool, I think there is lots of potential in creative art therapies. I'm especially interested in different forms of drama therapy but I think all forms of creative art work can be helpful when treating e.g. anxieties and depression. Thank you for the tips, I will check out Seal Beach. Looking forward to reading your introduction :) I followed you

Welcome to Steemit Mia!

Thank you ^_^ ! You take really nice pictures, are they all taken with your phone? I followed you :)

Thanks
Some with a phone and some with a dslr!

Wish you luck !!

Upvoted, ReSteemed, Followed

Thank You For Sharing
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Thank you! Nice post, I followed you as well :)

Welcome!

Thank you! :)

Hey, Mia! Welcome to the Steemit Community! I wish you a great time on the platform, hope you'll make many friends and I can't wait to see your content. I have followed your blog, you can check mine as well and if you like my content don't forget to drop a follow. Have a nice day & Steem on!

Thank you! I can see you are quite new to steemit as well :) Nice pictures of the abandoned houses!

i definitly need some psychological help so its nice to have a student on steem it .........welcome

Hi! thanks :) welcome to you too, I can see you are also quite new to steemit. I liked your intro post, look forward to reading more of your content!

thank you im just getting acclimated >>>>stay in touch

Welcome to Steemit @mialinnea mental health issues are very important and often dealt with improperly. I hope you are able to use this platform in a way that allows you to raise awareness on these issues.

Thank you! I hope so too :) I've been thinking about starting a blog for some time, but I've never really liked most social media sites.. somehow steemit feels different, more honest somehow :) I followed you btw, I think you could teach me a thing or two about photography :)

Hello @mialinnea! Welcome to Steemit. I also have an interest in psychology and matters of the brain and mind. You'll do well here! Following you.

Hi, thank you! Psychology is such a interesting subject :) and so much new research about the brain is made all the time, it's a really exciting time for the field of psychology.

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Thank you! :)

Also, I think it's great that you are an advocate for therapy in regards to mental health. I always say that mental health is attributed to a certain type of spiritual well being. Once we combine therapy of the physical mental along with the healing of the spirit, I believe we will have then transformed the way mental health is to be treated.

Its nice to meet you, you look pretty interesting, i'll be there :D

Nice to meet you too! :)

Welcome to Steemit! You nailed your introductory post! I am definitely looking forward to reading your posts... ( read some already ). Keep up thegreat work you are doing.
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Thank you! :) hope you'll enjoy my posts

Im lookıng forward to read your new life in a new country. Good luck !

Thank you! :) hope you will enjoy my posts!

Welcome! And have great fun over here! :)

Thank you! I think I will :)

Wish you luck

Thank you!

No problem :)

Welcome to Steemit. Hope you enjoy it here :)

Thank you! I think I will :)