If there’s one thing I learned from living in Finland, it’s that you can get by saying less. The Finns are straight to the point—precise with their words. They don’t need a lot to get their message across.
Before moving to Finland, I lived in America. Coming from a culture where people love to speak freely, it was a bit of a shock at first. In Finland, silence holds just as much value as spoken words—maybe even more.
Now that I’m in the Philippines, I find myself missing that silence. I think the Finns are really onto something with saying less. When you say less, you actually listen more. You understand your own thoughts better. You give yourself space to think things through—instead of just filling the air with noise.