Excerpts from the memoirs of a customer

Who am I and what thoughts do I have about my life? Some thoughts have probably always been present during all periods of life. Who am I? And what is important to me? How can I develop further? A lot has changed since a sunny Sunday in August 1948. The world around me looks completely different. When I was little, there weren’t many choices to make. There was one channel on the radio – all the Swedish people listened to the same thing. Television was introduced when I was 10 years old and then there was one channel that everyone watched. Everyone knew what happened in Hylands Hörna and other popular TV programs. There weren’t many products on the market and you couldn’t order something online. Going to the kiosk around the corner and choosing 1-öre caramels or 5-öre toffee was the pleasure of the week.

Today we receive so much information via social media etc., that it is not possible to digest everything, but we have to constantly make choices about what we want to see, learn, and absorb. The world has become smaller and we are constantly getting new impressions of what is happening around us, for better or worse. We see and are reminded of all the wars and violence in the world because it is now visible. There was violence and war even when I was little, but it never entered our little reality. I view all technological development positively but am also a little scared by it because it happens so quickly.

I view my own development positively. From being the quiet little girl who observed, I have become a relatively social and secure person through work and social interaction. My mind is still young and I say, like everyone in my generation, that “I feel like I was 40 years old in my soul”, but my body does not have the same perception and has become a little stiffer and more tired. The ones that have influenced me a lot are the company and conversations with my children. They have been an important part of my development. By listening to their experiences and perception of reality, I have changed and been influenced in a positive direction and gained more self-knowledge.

Published with kind permission from the customer