3 - Daily Life Abroad: From Survival to Routine

6 - Halftime - or maybe not?

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2529718/open_sms] In this episode, Frank visits his daughter Linnea in the US, and they spend a full day catching up. Only five months into her time abroad, Linnea already feels how quickly the days go by — and it makes her think about what comes next. Their conversation turns to ambition, career choices, and her growing interest in working at a startup. Together they reflect on the contrast between early-career exploration and long-term experience, and how different generations think about risk, opportunity, and making the most of the time you have.

5 - Confidence as Culture: From Silicon Valley to Christmas at Home

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2529718/open_sms] Linnea reflects on how confidence operates as a cultural norm in Silicon Valley after attending a conference in San Francisco. Between Thanksgiving in the US and Christmas back home, we explore how ambition, modesty, and self-belief shift across cultures — and why confidence isn’t always about being louder, but about taking your place. Even when the mice are back in your apartment.

4 - In the old world

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2529718/open_sms] Linnea is back in Sweden for just one week — to celebrate her graduation in Stockholm’s City Hall before returning to her new life in California. In this episode, we talk about proud moments, coming home after living abroad, and what it feels like when “home” starts to mean two places at once.

3 - Daily Life Abroad: From Survival to Routine

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2529718/open_sms] In this episode we pick up where we left off — with a lonely chair outside the apartment. Has it finally found its place inside? We talk about turning a bare “prison cell” into something that feels like home, the surprise appearance of a mouse, and the small daily routines that make life abroad real. From work and first friendships to sports, small talk, and even how US politics show up (or don’t) in everyday conversations — it’s about the shift from just surviving to actually settling in.

2 - New Country, New Job, New Home

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2529718/open_sms] From airport to workplace in just two days — Linnea’s American adventure wasted no time. In this episode, she takes us through immigration, her first impressions, and moving into her new place by day four. A whirlwind start to life abroad.