About

TLDR

My name is Oscar.

I’m a reader, writer, accountant, cyclist, late bloomer, programmer and wannabe hacker.

This is a blog is for privately public notes about surviving, thriving and learning. It contains reasoning, conclusions, realisations and rants written for me but open to anyone. Maybe it’s useful, would love it if it entertained and if all else fails, it helped me overcome.

Timeline

1992: born in Malmö, Sweden
2002: moved to Toronto, Canada with family
2009: moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania alone
2010: got the confidence to be ambitious
2012: moved to Stockholm, to study business
2014: took a break and moved to LA
2015: graduated and started working as a business controller for a large Swedish retailer
2017: started my master’s in Stockholm
2018: lived 3 months in London, met my wife, moved to Dublin for an exchange semester
2019: graduated back in Stockholm, moved to London to work in EF’s global finance program, started programming in Visual basic
2020: lived in Boston, Zurich and Stockholm, started using Python and SQL for data analysis, wrote my first journal entry and 106 more after
2021: quit job to focus on programming and freelance work, wrote 221 journal entries
2022: got hired by long-time client to be interim CFO, wrote 174 journal entries, went deep into Javascript
2023: didn’t want to be CFO anymore, started Numbery to build friendly finance software for entrepreneurs, wrote 203 journal entries, learned web development, bicycled Sweden north to south 2350km in 10 days
2024: got married, building Numbery, serving my customers and running 3-person accounting agency

Stuff I’m into (in no particular order)

Being sheltered in a summer rain.
A walk in nature, rain or no rain.
Reading in shelter, from weather, noise and distractions.
Driving and thinking.
Creating through writing, building, and thinking.
Building by following instructions, getting the satisfaction of building but without the insecurity of creating. Lego, web pages, bicycle, a car if I could.
Playing board games with friends and loved ones, the strategic thinking it involves.
Going down rabbit holes, usually nerdy ones.
Music and lyrical meaning.
Competing with a team whatever the activity.
Learning and developing my abilities, widening horizons
Explaining complex concepts in simple terms
Watching a good tv-show after a long day.
Hanging out with my wife.
Beer, preferably outside and with friends.
Sauna. Nature nature nature. Cold swimming.
Watching most sports, especially teams, especially live.
Playing computer games, especially co-operative ones.
Cycling and being involved in the sport. Road, mountainbike, gravel.
Technology. Especially computers but in general.
Minimalism, I’m attracted to having less, simplifying. Not great at it.
Running, especially in nature but even in the city.
Cooking stews, preferrably for a long time, accompanied by a glass of wine
Golf. At least the idea of it.

End the day wiser than when it started. Don’t preach what you already know, listen to what others can share. Work in progress.