It’s well known that nordic countries have more seasonal affective depression, having a dark cold winter really ain’t always the most pleasent thing.
If the constant darkness doesn’t get to us, try living half a year in -10 ºC  (14 ºF).
And before this winter torture even starts we have the wet, rainy, windy and cold fall.
The only thing that gives us even a tiny bit strength is the first flowers in the spring before it starts getting wet again and the 2 months of summer that are somewhat warm.

You might love the snow but really sometimes it’s just too much, if you have a own yard it’s even worse.
1-6 times a day you gotta plow the driveway when it starts snowing and there isn’t really any reward other then you actually might get your car moving.

Sounding like I’m fed up on Finland?
after 20 years of this pain, I can say from my hearth; I don’t know if i can take another year here.

Maybe It wouldn’t feel as bad if I didn’t make my first real trip abroad to California; Feel the sun and warmth and then come back to snowstorms again.
I’m a true Finn and i love this country but I really need a break before I become one of the typical drinking poor finns that tell how they could have been something if they wouldn’t have been tis depressed.

Just at the moment really sick of getting a cold every week….