Greta Thunberg graced the covers of magazines for a long time, however, the buzz suddenly became quite silent around the 19-year-old environmental activist. In an interview, she now talks about what her life is like at the moment and the small, everyday problems she has to deal with.
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From quiet little mouse to waterfall
As Bunte reports, the climate activist does not live alone, but in a flat that she shares with two fellow residents. As an autistic person, her life with other people isn't so easy, however, Greta seems to cope well with it. She talks about it::
I don't know what happened to me either. I've gone from someone who never speaks to someone who hardly ever shuts up. Somehow I want to have people around me all the time now. Otherwise I do puzzles, embroidery and talk a lot of nonsense.
Saving the climate still comes first
So life in a shared flat seems to be quite relaxed for her. The situation is quite different from her everyday life, which presents her with very special problems. In particular, she has great problems making decisions:
Sometimes I flip a coin or ask people without context: yes or no? It is very difficult for me to make decisions.
This mainly concerns quite unspectacular questions such as the choice to wear her socks, bigger decisions are much easier for her. Even if Greta has perhaps become a little more open, one thing has not changed: Her commitment to the climate. The culprits, according to the 19-year-old, are the ones who are in power, and must make up for the damage 'they have done'.
This article was translated from Oh!MyMag DE.
Sources used:
-Bunte: Sie schläft in 3er-WG auf dem Sofa: Ihr neues Leben in Schweden
-Stern: Greta Thunberg: "Es ist komisch, dass mich alle für einen wütenden Teenager halten, der nie lacht"
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