Finns seem to have some kind of cultural stigma around house ownership and I think it makes a lot of people scared about owning one.
This is weird. Before we moved to this house we lived in apartment. I am way happier living in a house and would not want to live in apartment ever again. Probably the biggest problem with moving to a house was that I could not find my Witcher books for a while.
We want to be "the kind of person who" does something, but we tend not consider if we can be or are willing to change into that kind of person.
One time in Hive one user said that I am promoting myself and my art too much. But I believe that if I want to succeed at something I am probably not promiting it enough. That I need to care even less about what others may think. Be bold and willing to climb over others' heads. For intance in facebook I saw a post from mayor of the city asking artists to come to come this friday and show their ideas. I know this is an opportunity. I don't do street art but maybe they could find a street artist who could redo one of my pieces on some building. So a more bold person would most likely come for sure. But I still am not sure if I should come.
I think most are, but I also think a lot of people here have grown up in apartments only, so they end up being scared of houses in some way :)
I think being bold is a key to a lot of success factors. At least for me, I haven't been very bold. In many cultures, they aim to cut down the tall poppies, but I reckon that we shouldn't fear judgement.