I suppose there are a lot of things in our lives that we categorize as big things. Some of those big things we consider inspirations, while others become monsters that haunt us. As far back as I can remember, when I was a 5-year-old kid, I would walk through the
Let’s be honest for a second: who doesn’t want to be a good person? Most of us try our absolute best to do the right thing. Nobody sets out to be the villain in their own story. But because we care so much about being seen as “good,” we sometimes
What if your biggest disadvantage was actually your greatest gift? The Uncomfortable Truth The world is cruel. Yes, it is. If you were born with privileges—good genes, a prosperous country, a loving family—life might feel smooth and enjoyable. You might not think too much about survival. You might not question
She Chased Her Dream So Hard, She Almost Lost Her Husband And Why Her Story Might Sound Painfully Familiar Gayatri was seven years old when she first told the universe what she wanted. She sat cross-legged on the dusty floor of her small house in Central Java, watching a soap
Maya Santoso was twenty-six, gainfully employed as a junior graphic designer in Surabaya, and the undisputed world champion of finding things wrong with her own face. Every morning began the same way. She’d walk into the bathroom, flick on the lights, and lean toward the mirror like a detective examining
The Man Who Was Afraid of Everything (Except His Cat) Hendra Wijaya was, by all external metrics, a perfectly fine forty-three-year-old Chinese Indonesian man. He had a decent condo in Pantai Indah Kapuk, a car that started on the first try, and a small collection of houseplants that were mostly
We often encounter a common mental block: the idea that discipline is a cage. We see the rigid schedules, the early morning exercises, and the endless hours of study as a form of self-imposed imprisonment. We crave the “flow,” but we mistake laziness for freedom. This is the story of
There are stories floating in youtube shorts about two guys, both are digging in the hope of find gold, the first one digging for many days without any result, then the other guy who are digging with the same amount of time already found a small chunk of gold and
When i read history books, there were a lot of stories of how families struggling for food and daily necessities. There were not enough technologies and knowledge to overcome pandemies, famines and droughts. The political system were still in feudal state. It means nobles and high level societies think the
Last week, a friend of mine, which i haven’t seen him for a year long come to visit, and we have a lot of conversation, even a serious debate about what is the most important thing in life. What to be prioritize first ? and why or why shouldn’t we
