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#introvert
Monday
Hi all, how’s your Monday?
I really want to write but it’s already my bedtime and I have work tomorrow and I need to get good amount of sleep. So, yeah, I do hope I can make time tomorrow to write one or two things.
Lesson Learned: Write
Why did I have so much in my mind?
Why did I get angry easily these days? (i.e. angry to Angkot drivers who dropped me off before I reached my office because they wanted to change their route and I was the only passenger)
Where did my money go?
Those were questions that I just started to realize this week. And I needed to solve them as soon as possible. Fortunately, I always know that writing in my private journal can provide help for me. I spent some time at night to write them out. And I realized my mistake: I did not write.
I did not write my private journal. That’s why I had so much in my mind because I kept them only in my mind. I kept not only about things in my minds, but also my emotions which I had to let out :p
I did not write my financial journal. Well, I have written my financial journal since January this year, but I did not make the report (for myself), did not pay attention to my budget, and did not write every purchase I made. I thought with just writing down big purchases, it would be ok, while, in fact, that is not OK because I also made many small purchases which if accumulated will be as significant as the big purchases. In short, I did not appreciate my money. Then, I made some refinements on how I manage my money. Started from August, I write my financial journal more carefully. I even make the report with a graph in it. And it feels so good to see the graph does not go downward in a steep line haha. 😀
Time & Energy
“Please write something so this domain won’t be useless” – note to myself.
HAHA. What should I write?
Actually, there’re many things going on in my mind, but I don’t know how to write them. Like this morning, how I envy my brother who has done something for years which is playing games. I envy his consistency. What things that I have done for more than 5 or maybe 3 years? hmm… sadly, it’s hard to answer that question 🙁 Well, this blogging thing is one thing that I enjoy for a long time (more than 5 years) but now my post number is decreasing each month. And swimming also an activity that I enjoy for years. But again, I do not do those two things as often as before because I have work etc etc.
Sigh! I know that’s such an excuse! this all because I do not manage my time and energy well. This week, I planned to go swimming today, but yeah since I just arrived from Bekasi yesterday morning and then I felt so tired and I woke up late and I still had things to do and that’s how I canceled my swimming plan 🙁
I hope I have more time and energy to do things I love (Wow this remind me with the “2016 Annual Letter” on Bill Gates’ blog ). I also do hope I have more things that I’d love to do for the next 5, 10 years and so on.
TBT: The Journal
Ah.. almost 2 weeks from my last post about the smoked beef. And today, here I am writing about my old blog.
I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Proudduck by Vivy Yusof, looking at her archive, wondering how long has she been blogging, when a question popped out of my mind “How long have I been blogging?”. Then, I went to check my oldest blog, still in Blogspot. I still like looking at it. Even though I do not write there anymore, it’s still like a home. A home of my past writings, my old stories. I am glad that I left it in its clean look (design of template) hehe.
There’s one thing that interests my eyes when I checked my old blog. The header. It has the blog name on it “The Journal”. A name I gave because I was (and still) not good at giving names. I chose that name because my life was around “journaling” at that time. Well, writing diary actually. But, “journal” sounds more neutral than “diary”. Plus, I write ALL things in my diary (good & bad things). I don’t want to fill my blog with negative posts. Behind the name, there’s this pink background, I think I made it with some gradient so it looks glowing. Behind the pink background, there’s a picture of Cherry Blossom Trees, in Bonn, Germany to be precise. I am so mesmerized with the view that I make it as one of my wishlists to see it by my eyes (another reason to go to Germany!). Pink trees and white buildings, how could I not love it?
The Header
I even thinking to change my header to this again, since I think it’s more beautiful than my current logo 😛
I also have some thoughts of migrating posts in my old blog here. Because I don’t want to lose any of those stories (just in case…)
And the question: how long have I been blogging? I have checked and my first post was a post on June 29th, 2008. 9 years 1 month of blogging 🙂 Apparently, my blog (all my blogs combined) is one week younger than Vivy Yusof’s Proudduck <3
I might use this tag for this post #throwbackthursday :p
Twitter: Mute
Today, at lunch break, I opened twitter. I read some tweets. Not long after that, I closed the app. Twitter before that moment is a place with interesting, positive news and I can spend some minutes reading it. I did not remember which tweet or whose tweet that made me decide to close the app, what I remember is the tweet about hate. Reading it today just lower my overall happiness level.
Update: I just looked at my twitter feed to find which tweet that made me close the app. Found it. Mute the account, done 😛
I won’t delete or deactivate my account for now because I still use my twitter as my bookmark for articles wkwk.
Achievement Unlocked: Angkot (Public Transportation) Money
Welcome new month! Welcome new cycle of personal finance! Haha
Ok, so, hearing the word “finance” may feel like a burden for most people in age of 20-ish, especially to those who already live on their own, live from their salary (bye-bye pocket money!) like me. What i found from living from my own salary is personal finance is not easy. Sometimes, I don’t save any. Sometimes, I shop or eat out too much, haha. “It’s ok, i’m just started living on my own, i still made mistakes and learned my lessons” I said to myself. However i spend my money, i must write it down. From the notes, i can be less guilty spending the money, “At least, i know where the money goes”. I know how much worse my spending could be if i didn’t write it down.
New month, new goal of personal finance.
My July Goal is to pay for Angkot (public transportation) in the fixed price. The background of this goal is, sometimes i need to pay Rp5.000, while the actual costs is Rp4.000 (based on my experience riding Angkot) and do not get any changes. So, i decided to go to the bank and exchange Rp200.000 (2 sheets of Rp100.000) for 100 sheets of Rp2.000. And it’s work! I can pay with the fixed price! I can control my transport money!
I know this is just a baby step. But, money matters (we need to appreciate money by not spending it unwisely) and i don’t have money tree on my backyard. i’m happy this milestone in my long journey in personal finance 😀
See you later!
Ingin Nulis, Tapi..
Ingin nulis kejadian sore ini, tapi takut ada orang baca terus dikira ini ungkapan kebencian 😌 masih belum riset lagi sih apa aja yang termasuk ungkapan tersebut atau bukan (PR!)
Akhirnya nulis di jurnal pribadi wkwkwk terus pas ka Emil baca, diketawain 😂
Bonus foto: senja di Jakarta, nunggu bis ga dateng-dateng (ah sudah tidak perlu diungkit, hanya bikin mewek lagi aja)
Pesan moral:
- Harus bersyukur
- Lebih menikmati hidup di Bandung. Tidak ingin kerja atau tinggal di Jakarta, ga kuat sama lalu lintasnya kalau mesti tiap hari wkwk semoga tidak perlu diharuskan kerja di Jakarta hehe ✌
- Cepat dapet SIM biar bisa lebih mandiri 😩 (dan biar ga mesti ketemu terlalu banyak manusia #introvert :p )
This Week Goodness: Yoforia & Cilok
Yoforia Yoghurt Drink rasa Peach Delight. Beli di Borma Dago tadi pagi. Harganya Rp7.700 saja (isi 200 ml). Ini rasanya enak & segar 😋😋😋
Homemade Cilok. Cilok buatan ibu, pakai bumbu kacang. Enak dan terjamin bahan-bahannya 😋😋😋 wkwk. Pas banget lagi pengen makan cilok minggu ini.
To be continued.. 😋
Overtime Pertama
Siang hari ini, tiba-tiba ingin pizza 🍕 sekilas aja pengen, entah kenapa.
Ternyata pas sore dikasih tau mesti overtime (lembur) buat bantuin ngerjain. Dan buat makannya, pesan pizza wkwk.
Pengalaman pertama overtime, Alhamdulillah, overtime-nya bareng-bareng. Alhamdulillah, ada yg bisa nganter pulan ke kosan 😁.
Yang anehnya saya ga ngerasa pressure yang gimana (mungkin karena saya judulnya cuma bantuin aja kali ya, bukan jadi PIC dsb). Kerja dari jam 10-7 aja udah lumayan bikin pengen cepet balik santai-santai di kosan LOL.
Mindset buat menghadapi kerjaan: kerjain aja. Kerjain tanpa pakai emosi atau feeling wkwk. Kalau bisa dibawa senang aja, dibawa fun, biar ga kerasa tiba-tiba udah waktunya pulang hihi
Tapi tetep sih, saya ngerasanya tetep mesti ningkatin kapasitas dan cara biar bisa deliver excellence under the pressure (mengutip kata-kata buku Work Clean)
Ditulis di ruang tunggu kantor, sambil menunggu yang jemput datang 😳