The Witty Wordsmith

Sebelas tahun yang lalu, di umur 22, aku adalah seorang pakar bagi hidupku sendiri. Aku menulis Annual Review pertama dengan bullet points ambisius, asumsi bahwa hidup adalah garis linear yang menanjak, dan keyakinan naif bahwa jika aku cukup bekerja keras dan berbaik sangka, Allah akan selalu memberiku lampu hijau dan jalur bebas hambatan. Aku ya…

Sebelas tahun yang lalu, di umur 22, aku adalah seorang pakar bagi hidupku sendiri. Aku menulis Annual Review pertama dengan bullet points ambisius, asumsi bahwa hidup adalah garis linear yang menanj…

This article is part of the series: Advice from a Sister from Another Mother A collection of honest reflections and practical lessons from a 30-something to her 20-something sisters—about love, sel…

I keep losing track of the days since you left, Mama. Grief is weird like that time stretches, shrinks, folds itself into useless origami, and somehow I’m the one who has to make sense of it. I need …

Opini Sotoy dari Mantan Calon Basarnas yang Malah Nyasar di Corporate Aku tuh selalu ketawa pahit tiap inget masa-masa kuliah dulu ketika aku, dengan polos dan penuh idealisme, mapping karier dan yak…

I've been wanting a Bottega Veneta Andiamo to mark ten years of my career in 2024, which has been relatively successful, I would say. Ten years building not only sustainable career, but thriving …

Today is day Seventy Eight. I thought the last few weeks I got better, but grief keeps leaking, somewhere between the songs on the radio and when I revisit the picture and video from August 19th. I n…

Today is day 52. The first thirty days were strange. My mind still worked like a machine, remembering every theory about grief, every piece of wisdom people said in good faith. I knew the stages, t…

This article is part of the series: Advice from a Sister from Another Mother A collection of honest reflections and practical lessons from a 30-something to her 20-something sisters—about love, self-…