Today I feel a lot for you and about you. It’s just been a mid-week, but this week you have a lot of work to deal with, a lot of stress to manage, and a lot of (mostly professional) communication to maintain. Yet you chose to still connect with me…

I feel deep emotions. I acknowledge each of them, and familiarize myself with them: the triggers, my response, what does it make me feel mentally, what does it make me feel physically. They’re fast, changes immidiately, and often times come in unexpected ways and times. I could be all gleefully…

Today we went on a date. Our first proper date, after almost three weeks since the day your Dad left. Today I cried. I said honestly to you that I still often feel sad and have sudden crying moments – even though I don’t feel deserving to feel sad. I…

“Daddy’s gone,” I still remember vividly the sound of his Mom crying in the phone call that was set on loud speaker in the car. It was when Rio and I drove back from Bekasi’s house to hospital, where his Dad exhaled his last breath. …

I was in the middle of discussion about getting through life struggles with my role-model in well-being, Mba Aristiwidya Bramantika Hardjanto in instagram DM. She then suggested me to take strength test https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/surveys/takesurvey. Long story short, I got my result. This is my top five. Then — what’s next? After…

It was a weird night. I could not stop thinking about my ex, although my wedding with my amazing fiancee is only weeks away. …

Halo, perkenalkan, namaku Risty. Aku punya sahabat bernama Trisha. Kami sama-sama berumur tujuh tahun. Trisha adalah anak yang baik, cantik, dan ceria, aku senang sekali bisa bersahabat dengannya. Setiap hari ia bersemangat dan berbinar-binar bercerita. Aku senang menjadi pendengarnya, kadang-kadang saja ikut bertanya. Kami selalu bersama-sama. Aku banyak menghabiskan waktu…

Karen menatap salah satu lukisan yang sudah terpajang di dinding putih pameran seni terbesar tahun ini di Jakarta. Haru memenuhi dadanya, ia tak bisa berhenti tersenyum karena di hari ini, setelah sepuluh tahun bermimpi, ia hidup di dalam mimpinya. Kecintaannya pada lukisan sudah terpatri sejak SMA, ia menemukannya setelah menyalurkan…

Sudah kertas yang ke-sepuluh malam ini. Kepalaku mulai terasa berat. Aku menghela napas sambil menyandarkan punggung di sandaran kursi, meneguk air putih yang sudah menemaniku di atas meja dari awal aku berlatih menggambar malam ini. “Sebaiknya kamu istirahat, psikotes itu butuh mental prima. Tidur cukup itu penting.” Aku menggeser kursiku…