29 Mei 2017

Golden Ticket to Ramadhan

Alhamdulillah, tidak henti-hentinya kita harus bersyukur karena bisa dipertemukan lagi dengan bulan Ramadhan.

Pada awalnya saya sama sekali tidak merasa bahwa hal ini adalah hal yang berharga, hingga satu hari sebelum Ramadhan saya mendapat kabar bahwa saudara saya ada yang meninggal. Dan di hari pertama puasa, ada satu pekerja Mama saya yang meninggal karena pecahnya pembuluh darah di otak. Inalillahi, semua yang bernyawa akan kembali padaNya.

Jujur ketika saya mendengar semua itu, saya menjadi takut dan bersyukur. Takut karena menyadari bahwa kematian sangatlah dekat, dan tidak ada satupun yang mengetahui kapan kematian itu akan datang. Juga saya bersyukur karena masih diberikan oleh Allah kesempatan beribadah di bulan Ramadhan.

Lalu apa yang harus kita lakukan? Yang pertama tentu meluruskan niat, bahwa di bulan ini kita akan menggunakan waktu yang diberikan sebaik-baiknya. Bahwa di bulan ini kita harus bisa memperbanyak beribadah dan mengerjakan amal shaleh, juga mengurangi hal-hal yang kurang berguna.

Dalam waktu berfikir ini, saya pernah tiba-tiba tersentak, takut sekali. Karena tiba2 saya merasa "hidup". Ada yang pernah merasakannya juga? Terkadang kita merasa hidup ini adalah suatu kewajaran, rutinitas yang dijalani setiap hari, sehingga kita bisa bosan melakukannya. Namun kemarin saya merasa bahwa saya adalah sesuatu yang telah menjalani berbagai tahap kehidupan, dan suatu saat akan mati. Mati dalam bentuk jasad, dan akan dihidupkan kembali di akhir zaman. 

Lalu apa yang saya punya? bekal apa yang sudah saya siapkan untuk menghadapNya?
akankah saya tidak menyesal akan apa yang telah saya lakukan? menyia-nyiakan waktu yang sering saya dapatkan. Bagaimana jika saya masuk neraka?

Tiba-tiba berbagai pikiran berkecamuk dalam diri saya. Dan badan saya merinding. Saya takut sekali karena hal itu pasti akan terjadi.

Mungkin akan sulit bagi kita untuk mempercayainya, karena kita tidak bisa melihatnya. Beberapa hal terasa tidak masuk di akal, tidak sesuai dengan logika. Namun, apakah dalam agama kita semua harus diukur dengan logika? Karena jika memang seperti itu, maka kita pasti sudah gagal dalam Rukun Islam pertama, bahwa kita bersaksi tiada tuhan selain Allah dan Nabi Muhammad SAW adalah utusan Allah. Karena kita tidak melihatnya.

Oleh karena itu, keyakinan untuk mempercayai hal yang ghaib adalah sebuah kewajiban di dalam Islam. Begitu pula kewajiban akan kematian dan hari akhir, hari pembalasan dan tujuan akhir. Semua itu ghaib, semua itu tidak dapat diukur dengan logika dan akal terbatas manusia. Maka, bersyukurlah kita sebagai manusia. Masih diberi satu kesempatan lagi untuk bertemu dengan bulan Ramadhan.

Tulisan ini sekaligus gentle reminder untuk saya, agar memperbaiki diri, dengan menjadikan Ramadhan ini sebagai momentum untuk memulai. Memulai menjadi probadi yang lebih baik, dan harapannya bisa dilanjutkan di bulan-bulan selanjutnya. 

Perbanyak beribadah, mengisi waktu yang diberikan dengan hal-hal positif, berkontribusi dan bekerja juga salah satu bentuk ibadah. Dan puasa adalah sebuah ujian, yang mengajarakan kita untuk melawan hawa nafsu, musuh terbesar bagi manusia

19 April 2017

Family Trip! Bangkok - Siem Reap - Ho Chi Minh (Bangkok Edition)


I am back!!!
and with another story about travelling.

So, I had a trip with my Mom, brother and sister. We went to Bangkok, Siem Reap and Ho Chi Minh. A little bit crazy to go to 3 countries in the same time. But, Cambodia is my brothers bucket list. So we just think that we will go to all of that places at once.

04 Januari 2017

2016 reflection and 2017 goals

Time flies fast..
I just think that many events happened to me during 2016.
I moved to Bandung, spend 9 months there and then I moved to Jakarta. Sometimes I feel that it was too much that I don't enjoy the moment. But, there are a lot of things that I grateful for, so I want to thank Allah for give me another year to overcome.


09 November 2016

Moving Again > Jakarta

I feel that is no longer a surprised.

I moved... again..

After 10 months in Surabaya, I already update in the blog that I moved to Bandung. Even with the same position, new area give another challenge and opportunity for me to learn something new. Honestly, I feel happy to live there and I am thinking to spend 1-2 years there.

But start on October, I moved to Head Office, Jakarta and assigned new job, as a assistant channel manager. I dont know why, but sometimes I think this company just go too fast. I mean, sometimes when I just settle down, making a routine and I am start to enjoy it, something changed. And it ruined everything.

I know that I am such a people who loves everything under control and goes as planned. So, this kind of thing makes me uncomfortable.

But, hey, it is life!! You can't always control it. Everything is happened for a reason. At least, I can live with my Dad and my brother again. You can't value it with money.

The hardest thing is adaptation and making a new habit. I am happy enough that I can catch up my job pretty easily. What takes my concern is the lifestyle in Jakarta. I must confessed that I am not a big fan of Jakarta, especially if you experienced living in Yogya, Surabaya and Bandung. They are so comfortable. In Bandung I feel that I have balancing my life.

Jakarta just so different. I don't know why but I feel so tired everyday. Time flies, going home at 7 or 8 is something common here. I am a morning person. I go to office at 7am, and nobody there. We just start to work at 9am. They feel comfortable to go home at 7pm or 8pm, while for me, I usually go home at 5pm. The struggle is real, especially when everybody in my department doing the same.

It doesnt show that much, but I think I am kind of stress. I need to make a new good habit to follow, make a new morning routine because I feel that I need workout to strengthen my immune. I also need to find a new hobby or activities to release my stress.

Hopefully in my next post I can explain what I am doing that works for me.

Love,
Fira

19 Juli 2016

Update!!! My 25 before 25

I lost from blogging for another months!

I am so sorry for this, but there are a lot of thing happened in my real life, so I forgot to update in my Blog. I have a new boss, it means that I need to adapt again and trying to figure out the way of working that fit with him.

I also admit that I lost my focus for the last two month, so in July, I think I need to review what happened for the half year of 2016 and make a plan for the rest of 2016.

There are several things that catch my attention in 2016:

  1. Minimalism
  2. Zero Waste lifestyle
  3. Veganism
  4. Bullet Journal
  5. Traveling
I learn  a lot of thing about this topic from YouTube and Pinterest. They have a several reading that fit my value and how to actually doing it. I will explore more and update in the blog what I thought about it and what is my plan to do it in my daily life.


13 April 2016

CHANGE - Our lifestyle today

Stumble upon some blogs, I found some inconvenient truth about human. It is so scary that the way we live today has impact to our environment. I am extremely happy that I read that blog or watch YouTube videos about some lifestyle that different from the usual. It makes me think and consider the way I lived that is so harmful for others. 

Easy, Fast and Cheap Plastic


This is what our society want for their life. They want everything fast, convenient to bring, convenient to eat, and have a cheap price. For example is plastic bag and water bottle. When you want to buy something, even for one or two items, you want to have a plastic bag to carry your groceries. Even you can put it in your own bag. "It's free in Indonesia anyway, why should I refuse?", that's the way we think when we get them. You will think that you will reuse them to collect trash in your home, but 50% of it will just go to the trash bin without you think twice. As for water bottle. This is quite tricky if you life in Indonesia. Because we cannot drink tap water. It is not safe for us, that's why plastic water bottle is so convenient for us. You can just buy it everywhere and throw it when you finish. Bring your own water bottle everywhere and refill them seem to be burdensome for us.



I am trying to reduce the number of plastic I use these days, and I realized that it is SO HARD. When I went to supermarket to buy something, I am so shocked that everything is covered by plastic. My favorite biscuit and snack, spaghetti, rice, flour, spices, even fruits and vegetables. They all packed in plastic. It is so easy for us just to take all that we want, and throw away the packaging. We think that everything that covered by plastic will look better, stay longer, and not spoiled. But what we do with our plastic after we come home? We just throw it away. When you need some plastic? You can buy it since it is so cheap.

03 April 2016

April's challenge



Time flies so fast that we pass the first Quarter of 2016. I can't believe that it is already 3 months I spent my life in Bandung. Bandung is so different from Surabaya. It's rainy season here, so I don't need air conditioner it's already cold. I wear my blanket all the time.

Except the weather, the food in here is just too good. Everything is delicious. I eat a lot of food here and gained weight. But I am happy. I am glad that I move here. Living in Bandung makes me feel like home. This city offer the comfort of Yogyakarta, my hometown.

That's why I have a lot of exciting plan in here. I am so excited to try a new thing and explore new experience. Now, I have interest change my lifestyle to become healthy both physically and mentally. There are a lot of things to do. I want to take a baby step, one thing at a time. Because I know changing habit is not easy. The hardest part is to start change and consistently do it every day. So, what is my April challenge??

1. No spend money challenge





I know that each month, I usually spend my money on clothes, or makeup, or skincare. Now, I want to make a challenge not to spend money on those things. My financial focus for this month is to buy only the necessary, maybe some groceries, so I can save up more money in my bank account. I really want 50 million cash in my Bank Account. I hope to achieve that before I turn 25 this year.

The goals of this exercise is to make a intentional buying. Usually I use my money to buy something that is unnecessary. Buying stuff just because it is cute, looks cheap because discount, or just because I am bored. I also think I still have a lot of good stuff. I want to use up all my make up and skincare before I buy a new one. I realized that I collect a lot of stuff. Since I want to be more minimalist, I need to reduce the number in my room. I don't think that throw away all my stuff is a good thing. That's why I plan to used up all my skincare and make up product.

2. No plastic bag challenge




With the new regulation of government in Bandung, you need to pay for Rp 200,- for one plastic bag. This new regulation hope to increase the awareness of people about the damage of plastic bag. And hopefully it will educate them to bring their own bag when they shop. I try to bring my bag and some plastic bags, so whenever I buy something I can refuse the plastic bag and use my own. I am start doing it from the last March, and I think I am doing fine.

With this challenge I realized that plastic bag have no value in our eyes. I bought several CDs yesterday. I already bring my own bag and successfully refused the plastic bag from Supermarket. But when I bought the CDs, I just accept the plastic bag casually. I realized it later that I just bring more plastic bag home. Habits are scary. You just doing it without even think. From now on I am trying to be more aware and conscious about the plastic bag and make sure to refuse them.

3. Spend more time for Allah

This is my personal goals. I am trying to have more Shalat Sunnah and fasting this month. There are a lot of this to be grateful for. I am not feeling good these days. I hope I can heal my soul with doing what Allah told me. I want to get closer with Him. Amin.. 

4. Continuously doing my morning routine: WORKOUT



That is my April challenge that I hope to achieve this month. I really want to do that and make a new habit to become a better me. What is your goals for this Month? 

30 Maret 2016

March Wrap Up!!

Hi!!

Today is the end of March and I am really happy to tell you that I work out this morning!!!
This is one of my achievement because I work out 5 times in this month, and I already doing it regularly. Last week I work out every two days. hehe.. I am so proud of my self.

This month, my focus on develop morning routine is a success. There is still more ways to go, but I am happy with my condition right now. I am planning to have light workout tomorrow and kick my ass to jogging again on the weekend.

For the past few years, my Daddy always told me that I need to have a workout routine. Because when you work, you need more energy and stamina to keep you up. Having it every day will increase you stamina and resistance. I realized that after work out you will feel good and this feeling help my mood become better for the rest of the day.

The difficult thing that I faced is having healthy and nutritionist breakfast. For the last two days I eat apple foe breakfast, but I only buy two so today I just eat whatever in front of the office to fill my stomach. This is something that I need to focus more on April. I need to buy a lot of fruit for breakfast or maybe some oats. Having a proper breakfast will help you to work well.

The last thing from my morning habit that I want to develop is to have a TO DO LIST or my 3 things to focus for the day. I realized that write it down makes me feel conscious about what I need to do for the day. 

Beside the three of it, I think I want to put another habit from my spiritual side. I want to do Shalat Dhuha regularly. Pray and feeling grateful for the things that Allah give me every morning, I want to increase my relationship with Allah.

I hope I can continue this habit every day for the rest of my life. Change something that is small, but regularly is the way I become a better me.

What is my April Focus on?
I will update you tomorrow..

Hope you also have a great March..

xoxo,
:)

27 Maret 2016

No more free plastic bags in Bandung

In March 2016, the government of Bandung make a new regulation for plastic bag in the retail. Hyper mart, Supermarket and Mini market cannot give a plastic bag for free anymore. We need to pay Rp 200,- for one plastic bag.

"It is too cheap, what the difference that they can make?"

Maybe some of you will think like that. Feeling that the new regulation will not give a good impact in our environment. BUT, THEY DO. 

I can feel the difference, and I am trying to make a change in my lifestyle. Before this come up, I already aware about the damage of plastic bag. How much plastic bag that I used up, how it will not recycle until 100 years, yet I am still using plastic bag in my daily life. Plastic bag just convenient and I get it for free.

But now is different. Since we need to pay, people now aware about the plastic bag that they used. If you only buy a bottle of drink, or something that you can put on your bag, you will refuse to buy the plastic bag. It will not damage or harm you anyway. If you add up the number, I am pretty sure that it will reduce the amount of plastic bag we produce. 

Another changes is, the cashier in store will ask whether we bring our own grocery bag. They are not put your groceries in plastic bag directly. They will offer some alternative such as box as a replacement of plastic bag. If you buy a lot of stuff, rather than put in on 5 plastic bags and pay for Rp 1,000,- you can use boxes from the store, and it's free. 

I know that it just a matter of habit. You just need to change the way you shop, you need to bring your own bag. A little change in every body will give impact to our environment. Now, I am trying to bring my bag and reduce the number of plastic bag I produce.

There are a lot of inspirations in YouTube. They pursue a zero waste lifestyle. I realized that it is pretty hard for me to do that. But, I will try to make a small change. This is the right time to change. Maybe the government regulation is such a reminder for us. We need to give more attention about the way we live, the lifestyle we did, the trash that we produced, and their impact into our earth.

I hope that this regulation can get a fully support from people and another cities will follow soon. The world is sick now, we need to treat him better by change our habit into green lifestyle. You don't need to do something complicated. Just change your small habit from now, and consistently do it every day, and spread the news to people around you. You will thank yourself later.

xoxo

15 Maret 2016

March Focus: Develop Morning Routine

Who likes to watch morning routine in YouTube videos?

I do....




I don't know why, but I like to see how people spend their morning. Maybe because it is the lifestyle that I dream of, or just having a good feeling that watching them makes me feel I already doing it. You know the feeling like, " I will make my morning like her". And we just feeling good as we did it even tough we didn't. 

Morning is my enemy. I remember that when I was in school, wake up at 5 am looks easy. But, now?? I don't know why it looks so hard. The bed just too comfy, my body doesn't feeling good, and other reasons that I can think of. What is the difference of the old me and the present me? I think that it just a habit. Habit is scary. You need to do that for 3 or 5 times, and your body just get used to it. Bad habit can form easily. On the other hand forming a good habit takes months. It need a hard work from yourself and discipline.

So, in my journey towards a better me. I want to have a good morning routine. My perfect schedule or my morning routine dream is:

Work Out
Healthy Breakfast
Write MIT for today

It looks easy, but trust me, start doing it is so hard...

That's why I would like to write it down in this blog, and update it whether I can do it or not. I really want to do that because having a good start will help you reduce the amount of "hectic morning" that people usually have.

Check this blog that have a good amount of morning routine from people around the world. Maybe you can find inspiration about how you spend your morning.

http://mymorningroutine.com/

11 Maret 2016

Minimalism Journey - Goals

Since March is coming to the end, I realized that I already spent the first Quarter in 2016. In this blog I write a lot of thing about minimalism lately, because I have interest in it. I will try to write my journey, my thought and everything that will help me be a better person. I realized that writing down all things in my mind, I can reduced my stress level, make me think clearly and also improve my writing skills.

In this post, I want to tell you about the reason I try to pursue a minimalist lifestyle and simplify my life. I think write down your reason is important because it can be your reminder when you feeling down, motivate you when you feel sad, and makes you think in order.


WHY YOU INTERESTED IN MINIMALISM?

The reason why I gain my interest in minimalism is because I watch a lot of YouTube videos. Since my last trip in Japan, I have interest in skincare, and I watch a lot of YouTube videos about Japanese skincare and review about them. It makes me want to buy a lot of skincare and make up. I just realized at the end of 2015 that I don't have much money left in my bank account. As I make a finance evaluation, buying skincare and makeup are my problem. Realized my problem, I make adjustment and another YouTube account to watch which is Living Light by Coco. I get inspired by the way she lives and continuous watching another minimalist YouTube.

I think the way minimalist living is quite interesting. I know that I buy something not because I need it. It more that the item looks good, it was on sale, I have money on my pocket. The concept is allign with my life vision. I do have an urge to buy a thing, and I have money. But, do I really need it? I need to think twice before I make a decision.


WHAT MOTIVATE YOU TO BECOME MINIMALIST?

Frankly speaking, my main motivator is money. I want to save money. I saw that minimalist lifestyle make you reduced buy thing that not necessary. Put on some basic item and you ready to go. I don't have to buy bag in 10 colors to become trendy and happy. I don't need to buy more shoes and clothes to look good. In minimalist concept the less is more. I need to spend my money on experience rather than goods.


WHAT IS MY MINIMALISM GOALS?

I do have a dreamy life that I adore and I want to achieve.

I want to have enough, not buying stuff if I don't need it.

I want to travel and experience a lot of things in my 20's.

I want to live healthy, stress free.

I want to spend my time with my family and friends.

I don't want to driven by consumerism and people.

I live for myself.


I think that is the goals that I want to achieve. I know that I can't change overnight. But at least I am trying. I will try to write down my journey in this blog. What in my mind, and what challenge that I get. Well, I do need this blog to evaluate myself actually. But I hope that this can help you to find your way to live simply, beside hundred blogs that speak about minimalism. Hope it can inspire you and make you feel that you are not alone in this journey. I make a mistake, and I am not shy to share this with you so we can learn together.

Just do your best. This journey is personal. You can start it slow or fast. You can declutter your whole stuff and live with the necessities. Or you can save some stuff that you enjoy and make you happy. Just remember not to giving up. We can do it together.

:)


Just rambling

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