Saturday, January 14, 2012

Beware Of Passion Killer

Passion makes the world go round. It's one of the greatest thing that keep us alive and can bring us success. Maka itu perlu dijaga dan dikejar terus. Ada dua hal yang penting dalam mengikuti passion :
  1. STAY FOCUS 
         Karena kita masih muda, wajar kalau belum mantap banget sama sebuah cita cita dan kadang berubah karena beberapa distraction. Tapi usahakan untuk selalu mengingat keinginan terbesar kamu dimasa depan. 'Nantinya gue akan jadi dokter kandungan cewek paling terkenal di Jakarta" atau "One day I'm going to own the biggest scrapbook store in the city". Dalam menuju kesana, kamu tetap boleh mencoba berbagai hal lain kok!

     2. DON'T BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF

         Sekeras kerasnya usaha, kamu boleh gagal, jenuh, ngerasa capek and take a break. Tapi itu cuma untuk recharge energi lalu back on track dengan semangat yang lebih besar. Pantang memberi kalimat negatif buat diri sendiri cuma karena kesalahan kecil dan buat portfolio pribadi berisi karya, prestasi, dan gools kamu di masa depan.


Tapi,jangan sampai passion kamu hilang gara gara hal berikut ini...
NO MOTIVATION
Motivasi bisa didatangkan lewat beberapa hal, yaitu:
  • Googling. Cari info sebanyak2nya tentang passion kamu. Apa jenis profesi atau usaha yang ada didalamnya, sampai contoh2 orang sukses di bidang tsb. Dari sini kamu bisa punya gambaran yg lebih jelas, dan termotivasi untuk menuju kesana dgn langkah pasti.
  • Join The Forum. Daripada susah cari komunitas untuk didatengin, langsung aja join di forum internet yang sesuai passion kamu. Kamu bisa bertanya, tuker pikiran, dapet info2 seminar, dll.
  • Read Motivational Book. There must be a lof of reasons why Oprah loves to read books. Salah satunya karena buku bisa ngasih inspirasi dan motivasi. Baca deh biografi orang sukses dibidang favorit kamu or simply a book that motivates us to keep following our passion. 

LACK OF SUPPORT
Kalau tim bulutangkis kita bisa ngejar ketinggalan score berkat support penonton yg berapi api, itu membuktikan betapa pentingnya support, terutama dari org2 terdekat saat kita pengen meraih sesuatu. Passion should always find it's way, even on a bumpy road. Org2 terdekat akan menunjukkan supportnya saat kamu memperlihatkan kesungguhan dalam meraih cita2.

I'VE DONE MY BEST SYNDROME
Kalimat sakti yang sering dikatakan sama org "menyerah" adalah 'Gue udah berusaha semaksimal mungkin'. Well, if it's not working, artinya usaha kamu belum cukup atau kamu melakukannya dengan cara yang salah. Dalam mengerjakan sesuatu, kita harus berorientasi dengan hasil. Orang nggak akan dapat penghargaan gara2 proses, tapi karena hasil yg udah dicapai. Proses hanya baik jadi bahan pembelajaran buat diri sendiri, dan buat orang lain saat kamu udah sukses nanti.

FEAR
Bahkan seorang Alexander the Great pernah mengalami rasa takut dalam hidupnya. It's so human. Normal kalau kita ngerasa takut saat mengikuti passion. Takut salah, takut gagal, atau takut mengecewakan orang. But you know what? Nggak ada org sukses yang nggak pernah salah, nggak pernah gagal apalagi nggak pernah mengecewakan org lain. Biasakan diri untuk nggak menyesali apapun yang terjadi, karena pengalaman harusnya bikin kita makin pintar. Kalau sampai saat ini rasa takut adalah satu satunya hal yang menghalangi kamu sama passion, just make the first step and jump in without even thinking, Seperti orang yg didorong masuk air saat berdiri takut dipinggir kolam, you have to push yourself. Apa yang terjadi setelah itu nggak jadi masalah karena yg terpenting adalah you've tried for it.

COMFORT 
Nggak pernah ada yg bilang kalau keluar dari zona aman itu gampang. It could make you feel so sick in the stomach everytime you try. Tapi itu cuma proses. Once you get out, kamu bisa mulai merasakan manfaatnya. So be brave, lepaskan ketergantunganmu sama hal2 tertentu. Stop membatasi diri dengan bilang 'Aku nggak bisa begini, aku nggak bisa begitu...' Coba dulu, kalau gagal, coba lagi. 






Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Call It What You Want - Foster The People

~~Lagi suka banget sama lagu ini gatau kenapa, mungkin garagara drummernya ganteng kali ya. *_* haha~~


Call it what you want
Call it what you want

I said just call it what you want
Call it what you want

Yeah, we're locked up in ideas
We like to label everything
Well, I'm just gonna do here what I gotta do here
'Cause I gotta keep myself free

You're ducking and moving
Just to hide your bruises from all your enemies
And I'm in the crossfire dodging bullets
From your expectancies, yeah yeah

We've got nothing to lose
You better run and hide
You crossed the line
I've got a knife behind my back, just sayin'

We've got nothing to prove
Your social guides give you swollen eyes
But what I've got can't
Be bought so you can just

Call it what you want
Call it what you want
I said just call it what you want
Call it what you want
You've taken your words and you take your judgments
And stick them onto everything
If it don't conform to what you were born into
Then you run the other way

You say, "Now what's your style and
Who do you listen to?" Who cares?
Well, that rat race ladder-climbing
Fake-face smile's got nothing on me

We've got nothing to lose
You better run and hide
You crossed the line
I've got a knife behind my back, just sayin'

We've got nothing to prove
Your social guides give you swollen eyes
But what I've got can't
Be bought so you can just

Call it what you want
Call it what you want
I said just call it what you want
Call it what you want

You can call it what you want
What you want
...

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Move on? I did it.

Nothing lasts forever. Kata2 itu yg pertama kali ada dipikiran gue pas gue putus sm mantan. Gue sempet mikir, pas sehari gue putus gue bakalan gabisa bertahan. Tapi ternyata? Sampai saat ini gue msh fine2 aja.

Emang kadang kadang buat ngelepasin orang yang udah kita sayang banget itu susah. Bukan susah lgi, tapi berat. 'But life must go on'. Setiap ngeliat si 'dia' disekolah, pasti bakal ada rasa yg "heavy". Tapi untungnya aja gue gak sendirian, gue masih punya temen-temen gue. Sahabat sahabat gue yang selalu hibur gue. Itu salah satu alasannya kenapa sampai saat ini gue fine fine aja.

1 bulan...2 bulan...3 bulan.....dst

Waktu emang kerasa cepet banget. Perasaan baru kemarin gue nangis2 garagara putus sama mantan. Tapi sekarang gue udah ngerasa free bgt. Bagi yang susah banget buat move on dari doi. Gue punya beberapa tips buat move on. Ini berdasarkan pengalaman gue sendiri. Jadi kalau gak berhasil jangan salahin gue. Tapi apa salah nya sih buat nyoba. ;)

1. Curhat sama Tuhan itu emang paling ampuh buat nenangin diri.
2. Coba buat gak berkomunikasi dulu sama si doi selama beberapa bulan.
3. Cari gebetan baru. Coba cari kaka kelas,ade kelas,atau temen selevel yang kece/ganteng/manis...Ini bisa bikin perhatian kita yg tadinya selalu ke doi berpaling. Coba cari tau ttg gebetan baru kalian itu. Kalau bisa minta no hp/pin bbm nya. Atau kalau kalian malu, kalian bisa stalking si gebetan baru dengan ngefollow acc twitternya. (That's so me)
4. Yang ke empat itu fokus belajar. Gabakal nyesel deh sama tips gue yg satu ini, selain bisa move on, kalian juga bisa ningkatin nilai2 disekolah. 

Hmm kayaknya cuma segitu aja tips dari gue. Tapi perlu diinget, buat ngelakuin itu semua butuh waktu yg gak instan lho. Yang paling penting itu tanamin dihati kalian kalau kalian bisa tanpa dia. Try it!

Friday, May 20, 2011

Nobody's Perfect - Jessie J

When I'm nervous I have this thing yeah I talk too much
Sometimes I just can't shut the hell up
It's like I need to tell someone anyone who'll listen
And that's where I seem to fuck up, yeah
I forget about the consequences, for a minute there I lose my senses
And in the heat of the moment my mouth's starts going the words start flowing

But I never meant to hurt you, I know it's time that i learnt to
Treat the people I love like I wanna be loved
This is a lesson learnt , I hate that I let you down and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around cause now I'm the one that's hurting yeah
And I hate that I made you think that the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
Cause nobody's perfect, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, nobodys perfect

If i could turn back the hands of time
I swear I never would have crossed that line
I should of kept it between us but Jessie went and told the whole world how she's feeling and oh
So I sit and I realise with these tears falling from my eyes
I gotta change if I wanna keep you forever
Promise that I'm gonna try

But I never meant to hurt you, i know it's time that i learn to
Treat the people I love like I wanna be loved
This is a lesson learnt and I hate that I let you down and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around cause now I'm the one that's hurting yeah
And I hate that I made you think that the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
Cause nobody's perfect, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,nobody's perfect

Im Not a saint no not at all, but what I did it wasn't cool
But I swear that I'll never do that again to you
I'm not a saint, no not at all, but what I did it wasn't cool
but i swear that ill never do that again to you.
I hate that I let you down, and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around cause now I'm the one that's hurting yeah
And I hate that I made you think that that the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
Cause nobody's perfect, no,
nobody's perfect