A Happy Mindset

I believe happiness comes from our mindset. How we see and perceive things. How we handle things that happen in our lives.

My friend asked me, how could you stand the heat, the traffic, and the cramped busway every weekdays?
Well. I used to loathe those a lot. I would nag and build up all the nasty curses on my mind.
But when I try to change my mindset, try not to think about those in a bad way, those things don't affect me anymore.

Every time I sweat at the bus station, every time I wait for the busway to come, I try not to think bad about it. I will stand still, either thinking something else or nothing at all.

My mind is my strongest enemy. I am not perfect. I have insecurities that I hide. As a Leo, I'm actually emotional. Being able to beat my bad mindset makes me proud of myself. Being able to hold my anger is an accomplishment. It's a long and tough process. It feels like I'm stacking those UNO blocks and wishing it won't ever crumble.

If you're easily sad or angry, try to change your mindset. Take a deep and long breath and exhale all the hate out. Do I need to be annoyed by this? Is it worth fighting for?

Create positive mindset everyday. Be happy, even by the smallest things.

Today, I'm happy because:
- I love what I wore to work. I wore my fav color (blue) from top to bottom! (didn't have time to snap a pic at home & no proper mirror in my office T.T)

- I gave my seat to an elder on the busway :)

How about you?

Irregular

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•  Stripes long sleeves tee from Cotton Ink
• Yellow Square Skirt c/o CHLORINE CLOTHE (IG:@Chlorineclothe)
• Louis Vuitton Alma bb bag
• Wedges from Zara
• Sunnies from New Look
• Socks from Topshop
• Necklace bought in Bangkok

 









 

I've just got my midterm report today, and this came across my mind when one of my classmates mentioned the name of the students who'll likely got the top 3 ranks in our class at the end of the first term.

Who do you think will win a battle? Luck, dilligence, or skill(brain)? 

And your reason is?

I love reading

I love reading . Reading has been a hobby of mine since I was still in elementary school . I got addicted to short stories when I was in the 3rd grade, and in the 4th grade I collected almost all of "Lupus Kecil" novels. They were hillarious. In the 5th-6th grade I didn't really read novels anymore, then I started to like comics, especially the 'cherry' series, Doraemon, Hagemaru, Miiko, Dectective Conan, and maaaany more. But during those times of my addiction to comics, I still read novels, and the inly author I read was only Jacqueline Wilson. I always lovee her stories! And I've always had a thing for stories that its point of view is the first person (as I, me.)

In the junior high school (7th-9th) grade, and 1st year of senior high school (10th grade), I don't go to bookstores that often anymore due to my busy schedule that is almost impossible for me to read books T.T. I only buy novels / comics from my fave authors.. I don't really look for new books/ authors :(. Beside Jacqueline Wilson, I love 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' too. Hehe #totalkid

But then earlier this year, I started to love novels again. I read "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. It was so good. I love young-adult novels so much. 

Last night I finished John Green's "Looking for Alaska" which contains lots of famous people's last words. That book surely gave me new knowledges.

Now, I'm currently on the train en route to Jakarta (yay!), reading my third book of John Green's ; "An Abundance of Khaterines". This book has lots of foreign terms, which are also new knowledges for me! 

I love how John Green's books give me not only romantic/funny young-adult story, but also knowledges that he adds to his stories. There are lots of books or historical knowledges that his characters mentioned. I just love it. I'm getting more and more addicted to reading.

I hope I can read more books this year and 'increase' my reading skill and expand it to another genres of book besides young-adult books. 

And fyi, almost all the novels I read are in English. It's not that I'm disgracing my own language (bahasa), but this is also a way for me to learn English . I don't go to an international high school (or there's not any international high school in my city to be exact), I also rarellyyy speak in English with my friends / parents. So, the conclusion is reading really gives me so many benefits!! 

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