There is a phrase I keep hearing everywhere, and honestly I am starting to dislike it. A better version of yourself. It sounds inspiring, it looks good on a poster, and people throw it around like it means something. But the more I sit with…

Saya cuma memberikan nomor telepon. Kapan nomor itu berubah menjadi semacam pintu yang membuat orang lain merasa boleh masuk kapan saja? Pertanyaan itu belakangan sering muncul di kepala saya, biasanya di saat-saat kecil. Pesan yang masuk saat saya sedang makan, telepon di malam hari, chat…

Lately I realized that almost everything I go through eventually turns into a file. Photos saved in the gallery, conversations saved in chat, all of it backed up, uploaded to the cloud, then filed into an archive. It feels like no moment can ever truly…

Not long ago I would have laughed at myself for writing this. Back then, all I wanted was a girlfriend. Now I am at a point where I would rather just wait and marry the right person, if that person ever shows up, than jump…

I am not married yet, so I want to be honest from the start. This is not me talking from experience, this is me thinking out loud about something I have been trying to understand. For a long time I assumed marriage was just dating…