There used to be a version of quiet that was just… quiet. You’d sit somewhere, do nothing, and that was fine. Nobody asked what you were thinking about. Nobody expected you to be productive with your stillness. Calm was just calm. It didn’t cost anything….

We are there. Sitting at the same table, in the same chair, in the same room. But our minds? They left a long time ago. Somewhere in someone else’s story. Somewhere in the notification that just came in. Somewhere in the conversation we haven’t replied…

I just scrolled on social media recently before I go to bed and I saw a lot of videos about kindness. It really touched my heart. I mean there’s a moment when you watch something and it just hits different, you know? Someone helping a…

Ada satu jenis perasaan yang susah sekali dijelaskan dengan kata biasa. Bukan patah hati. Bukan kehilangan. Tapi lebih ke… perasaan bahwa kamu memang tidak pernah benar-benar tinggal. Kamu datang, kamu hadir, kamu bahkan mungkin dicintai. Tapi entah kenapa, kamu tahu sejak awal bahwa kamu hanya…

I think about this more than I probably should. That one day, every version of me that exists in someone else’s mind will be the only version that’s left.