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Saya mau punya apartemen sendiri tahun ini. Saya mau meningkatkan karir saya. Saya mau trekking ke Kathmandu. Saya mau turun 10 kg. Saya mau bertemu my prince charming. Saya mau kembali sekolah lagi. Saya mau bahagia. Ini adalah berbagai hal yang orang inginkan setiap harinya…

Setiap tahun, kita pasti memiliki keinginan. Dan yang namanya manusia, setiap tahun keinginan itupun semakin banyak (Banyak Maunya – BM). Saya rasa, tidak ada yang salah memiliki banyak keinginan, tujuan maupun target. Itu semua yang memicu kita untuk membentuk kehidupan yang lebih baik bukan? Pertanyaannya: Bisakah kita mendapatkan semua yang kita inginkan?

“You will get everything you want when you BECOME everything you want.“

Then, saya menemukan kutipan ini: “Kamu baru akan mendapatkan semua yang kamu inginkan, ketika kamu menjadi orang yang kamu inginkan.”

Jujur, rasanya seperti agak ditampar sedikit dengan sebuah ciuman manis. It’s so true!

Selama ini rasanya saya pun lebih banyak fokus ke hal-hal yang saya ingikan dibandingkan diri saya sendiri. Memang saya tahu apa kekuatan dan kelemahan diri saya, tetapi memang jarang saya menanyakan ke diri saya sendiri, “Saya ingin menjadi orang seperti apa?” – nilai-nilai seperti apa yang saya ingin miliki dalam karakter dan kepribadian saya? Wow!

It’s not about what you do, but about who you are. Because who you are will be reflected in everything that you do.

Saya realize, semua bukan tentang hal-hal yang saya lakukan tetapi tentang siapa saya, karena siapa saya akan tercermin dalam setiap hal yang saya lakukan.

Saya terinspirasi untuk sekali lagi fokus ke diri saya terlebih dahulu, dibandingkan ke hal-hal duniawi lain yang saya inginkan. Saya ingin menjadi diri saya yang terbaik (the best version of me), seseorang yang benar-benar hidup berdasarkan nilai-nilai, seseorang yang walk the talk. If I learn anything this year, this is the year to walk to talk.

So, who am I? Siapa saya?

Saya lalu merumuskan nilai-nilai yang saya anggap sangat penting bagi diri saya dan menuliskannya dalam sebuah surat untuk diri saya sendiri. Kamu bisa membacanya di sini. Dan setiap kali saya membaca surat ini, sekali lagi saya terinspirasi dan termotivasi untuk terus menjadi diri saya yang terbaik. This is me! This is who I want to become.

This is what I want for 2010. Di tahun 2010 ini, walaupun sudah jalan 5 bulan, saya ingin menjadi diri saya yang terbaik. This is the year to focus on ME! Karena saya tahu, kalau saya bisa menjadi diri saya yang terbaik, saya pun akan mendapatkan semua yang saya inginkan dalam hidup

How? One day at a time. One value at a time.

Kalau kata teman saya, “I think I can. I believe I can. I know I can. I can. I am.” Kalau saya bisa melangkah 1 langkah saja setiap harinya, di akhir tahun ini saya sudah menjadi orang yang jauh lebih baik dari saya hari ini. Tetapi, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Saya mulai dengan hari ini. Hari ini, saya sudah satu langkah lebih maju.

Now, my friends, kamu sudah tahu kamu ingin jadi orang seperti apa? Let’s suit up! Tell me who YOU want to become…

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Just for today: do something that’ll get you closer to your dream.

“The poorest man in the world is the man without a dream.
The most frustrated man in the world is the man with a dream that never becomes reality.” – Myles Munroe

Today was like a slap in the face for me.

As my girl and I were sitting over wine and beer talking about life, I couldn’t believe that 1/4 of the year is almost over. With only 2 weeks left in March, time seems to have flown by way too fast. Because especially today, I was reminded that even though I have been busy with work and life, I haven’t been busy enough focusing on my personal dreams, on my passions, on my calling.

It was during dinner with my besties from high-school that I once again realized what my dreams truly are. Yes.. not just one dream, but many And I realize that it is so easy to be stuck in routines and business of work and life that I do not work towards these dreams. I have let myself to be guided my circumstances than creating my own circumstances.

So, I told my girl Sarah.. that everyday:

• I’m going to wake up each morning to remember and visualize my dreams once again.
• I’m going to do one thing – just one little thing – that’ll get me closer to that dreams.
• I’m going to spend time, may it be just 15 minutes, to work towards these dreams.

Just like a great advice by Josh Hinds, “Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that you were made for amazing things.”

Oh yes. I know I was made for amazing things. Not quite sure what they are yet, but I’m definitely excited for them.

Because, I’m not going to be one of those people with excuses: being too busy or too tired to do something that’s important for me.

Besides, all I have to do at the moment is dream it, right? Like Walt Disney said, “If you can DREAM it, you can DO it.” So, as long as I think and dream about it everyday, I’ll find ways to do it everyday. So, I can be one step closer everyday.

Because I also believe that, “despite what we’ve been taught, we don’t have to be rich, famous or distinguished to make our dreams come true” as put by Sharon Cook & Graciela Sholander, from the book Dream It Do It

So, my friends.. Just for today. Let’s do something that’ll get us closer to our dreams. Let’s remind each other of our dream. I wrote this – I’m one step closer. What did you do?

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Everyone has the right and the capacity to live their best life, only if he/she has the courage to create and take responsibility of it.

I used to blame others of my misery, thinking they are the ones who cause me unhappiness, thinking that life is unjust to me. I used to say that nobody understands my situation and wonder why I have such bad lucks. I have blamed my mom, dad, sister, brother, situations, friends, other people.. You name it!

Until one day, I begin to say “I create everything that happens in my life, may it be good or bad.” So, if something unpleasant happens, I’d say.. “Hmm, I must have done something that created or attracted this.” But then, if something magical happens during the day, I’d say the exact same thing too.

If it’s never our fault, we can’t take responsibility for it.
If we can’t take responsibility for it, we’ll always be its victim.
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