enjoy the little things :)

It’s startling how a disease can teach us lessons. After this worldwide crisis, we will look back on this moment and it will be a reminder for us to never take the little things for granted.

it happens to me that i often complain with the daily routines, the going to class sucks moments, the train rides, the grocery shopping, the cafe hopping, the endless work i have to get done. But now when i stop and think about it, the daily routines has their beauty if i can just enjoy every little things every day. Especially with my loved ones, like hunting potted plants and aquarium fishes, movie nights in and out, outdoor date activities, and speaking blatantly, yes, the kisses.

To realize how materialistic our society has become. We often get too caught up with luxurious items that i’ve now come to realized we can live without them. Its the essentials that we need, food, water, and our health. The virus taught us that every human being in this world, despite their social status, occupation, popularity, religion, or race -- we, are all in an equal position. (You can ask Tom Hanks). And that the only thing we can cling to is God himself, because nothing else matters.

It has become a reminder to increase our faith in God, to know Him more, to include Him in our daily lives. Then, to take a break from our busy working hours. To enjoy the little things that sparks joy inside our hearts. To explore yourself with small activities and turn the boring mindset to a grateful one -- the past 5 days have been spent with my bub, a quality time for both of us after our hectic 2 months. We did tik toks which turns out to be hillarious, cook brownies which turned out to taste like a damp chocolate bar, sing and dance together, aaaand of course, cuddle!

Now i’m making time for myself as tepen is going into his personal space too (now i’ve been mooore understanding! it’s what he need to regain his energyyy as long as he’s happy then i’ll be happy too!) -- doing a self reflection away from social media. turning my ‘this #wfh situation is going to kill me of boredom’ intoooo a fun, explorative and reflective one! remembering the fact that i’m an outdoor person so it's kinda a stressful days lately that effect my emotions i can't figure out. buuuttt luckily i have my very co0o0l boyfriend to balance each other yuhu! here‘s how i do it

1. i do it by always reminding myself every morning to pray everyday, taking my time to talk and tell God about how grateful i am, my problems, my worries that i don’t know who i can talk to. 2. Then, i take my time figuring out what to do with Baby (my callathea), Peanut (my flower succulents), Buttercup (my silver dollar squishy jelly plant), and also Bob and his fellas (my newborn baby papaya seedlings although it has not grown any roots yet but i’m optimistic they will grow into a cuddly companion). 3. i’m also exploring my cooking skills because i have so0o0o0 much free time. Turns out, it’s satisfying for my emotional and of course my tummyyyy. and tomorrow i'll be cooking full day too! 4. I chat or call my friends to see how they’re coping with this, especially Ellen because she has a low immune system :( 5. The other thing which is very important in times like this is to be productive (productivity runs in my blood like i don’t know why i cannot just laydown and sit still doing nothing), because i know this is a very precious time to get things done over discussion with tepen seeing that we have a lot of free time together and times like this would never happen again after corona session expires. 1. finishing sunnytown’s branding plan 2. Plan all products and collaborations me and tepen will launch after this 3. arrange the donations and make it happen 4. sunnybackyard of course!!!!!!!

6. and later if we still have time together after tepen is finish with this personal time (bcs i’ll be going to jakarta soon), i hope me and tepen can pray together, and arrange our goals and visualize our dreamlife togetherrrr to make it comes true yeay!

Another lesson from this disease is: To pause and rebuild our houses into our homes. A reminder of how important our family is beside our workaholic days. It will remind us to appreciate the conversations and activities we do with our friends and families in close contact, to appreciate holding someones hand, to stay close to one another, to hug with all our hearts. To have quality time with your loved ones. And on top of that, to live in the world where we need each other to keep sane and to always keep in mind that we are nothing, nothing, without God and our loving community.

lesson i’ve learnt for myself : to never complains and enjoy every little things because being in social distancing is FUN i want mooooreee of indoor activities now!!!! (a major turnback for me because after today's me time i feel muchl fuller as a human being dont you get what i mean izokay if u dont oh wow)