23 on my 23

On my birthday, I thought some things what I have done before turning 23. Some things were achieved, and some don't. When I read my old blog post about my 22 before 23, I'm happy to see some stuff are crossed. I need to evaluate my self why some stuff didn't happen. And it makes me to be more motivated on 2015. And here are some 23 things on my 23.

5 Things I Do in the Morning

Morning is my most favorite time. I'm a morning person. No matter how late I sleep, I will wake at around 6 a.m. I love doing things in the morning. There are a lot of things I do in the morning, but usually I do these things.

1. Pray
Every morning after I wake up, my mother taught me to always pray. I always feel better after praying. By praying in the morning, I could contemplate things around me, give thanks for everything I have and hope I would not make the same mistake again.

2. Jogging
Well, I try to achieve C25K running (a running method for beginner that helps me to achieve 5K in two months). I use C25K free android app when running. It's quite difficult for me because I don't want to go jogging after 6 a.m. I prefer to jog at around 5 a.m. I feel happier after morning jogging, and the weird thing is I could stay fit until midnight If I do morning jogging.

3. Playing with my dogs
It's a must. I have two dogs named Totti and Poteto with different characters. Totti is a fat half-pomeranian and a grumpy one, doesn't like kids. Poteto is a half-beagle and half-golden retriever super hyperactive dog, really likes kids, loves playing fetch, loves eating fruits (Poteto loves strawberries, mangos, watermelons, tomatos but he doesn't like bananas, oreos, loaf).

4. Breakfast
I will not make my day if I don't have a great breakfast. My favorite breakfast is veggies salad. Yum. Simple breakfast but I really love it. I don’t do any fancy diet like people do now these days. I eat whatever I want to. But I limit eating something delicious sinful foods.

5. Create to-do list
It's important to create to-do list for me. It helps me to manage my day. But you gotta be realistic when you create this. Do what you can do today. And don't procrastinate it! (But I'm a good procrastinator).

Those are my 5 things in the morning. What about you? Let me know about it.

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Life After College

As soon-to-be-graduated student (Yay! Congratulations for myself) I really can't wait to be graduated. But, actually what am I gonna do after graduation? Graduation may be one the happiest day in my life. All of my hard works for 4 years finally will be paid off. But being graduated doesn't make me feel I'm a better person. There are more people who are successful even though they didn't go to college or people who failed to finish college.

And being graduated means that we will have more new harder experiences, like, to survive in your life. I've been surviving my life since my father died when I went at college for the first day. I didn't want my mother to worry about me, so I tried few efforts to survive, include scholarships, etc. Life after college might be harder and might be more challenging. We will deal with a lot of unique people. Experiencing to work at companies, or maybe building your own company.

I choose to build my own company. I know it will be a difficult and long journey. I have dreams too. And no matter how difficult obstacles that will come to me, I always believe those obstacles will make me stronger. Right now I work as a web designer at a small company in my town. I love the job, it helps me to gain new lessons and experiences that I didn’t learn at college. The truth is, what you learned at college sometimes isn't that useful in real life.

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Lesson Learned // Unlock Your Potential

Hello guys! It's been lovely days for me since my boyfriend sent bouquet of flowers (and a doll, and chocolates too!) on Valentine's day. The favorite thing from my Valentine's gift is the flower bouquet. So I took some photographs of them (and upload some to Instagram!), I love doing photography recently and I want to improve my photography skill.

When I took some photos, I was thinking about something that disturb my mind lately. I was thinking what are we going to do in the future, will I be working for myself a.k.a be my own boss? Or working on someone's company. For me, I love to be my own boss. But then I realize that being your own boss will take much time. Time to build your empire. You can't build your empire just in time, like, "Abracadabra! I've graduated and tomorrow I will sit on my chair in my own empire". You just cannot do that. You have to invest for yourself from NOW. I mean, investing could be saving your money day by day, even just a little; or maybe practicing and improving skills you have. I suggest to take internships on a business you like. By doing so, you will learn new things on business even just a little bit.

And that's why, I think every girl should know what's her potential for her better future. I saw in real life that many girls use their time for hanging out day and night. Well, I think hanging out is okay if you're already know and improve your potential for your future. I think it's a little bit wasting time by hanging out too much. By unlocking your potential, it will help you to create your empire, and even help you to find a great place for working. So girls, unlock your potential!

Lesson Learned // Why I Blog

This post came up when one of my friends asked me why I blog, is it because I have nothing to do? She thought that blogging is for everyone who has little things to do so they blog. I'm not mad with her statement but it was like a stereotype to all bloggers. She's a gamer, and I was a gamer too, and I think playing game isn't more fun and beneficial than blogging. Well, sometimes blogging takes time a lot and it's fun. And blogging is like my new hobby besides drawing and painting.  So, why do I blog?

Lesson Learned // Entrepreneurship for Beginners

Nowadays, there are so many women who can prove their success with entrepreneurship skills they had. But, there are also some women who don't know where to start with entrepreneurship. I have an advice, you can start from everything you like! If you like designing, open a design studio. If you like fashion, you can open a boutique or online store. Well, it takes a lot of hard work. But trust me, your hard work will be nothing when you're doing what you like.

Some people choose to work for companies, and some people choose to build their own company. I'm a type that I should have my own company. There are many reasons why I don't like just sitting behind my desk and doing what my boss told me what to do. I want to do what I love to do. Because by doing what you love to do, will give you better outcomes than doing what other people love to do.

If you have a company, that means you will create jobs for others directly or indirectly. That also means a better living for yourself, others, and your country! So, why not create your own company?

Happy New Year 2014!

Hello 2014! Hello guys, it's been so looong I haven't post anything yet. I've been very busy on December (it's my favorite month!). I wish you a very happy new year! I hope this year starting wonderfully for you all. It's better to start with wishes and resolutions. It's been an amazing year in 2013, and I really want to thank you for your kindness, and friendship. Happy 2014!

xoxo
Winny

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Lesson Learned // Blogging Schedule

I'm in love with blogging since I saw many beautiful blogs and I really want to make my own blog like that. So, I started first with designing my blog. Never ending blog re-designing. Seriously, I already change my blog design for almost 10 times. And I'm a little bit confused when choosing what topic should I write for my blog posts.

Lesson Learned: Creating Boundaries is An Important Thing!

For years, I live in a lack of good time management. Staying up late for assignments, working until morning, hours and hours I spend my time in front of my computer. My family, especially my mom, don’t really like my habit actually. But I always say “This is my homework, mom! This is my work, mom!”. And finally I realized that this is really taking my time so much. I also don’t like when people or my clients send emails on late night or maybe weekend or sometimes when group assignments need to be submitted hurriedly on Sunday, I feel like I don’t have a break-time for myself or my family. And I feel like I check my social media too many times.