Big Things

You know how simple things can turn out to be few things you never forget forever?

It can be one of those days when you were late for a class then you took a seat next to someone whom you talked to during the lesson and turned out this person is now your bff.

Or when you went to a wedding party of an old friend and you met a person who now becomes your biggest investor.

It is the day when you wake up in the morning and you don't really expect anything big is going to start that day. So you do your daily things as usual. Even until you go to bed at night you still don't know that it has been started. The big thing has already been started.

Only a few months or even years later when you look back at that particular day then you realize how important every single decision you took on that day is.

I have some of them. One of those days is when I put silly word as my YM status. When I decided that the week had gone too boring and I needed to watch a movie. When I insisted to keep my promise to meet you even tough I didn't know how to reach the place.

So, you know, I think, sometimes big things in our lives come when we least expect them. They just happen.

Hemat, Titik!

Setelah menggelimangi diri dengan berbagai kemewahan, termasuk sesi jalan-jalan ke Singapore serta belanja belanjinya bulan lalu, juga bela-beli berbagai pernak pernik hidup, tibalah saat saya menuai apa yang telah saya tebar. Miris sekali rasanya melihat balance pada tabungan saya Jumat lalu. Rasanya ingin nangis sambil ndodok di pantai.

Untunglaaah, Jumat sorenya gaji saya masuk berikut reimbursement dari kantor. Pun, tetap saja the damage was too serious, it couldn't be fixed.

Mulailah masa mengencangkan ikat pinggang.
Masalahnya, I'm not good at following the budget. Sudah rapi-rapi budget bulanan saya susun sejak sekian waktu yang lalu. Entah mengapa tiap bulannya saya selalu menemukan alasan untuk melanggar beberapa rambu.

"Ah, ini kan pengeluaran sekali dalam setahun. Gakpapa lah ya"
Herannya kalimat ini keluar tiap bulan.

"Eh, kemarin kan sudah hemat sekian, berarti sekarang bisa pakai lebih sekian"
Ujung-ujungnya yang saya hemat tetap lebih rendah dari yang saya lebihkan.

So, I'm not good at following my budget.
Cara berhemat yang selama ini sukses buat saya adalah berhemat, titik.
Saya tidak memikirkan tinggal sisa berapa uang bulan ini, atau sudah berapa yang saya habiskan. Pokoknya di setiap kesempatan saya harus ekonomis, pilih alternatif paling hemat.
Karena kalau saya sih, ketika saya mulai menghitung jumlah penghematan saya, akan muncul keinginan untuk menghadiahi diri. Yang manaaa, ujung-ujungnya si hadiah ini lebih besar dari nilai penghematan.

It's kinda ironic, I think. I mean, I am paid for being Planning Analyst while in my actual personal life, I am not very much a good planner. Well, I don't know if I am a good planner or not, but I am not a good executor. :P