Privilege yang sering invisible:
Akses internet stabil
Keluarga support finansial
Kesehatan baik
Network dari kampus/kantor
Bukan invalidate effort
Tapi complete picture
Hard work + privilege + luck
= Success recipe honest
Emergency fund > investment
Invest tanpa emergency fund?
Forced jual saat market down
Loss guaranteed
Build 6 bulan living cost dulu
Baru invest aggressive
Safety net enables risk-taking
Batch similar task together
Monday: all meetings
Tuesday: deep work only
Wednesday: admin/email
Context switching minim
Brain stay in same mode
Efficiency spike massive
Try it
Insights after 6 bulan journaling:
Gue overconfident di area X
Gue underestimate timeline always
Gue terlalu risk-averse
Self-awareness naik drastis
Decision quality improve
Meta-learning from decisions
Compound wisdom building
Decision journal format:
Tanggal:
Situation:
Options:
Decision + reasoning:
Expected outcome:
3 bulan later review:
Actual outcome:
What I learned:
Pattern emerge over time
Blind spots revealed
Burnout early signs:
Sunday anxiety naik
Small task terasa berat
Cynical tentang kerja
Sleep quality turun
Catch it early
Easier to fix
Prevention > recovery
Always
Create forcing function:
Volunteer ngajar
Side project kecil
Contribute open source
Application force retention
Passive review not enough
Active use required
Build maintenance into routine
Skill stays sharp
Skill maintenance strategy:
Monthly: practice 1 jam
Quarterly: mini-project kecil
Yearly: teach/mentor orang
Use it or lose it
Literal truth
Excel, coding, design
Semua perlu refresh
Muscle memory applies
To cognitive skills too
Typo di email penting?
Jangan reply "Correction: [...]"
Bikin thread panjang
Send email baru:
Subject sama + "(Revised)"
Bersih, gak ribet
Professional communication
Is clean communication
Imposter syndrome atau
Lo emang underqualified?
Bedanya:
Imposter: skill ada, confidence kurang
Underqualified: skill belum ada, perlu belajar
Be honest sama diri sendiri
Action berbeda untuk keduanya
Self-awareness first
Warren Buffett 5/25 rule:
List 25 goal
Circle top 5
Bottom 20?
Avoid at all cost
Focus adalah elimination
Not addition
Master few things
Not mediocre at many
Tim Ferriss low-information diet:
Selective consumption
High signal-to-noise ratio
Action-oriented only
If can't act on it
Don't consume it
Information diet
As important as food diet
Quality > quantity
Always
What I intentionally ignore:
Daily news (check weekly summary)
Industry gossip (no value)
Viral drama (distraction)
Competitor move (focus on customer)
Not ignorant
Strategic selective
Attention adalah scarce
Allocate wisely
Information abundance = curse
Bisa tau everything
Gak berarti harus tau everything
Strategic ignorance:
Intentionally not knowing
Counterintuitive tapi powerful
Myth: Morning person lebih produktif
Truth: Kenali chronotype lo
Morning lark: peak pagi
Night owl: peak malam
Neither: peak siang
Work with biology
Not against it
Personalized productivity
Beats generic advice
Eliminate systematic:
Barang selalu di tempat sama
Notification cuma yang penting
Routine untuk decision kecil
Reduce cognitive load
Energy tersimpan
Micro-optimization compound
Peace of mind restored
Identify micro-stressor:
Track 1 minggu
Apa yang bikin irritated kecil?
Pattern gue:
Nyari barang mulu (organizer needed)
Notifikasi gak penting (mute)
Keputusan kecil berulang (automate)
Small fix
Big relief
Bukan big problem yang burnout gue
Tapi 100 small annoyance:
Slack ping terus
Email gak penting
Charger hilang
Traffic macet
Micro-stress accumulate
Explosive eventually