The Perk of Being Employee

There is absolutely nothing wrong with being an employee. And actually happy with it.
Seriously, being an entrepreneur slash social worker slash activist is not a life goal for everyone.

What is it in ur mind when u re dreaming of being an entrepreneur? Umm, lemme guess. Flexible working hour? Limitless amount of income? Any time vacation? Now lemme be straight forward to u one point at a time.

Flexible working hour. Yes, exactly. u can have a meeting at 8pm. Reading ur finance report at 11pm. Checking (and ofcz replying) ur email constantly at ur smart phone. Thinking about expansion during breakfast. Introducing ur business to potential partner which u accidentally meet while window shopping at the mall. U even give ur personal mobile phone number to ur business partner. And oh guess what, u still need to run the business during the day. So much for flexible working hour 'eh?

Limitless amount of income? Yeah right. That's only bcs no one ever said about limitless amount of expenses u need to take care of. Promotion, bills, space renting, internet, buying asset, paying ur employee's salary. U should know, u are the last person the business would pay in monthly steady basis.

Any time vacation. Did u mean "any time away-office". Whether u are checking email, thinking of opportunity, introducing ur business, getting an inspiration for expanding. Yes those things can be done any where. Away office. But never that far from ur mind.

Now let's discuss about 9-5 work.
u start to think about the job at 9 and u finish at 5. Then u went home, left ur laptop at the office, and live. Oh ur corporate email? who would ever push that email to personal smartphone? It's like 5 o'clock and it's done. 

What's wrong with being happy with steady amount of income and health insurance? U know how much and when will u get the salary. U can plan ahead of what would u buy, how would u pay ur bills, routine investment, planning ur retirement plan, mortgage, etc etc. And when u mistakenly take an aggressive risk. It is not even ur money. 

Annual leave. True that u have limited annual leave. But it is during this time u can completely forget about work and just chill. Give the embassy of ur destination country a recommendation letter from the company and boom, bon voyage, visa approved.

They say that u can be ur own boss. What's wrong with being a sub ordinate? If ur boss is doing what s/he is suppose to do, giving u guidelines, mentoring, freedom to express ur self in what u do, trusting u. what's wrong with that? So u say that u can do better than ur boss. Yeah right, if u can do better, u are now the boss. If u cannot lead ur self, how can u be a leader in ur own business?

If u and the company u re working with are sharing the same value, passion and purpose, why not grow with it? Embrace it. Make the best of it.

There is nothing wrong about being an employee. There is nothing special about being an entrepreneur slash social worker slash activist. It is not a life goal. It is all the matter of choices we made. And they come with their own set of consequences. 

They say that if u don't live ur dream, someone would hire u to live theirs. But if u choose to become an entrepreneur only because ur friends are taking the same path or because it sounds cool or because those motivators said so, whose dream are u living?

Be true to ur self. Does ur boss is doing what s/he is suppose to do? Does the company share the same value, passion and purpose with u? Take a deep breath, make decision and be strong in facing all the consequences. Know where u want to be and draw a route to get there.

This is me, talking to my self.

Dua Tahunan di Kantor

Blog post kali ini dipersembahkan khusus dalam rangka 2nd anniversary gw dan kantor gw. Gw mulai kerja 6 January 2011. Cerita gimana gw bisa ngantor di pabrik yang (menurut endomondo) jaraknya 3.6km dari rumah gw ini cukup amazing. Membuat gw semakin percaya, Tuhan menjalankan rencana terbaiknya secara tak diduga-duga.

Gw beres kuliah dan balik ke Jakarta sekitar bulan Mei 2010. Cerita tentang gimana gw bisa kuliah di UTM ada di post ini. Apply-apply kerja, attending job fairs and countless interviews. Gak banyak respon positif made it kinda frustrating. That was when i read about ACI on Detik. Jalan-jalan gratis. siapa yang gak mau. I swear we'll get to the part how i get my current job, dah kaya HIMYM.

Long story short, gw dapet jalan-jalan ACI ke NTB (Sumbawa dan Lombok) partneran sama Bang Yudi. Beres dari ACI, masih belom ada titik terang pekerjaan, malah kirim foto buat ikutan jalan ke Pulau Komodo sama Kemenbudpar. Bang Yudi dapet, gw belom. Sehari sebelum keberangkatan ke P. Komodo, panitia nelpon gw. Bilang bahwa gw dipilih karena menggantikan salah satu peserta yang berhalangan buat ikut. Sehari sebelum hari H keberangkatan!

Another long story short, berangkatlah gw ke Pulau Komodo. At the end of second day beres acara sama semua peserta, gw diajak Bang Yudi sama beberapa orang lainnya buat ke salah satu spot bagus di Labuhan Bajo buat hunting sunset. So i went. That was when i tried sopi. But that's not the point. Ngobrol-ngobrol lah. Ada salah satu orang yang kerja di kantor gw ini. I swear I never heard about this company before. So i submitted my CV, waited, got called for an interview and started working in this multi-national company on 6th January 2011. :)

Isn't it amazing how God planned my journey? Kalo ada aja satu step yg kelewat mungkin gw gak akan ada di sini sekarang, ngantor di 3.6km away from home. Kalo orang yang gw gantiin ke Komodo itu gak berhalangan, gw gak akan di sini. Kalo gw mutusin buat langsung ke hotel setelah beres acara, gw gak akan ada di sini. But somehow amazingly unexpectedly, Tuhan menjalankan rencana-Nya. Gak perlu jauh-jauh ngantor di Cikarang atau Daan Mogot, bahkan Balikpapan. Di sini aja, 3.6km dari rumah tanpa macet dan bisa #haninb2w.

This might not my dream job. But I've got nothing to complaint. Dulu, gw mikir enak banget kalo kerja dicariin/dititipin sama bokap. Tapi ternyata, jauh lebih nikmat kalo dapet kerja dengan usaha dan kemampuan sendiri. Alhamdulillah.

Tepat di tahun kedua ini, gw dapet tantangan baru di kantor. My tour of duty. Wonder what God has prepared for me on this new duty. 

Bring it on, 2013!!

Looking Back 2012

2012 sisa sebelas hari lagi. Apa kabar resolusi? Jujur, saya lupa apa resolusi 2012. But let's just take a moment to look back 2012. 

Earlier this year, i asked God to surprise me in any way. So God did, as God always does. God answer my pray in a way that i have never imagined.

Earlier this year, saya memiliki bayangan angan-angan tentang hidup, masa depan. It's like I've figured out my life, what it will look like, how it will turn out. Tapi ternyata, Tuhan menjawab doa saya dengan cara yang berbeda. Tuhan punya rencana lain, yang lebih indah.

Mungkin ketika saya berangan tentang rencana hidup versi saya, Tuhan tertawa sampai langit ke tujuh, literally. Ia mungkin berpikir saya sedang open mic. Sumpah demi Engkau, Tuhan, saya pikir rencana itu sempurna. Hahaha, tau apa kamu soal kesempurnaan, Hanin?

Mungkin Tuhan sempat berbisik kepada saya, hambanya yang sok tau ngeyel keras kepala dan ndablek ini. Yakin rencana hidupmu seperti itu? Maka pernah timbul keraguan. Dan karena saya ndablek saya bersikeras. Iya Tuhan, Iya! Berulang kali Tuhan bertanya, tak terhitung ragu saya tapi jawaban tetap sama, IYA. 

Dan terjadilah. Tuhan menjawab doa dengan cara yang tiada terduga. Dengan cara tegas yang tak kuasa saya elak. 

What happened? Life happened. Life happens.

Saya diingatkan, akan siapa saya. Hamba yang tidak tau apa-apa. Tidak ada daya dan upaya, melainkan dengan pertolongan Allah.

Saya tidak tau apa-apa. So help me Lord. During the year to come and the year after. Semoga setiap langkah, setiap opsi yang saya pilih, setiap ketidak sengajaan, akan membawa saya lebih dekat dengan rencanaMu, Tuhan.

20.12.2012

Where to, Miss?

buat gw, ada dua tipe orang

1. mereka yg tau mereka mau kemana

2. mereka yg gak tau mau kemana

diibaratkan hidup kita itu suatu kendaraan, dan kita adalah supirnya. mau dibawa kemana hidup kita? ya tergantung supirnya.

mereka yg tau kemana arah hidupnya itu kaya supir angkot. udah ada rute jelas, mau kemana dan harus lewat mana. walo dalam prakteknya sering improvisasi. seperti motong jalan dikit atau jalan contra flow. kalo ada yg mau ikut ya udah tau rutenya dan cocok rutenya.

mereka yg gak tau arah hidupnya gw ibaratkan sebagai supir taxi. luntang-luntung aja, nunggu yg nyetopin. setelah yg nyetopin naik, ngasih tau minta dibawa kemana, pun dia masih minta diarahkan untuk menuju ke sana.

where to, miss?

gw. gw berpikir, atau mengira, gw tau gw mau kemana. later did i realize i didn't know, or i'm not sure, where i'm going. seringnya gw nyerah sama keadaan. going with the flow. terjebak comfort zone. terlalu sulit buat meninggalkan comfort zone. terlalu melelahkan buat berenang against the current. idealisme gw bececeran. *nunduk*

terus gimana dong nasib arah gw? ya mari berdoa penumpang taxi gw tau mau kemana dan bisa ngarahin ke tujuan itu. 

so which one are you?

 

Surprise Me!

have u ever wonder, where's ur life going?

where will it take u?

where do u go from here?

i do.

and honestly, i dont know. i have no clue.

some people want to be happy.

some people want to be a billionaire. 

some people think happiness is a destination.

well, i dont. 

IMO,happiness is something we can only pursuit. it's a journey,not a destination “@atre7: #question do you believe in happy ending, People?”

— Hanindita (@Sihanin) June 29, 2012

as i tweeted above. 

happiness is the journey.

some choose to be in a rush to the end, they forget to enjoy the journey. some choose to enjoy the long winding road. finding a small thing to be grateful to draw each memory.

u choose!

dont u think that every end is another beginning?

when i was in the university, i thought i'd be happy after i graduate. i was happy when i graduated. but then the next day, it haunts me back. Now what? where do i go from here? 

then i went into countless job interviews. now that i have a job, again i question my self, now what? and sometime i miss my university life.

that question, it'll never end.

for now i have decided that happiness is not a destination, i am trying to enjoy each and every day. try to careless about where life will take me. instead i am trying to enjoy every corner of this long winding road. 

if i will ever ask my self, now what?

i will answer, surprise me!

(((DHUAR)))

So what does that mean when ur Mom, out of the blue, said


"I was around ur age when I got married to ur Dad".

(((DHUARRRR)))

Gw pun hanya tertawa, getir. Paiittt. 




Udah cuman mau ngasih tau itu aja kok.


I know, masih banyak hutang posting. See I've told u gw paling jago ngutang posting blog. Cerita umrah belon ada yang kelar, udah ketambahan Waisak Trip dan Kampung naga.