Author: kartika9

5 self asking question which help to motivate ourselves

In my previous post, I listed how to tackle bad mood. One of them is recognizing the cause of it (writing my thought down). So, below is a short list of questions which help me to find out the cause. 1. Do I expect too much? 2. Do I enjoy what I’m doing? 3. Do I need it or do I want it? 4. Do I worry about the outcome? 5. Have I really done anything to achieve it?

10 things to lift your mood up

We surely have our ups and downs. We feel that we can conquer the world when we’re in a good mood. But, when we’re out of it, we felt that how unfair the world to us, we become grumpy, we do nasty things, we fight with other, or you just name it. So, I’d like to share some which works fo me when I had my downs: 1. Sleep Most of the time, I read from an article that lack […]

5 possible reasons for you to start blogging

If you ever consider to own a blog and you put it aside afterward then you might like this. The reasons I like to blog are: 1. I like to take notes. I found that taking note helps me to remember the lessons I just learn. Before blogging platforms were popular (or even before the Internet was a hit), I wrote quite a lot from daily activities to fiction. (yes, I even believe that I may be a writer one […]

5 books reading companion in 2009

It’s not a new book yet some of them have been published years before, but below are books that I read on 2009: How to Get Things Done without Trying Too Hard, Richard Templar iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business, Jeffrey S Young and William L Simon Have a Little Faith: A True Story, Mitch Albom The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch Veronica Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho Plus one, The Devil and Miss Prym, […]

50 important things I achieved in 2009

Inspired by some blogs I read that said one of many ways to feel good is appreciating what we have completed. Therefore, I’m going to list 50 things I achieved within last year which can be categorized into different groups: On setting new adventure: 1. Quitting my job I made a bold decision on late 2008, to quit from my work place. My parents, especially my father objected to it. He had his reason, recession just hit South East Asia […]

My quotes collection from films

(or TV series, or books, or world leader) Admiral Adama: In your opinion, off the record, what was Garner’s flaw? Major Lee Adama: He was used to working with machines. Command is about people. (Battlestar Galactica-RDM) “All man’s troubles come from not knowing. how to sit still in one room.” (Pascal, 1670) +”and when to sit still” (Ajahn Brahm) “It’s going to be legen.. wait for it.. dary! ” (Barney-HIMYM) “Life is always about the journey, never be the destination. […]

Learning my lesson – keeping my ego at the bay

Lately, I was so stressed, I didn’t know what made me stress  and I was quite desperate to find out what made me stress. Is it my work load? Work has been busy as always, writing code, designing system, debugging and testing, you name it. But I believe that I’m still coping it. Is it my schedule? I schedule myself to exercise on even days, Tue-Thurs-Sat. It was just started for the last three weeks. Is the schedule too rush […]