From a young age I dreamed of distant lands. Adventures in exotic places filled my head as I made my long walk...

I was born into a lower-middle class family in the late 1980s in a small town in West Java. Yes, like the coffee...

One could say that I had creative parents, another could say they were nature-loving hippies, and both would be correct...

It was a beautiful, crisp, clear morning. My only regret was that my dad wasn’t by my side as he should have been...

Simple routines on a farm had me dreaming of life beyond our vast fields. I decided at a young age that I would love to travel the world...

I was the oldest of six children and often had to help with the chores on the farm and at home. It was great having so many...

I had a good early childhood...However, happiness is easy to be interrupted. All that changed when I started secondary school...

I grew up watching over my shoulder and trying to keep the peace in our home. Though I breathed the air of misfortune, it did not affect...

I am a doubter, a pessimist by nature, who can drain any half-full glass in a single gulp or scrub any silver lining out of existence...

I’d climb on the roof of the house. I knew it was forbidden, but it felt like a faraway and mystical place. It still kind of is...

Quitting often means you’ve failed at something, but for me, this was like turning over a new leaf. Now, quitting isn’t exactly a habit...

But as I crept toward young adulthood, I began to dream of life outside the 20-mile radius of my home. Surely there was more...

From a very early age, I knew I had a unique identity. My favorite part of having mixed blood is to make people try to guess...

I believe that an underrated statement is when people say the “mid-life crisis” can change your existence. I should know. Earlier this...

I had dreams, plans, and a strong will to achieve. When that all went out of the window, I was not left with despair. Instead, I was left...

But as it goes, an unrest seemed to clench my heart, and being so young, I did not know what that feeling even was or why these answers...

People around me see a beautiful picture of my life. They see a young entrepreneur who owns a nice flat and went to Dubai for her...

As a boy, I was enamored by my father’s sharp business suits and his title of a lawyer. While I looked up to him, I did so at a distance...

If you are wondering what it was like, just picture farmland, connected to more farmland, all serving as the resting place for groups...

When I think back on all the ups and downs of my time on Earth, I’ve come to know one thing: we don’t get to plan our lives. We can’t...