When I was a kid, I wanted to be a vet.

Animals were my world.

I wanted to help them, protect them, stand up for what couldn’t stand up for itself.

But I wasn’t the smartest kid.

I’ve got Asperger’s.

Outside my incapacitated, non-verbal, quadriplegic mothers room in the ICU — I cut off the doctor while he was berating me from feet away and told him his aggressive behavior violated my mother’s patient rights and my rights as her

Perkenalkan, nama saya Muhamad Imam Baehaqi, seorang alumni dari program Bangkit Academy 2024. Melalui tulisan ini, saya ingin berbagi sedikit kisah tentang perjalanan yang telah mengubah banyak hal dalam hidup saya. Sebuah perjalanan yang tidak hanya tentang teknologi, tetapi

Confessions of a Massage Therapist: #001

In reflexology, the body is mapped out on the hands and feet. It’s a good way to figure out the body. I was never trained in a detailed session, but somewhat of the basics

How one trip-planning disaster exposed the truth about a decade-long friendship.

Have you ever wondered if the people you surround yourself with actually like you? I have.
I’ve found myself obsessing over the possibility of not being liked, sitting for

The first time I saw James, it was at a dive bar in Nashville, the kind with sticky floors and live music that rattles

The summer of 2012. A hellish summer day. The clock struck noon. The temperature was 35 degrees Celsius, but it felt cold inside. Peter and I, both in our early twenties, braved the heat and went to the barber shop.

This journey, for me, started with pain, anger, fear… and also with love and courage. Each of my creations was born from a very real moment; they are truly a part of me and my story.

In this article, I

I used to call it luck.

When I saw my friends studying all night, memorizing every line, and I would just read once and remember — I thought I had it easy. I treated it like a superpower. Social sciences,