Personal Stories

The kind of impact something small can make is pretty big.

Like they say, papercut wounds are the worst.

And it just happened the other day. On my right ring finger, while opening a can of Tuna.

I was excited

I used to think it was Jennifer Aniston in Passengers.

You know, the one with the starship Avalon carrying 5,000 colonists in cryo-sleep?

The

“So what made you want to do that?”

“Isn’t crocheting for old people?”

Honestly, I stumbled into crocheting by accident. One day, I was scrolling through Pinterest, and a few crocheted purses and wallets popped up on my feed. They

Secara teknis, ini bukannya daftar tagihan pertama yang dia kasih. Tapi ini surat pertama yang ketemu pas bersih-bersih, dan sempat kukira jadi satu-satunya yang tersisa.

Ngga bisa baca? Tulisannya jelek?

For the longest time, my life had a soundtrack. It wasn’t music. It was a low,

A GIRL TRAPPED IN A CYCLE.

I have a story.
It’s about a girl who often wonders if she truly deserves to be helped.
This is her story, told in her own words:

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First of all, I want to

There I was, walking down the streets of Mumbai at 2 AM, surrounded by friends singing Hindi songs at the top of their lungs. Everyone was vibing, swaying, completely lost in the moment.

A few weeks ago, my life turned upside down.
I was the victim of an in-house robbery not a break-in from a stranger, but something that happened in my own space. They took everything: my work laptop, my phone, my

Hiker silhouetted against mountain sunrise, representing the transformative moments that happen on trail

Sometimes the most profound lessons come at dawn, after the longest nights

It was 3 AM in the Sierra Nevada, and I

You might wonder why swimming is my favorite sport. Well, I can answer that in one sentence:
It saved me from dying.

Now, when I say “dying,” I don’t mean suicide. I mean something deeper. I had been dead inside