Thursday, January 15, 2026

Pagi, Laptop, dan Hal Hal yang Perlu Dibereskan

Perkiraanku tidak salah.
Pagi hari di hari libur, tempat ini cukup kondusif untuk duduk dan mulai membuka laptop.

Hari ini aku ingin mengejar semua tugas yang keteteran selama ini. Keteteran yang, kalau jujur, bukan karena tidak sengaja. Ada banyak waktu ketika aku sebenarnya bisa menyelesaikannya dalam satu sesi duduk di depan laptop. Namun, aku justru memilih membuka Netflix, lalu marathon menonton film film yang bahkan bukan genre favoritku.

Sampai akhirnya deadline datang.
Dan tugas tugas yang sempat aku anggap receh itu ternyata sudah membukit, pelan pelan menuntut untuk dibereskan satu per satu.

Aku duduk di sana, memesan minum, dan mengambil jeda sebentar sebelum mulai.

Sambil menunggu mbak mbak berseragam abu abu itu datang mengantarkan pesananku, aku berhenti dan berefleksi. Hal yang hampir selalu terjadi setiap ada jeda seperti ini.

Apakah aku sedang mengulang pola yang sama?
Menunda nunda?
Atau sedang kembali menyiapkan kegagalan dengan cara yang tidak terlalu kusadari?

Atau mungkin ini hanya cara tubuh dan pikiranku merespons tekanan waktu. Cara yang sudah terlalu akrab.

Jika memang begitu, pertanyaannya bukan lagi soal malas atau tidak, melainkan bagaimana aku bisa pelan pelan keluar dari pola itu.

Aku tidak ingin larut di sana lagi.

Ini tidak seperti masa Bristol dulu.
Konteksnya berbeda. Bebannya pun tidak sama.

Aku mencoba memberi ruang pada diri sendiri untuk percaya bahwa situasi ini bisa dijalani. Tidak dengan tergesa, tidak dengan panik.

Kalimat itu aku ulang pelan pelan, seperti menenangkan diri sendiri, sebelum benar benar mulai.
Tenang. Jangan aktifkan mode itu. Kita tidak sedang dalam bahaya.

Oke.
Refleksi pagi cukup sampai di sini.
Sekarang waktunya duduk, membuka laptop, dan mengerjakan apa yang memang perlu dikerjakan.


RS

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Hallo 41 Me,


Hallo juga untuk keriput kecil di ujung mata.

Hallo smiling line aku yang sekarang kelihatan lebih niat.

Hallo kulit yang mulai agak kendor.

Dan hallo juga untuk tolak angin dan alat pijat yang akhir-akhir ini jadi teman setia.

Terima kasih sudah bertahan sejauh ini.

Nggak selalu kuat, nggak selalu rapi, tapi tetap jalan.

Semoga sisa umur selanjutnya semakin berkah ya.

Lebih tenang.

Lebih waras.

Lebih jujur sama diri sendiri.

Nggak perlu keras-keras lagi.

you are more than enough. 

Happy 41. 


RS

Wednesday, January 07, 2026



Brteahe, 

As long as your logic remains,

you are not lost.


RS

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

A Couple of Minutes After 2026

Fireworks had been echoing in the air since earlier tonight, growing louder right after the five-second countdown broke the silence.

I did not go anywhere this year, just like the years before. I stayed in my room, taking the night to quietly look back on the journey I went through in 2025.

There were many good things along the way, and this time I want to count them with a deeper sense of gratitude. This year offered me a gentle space to heal and to slowly find myself again. There was no rushing and no pressure to meet expectations. Everything moved as it needed to, and I allowed myself to move with it.

This year also opened doors of trust. Alhamdulillah, I was entrusted with a BIMA PKM grant and support for international publication. I also found my way back to a few friendships that had once grown distant, mostly because I had been too afraid to share my own stories. What sustained me throughout the year was love. I was surrounded by family and by friends who reminded me that I was not alone.

I am deeply grateful, and I want to thank myself for having the courage to stay with all my emotions. Sadness, joy, anxiety, fear, bravery, anger, and desire all came and went, and I chose to listen to them. I have learned that imperfection carries its own quiet beauty. Living through these different phases is what makes me feel whole.

So once again, thank you, 2025, for the journey and the lessons.

Well, 2026, bring it on.


RS

Monday, November 10, 2025


 Our emotions are ours to tend.
None eligible to carry what isn’t theirs to hold. 

RS


I’ve learned how to stay without holding on.

Maybe that’s what peace feels like.


RS


 





I don’t reach out anymore.

The silence has learned to keep me company.


RS


Saturday, August 23, 2025

Unfinished Work, Unsettled Mind


My head is crowded with too many ideas, while my hands are only two and time keeps slipping away. I can’t quite decide what should come first, should it be work? Life? Or something in between?. And here I am, sitting with my iced chocolate and cireng for company... and across from me, the air shifts with a scent that teases, quiet yet consuming, pulling my imagination into places I never planned to go.

Punala Caffe,
RS

Friday, December 20, 2024

Wednesday, December 18, 2024



Hi Me,

Empty, like drifting in a space without gravity.
Silent, yet the echo of thoughts never stops.
Hollow, no matter how much you try to fill it.
Heavy, though you’re not sure what you’re carrying.
But it’s alright—small steps still move you forward.

 

RS



Monday, December 09, 2024

Fragment of Silence


Amidst the roar, I stand unseen,

A shadow lost where light has been.

Laughter rings, a hollow sound,

Masking the void where pain is found.


In the crowd, a quiet ache,

A fragile soul begins to break.

Pieces fall, a pride undone,

Scattered beneath a setting sun.


The mirror mocks with empty eyes,

Reflecting dreams turned into lies.

Each shard a whisper, faint, yet clear,

Of battles lost and silent fear.


I gather them, though hands do bleed,

To weave a hope from broken need.

But still the silence lingers near,

A haunting friend, a steadfast peer.


For in this emptiness, I see,

A chance to find what’s left of me.

Though fractured now, the heart will mend,

And from this grief, I’ll rise again.



UMK, just now.