Independence Community

Technique, repetition, patience

One of my daily practices before playing piano 🎹 These exercises help me warm up properly, develop rhythm, articulation, finger independence, and create a deeper connection and awareness between the fingers and the music itself. Technique, repetition, patience… step by step ✨

It’s exhausting hearing people in their early 20s constantly ask questions like, “Why are you still single?” as if being single is some kind of failure or unfinished stage of life.

Have they truly lived enough life to understand what they’re asking? At that age, many people are still driven by fantasies about marriage, relationships, children, and the idea of a “perfect family.” But fantasy and reality are very different things. Have they experienced betrayal, heartbreak,... read more

Emotional Independence

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance

so, is this independence a gift or purely because of the struggle?

I visited the National Proclamation Museum last month, which is actually the home of Admiral Maeda of Japan. Indonesian independence was not simply a gift from Japan, but a genuine struggle of the Indonesian people at the time. The youth who seized the opportunity to liberate this country after... (edited) read more

Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)

At 45, I decided to take the red pill 💊 Most of people have enough money to retire today just by changing priorities. It's not money we're chasing, it is free time that we seek.

Even if I see someone I like I just don't talk to them

I think yeah not gonna bother them and they deserve better. Hard to fight my desire for independence and freedom and love. Not free if you're with someone.