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Self-Calming Methods

Self-Calming Methods Disaat emosi sudah terlalu intens sehingga menghalangimu untuk membuat pilihan yang benar, ambil waktu untuk berhenti dari situasi dan berikan kesempatan untuk dirimu sendiri menenangkan tubuh dan pikiran. Dengan cara demikian, kamu bisa membuat pikiranmu menjadi lebih jernih dan mengambil kendali atas situasi. Ada beberapa cara dimana kamu bisa menemukan mana yang paling cocok untukmu sendiri. ·          Soothe the Senses (Buat indera nyaman) Menenangkan kelima indera (penglihatan, pendengaran, penciuman, perasa, dan sentuhan). Misalnya melihat foto orang-orang yang kamu kasihi, foto peliharaan atau pemandangan, mendengar musik, aromaterapi, makan makanan kesukaan, atau fokus pada sentuhan seperti boneka, binatang peliharaan, atau hal-hal lain yang membuatmu nyaman. Misalnya : Ada yang senang mendengarkan musik, melukis, atau makan coklat kalau sedang tidak happy, senang mandi air hangat, ada yang senang latihan T...

A Dear Friend Departed

I wrote this on 11 September 2019 Last Year , on 11 September 2018, I received news that in the morning, a dear friend of mine was involved in a traffic accident and he died. His name was Ricky and he was 20 years old. He was in the same church with me and he was also serving at our Children Church. We have known each other for only 3 years but we had grown fond of each other, shared stories, and sometimes we gave advices to one another. With a few close friends, Ricky had also visited me in my house along with a couple of our friends, cooked meals, and played all day. Because both of us were so busy, we could only meet once or twice a week at church on weekends and chatted through our phones on weekdays, then tried to plan for holidays. Ricky, along with Billy, Winsean, Hans, Jonathan, and Nathan were the younger boys I mentored informally and had been considered to me as my brothers. The last time we saw each other face to face was the time when he just got back from an Internshi...

An Intro

This is not the first time I started a blog. I previously had one named "Ary Shu Gembala Sapi" but I could not manage it that well and it kinda stagnated. I had a hard time deciding what the contents of this blog should be. Would it be food? psychology? devotions? But I came to the conclusion that I should share them all, but this time, I should pack it in the form of my daily life because all that IS part of my awesome life. So maybe not that different from my previous blogs, but maybe more reader-friendly. I will try to deliver the contents in a way that is both inspiring and entertaining. I know this will make the contents pretty scattered and some might want to read about psychology but cares not about food. I apologize in advance for that, but I make this blog for me so I will do what seems right for me. But that doesn't mean I will post random stuffs. I will try to post stuffs that will be useful or at least inspiring for anyone who reads it although it is impo...