It’s been a while since I finally found a time to write a blog post. The truth was that I’ve been busy setting up my businesses, one after another.

No, I haven’t become rich yet; I’m still dealing with the daily struggles of being a small new business owner, but I’d like to think that I am a successful person in my own ways. To be able to do the things I love and the things I am good at, and at times, allow myself to wander and get lost in thoughts and poetry.

I never really considered myself an ambitious person—for a long time, I’ve been telling myself: “It’s okay that sometimes things don’t have to make sense to make sense.” At times, I still feel like that 18-year-old kid trying to navigate her way through life to make sense of what she’s doing. Someone told me the other day that it’s normal to feel this way. In fact, we only grow older on the outside, but our innocence still exists within. As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned to keep faith in what I’m doing and remind myself that whatever I decide to do is the direction I should be following.

As part of “getting old,” I’ve become a part-time university lecturer over the past three years. Unlike the younger version of myself, who used to spend time learning from people senior to me, I am now surrounded by a bunch of 20-something-year-old “kids.” Some of them ended up working with me after graduation, while many landed in various professional contexts. By now, I’ve encountered just about every type of person in my life, including Extroverts, Conscientious Individuals, Open-Minded Individuals, Neurotic Individuals, and Agreeable Individuals.

Although I like to see myself as a successful educator in most situations, today is not one of those days. Unfortunately, one of my students did not see the value in what we were trying to deliver and ended up taking actions that harmed his academic performance. As much as I wanted to help, there are only so many things I can do. I don’t blame him for the way he thinks, as everyone should be responsible for their own actions. However, I also understand that life is more complicated than that, and there is often a reason behind everything that happens around us. Sadly, when one thing falls, everything tends to collapse together.

Today I would like to share with you one of my favorite X (Twitter) accounts that I follow whenever I want to seek clarity, it’s called: The Orange Book. I don’t know who the author is, the current bio says: “Thoughts triggering thoughts. Learning on the go. Novel in progress. Musing in Tokyo” 

If you are on Twitter, perhaps it’s worth following: https://x.com/orangebook_

For me, every time I come across one of their tweets, it resonates with every fiber of my being. Here’s one of my favorites:

Chasing a big long-term vision. Ten years can seem long, it’s short. Nothing more common than 20-year-old smart kids for whom success seemed inevitable who achieved nothing at 30: they got arrogant and thought they had time. Take ambitious shots, time will pass even if you don’t.

#theorangebook