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My Favorite Posts from TMN

As this year winds down, it is a good time to look back at 2013.

In review, I wanted to call out some of TMN favorites thoughts and ideas of the last year.

TMN Newsletter had the Top 10 posts on TMN. Those rankings were by website traffic.

However, as I looked back of their writings, I wanted to provide a deeper dive of TMN posts. Some of these were hits. Some were overlooked. Yet, these are my favorite ideas and posts from last year.

In chronological order, here are my favorite TMN posts of 2013:

• 10 Things You Could Have Done If You Got Up Early

You were going to get up early today.

Instead, you stayed up late last night.

Now, after resetting your alarm twice, you are rushing to get out the door.

What could you have done if you had gotten up early today?

Up Late, What Did you Get Done?

You stayed up last night, but what did you accomplish?

Were you productive?

Or did you watch the late show? Or maybe surfed the web endlessly? Or played Angry Birds?

“Early to bed and early to start your day.

That is how you get things done.”

Next time, instead of burning the midnight oil, get to bed early so that you can get a fresh start on tomorrow.

The Early Bird Gets the Head Start

Some people say they are more productive at night.

However, I am big believer that they early bird always gets the head start.

So, before you hit the snooze button again, ask yourself, “What do I want more than a few extra minutes of sleep?”

Here are 10 Things You Could Have Done If You Got Up Early:     

• Workout – The best time to workout is first thing. What better to wake you up and get the blood flowing? And you know that if you put off that workout until after work… that it won’t get done.
• Read – You want to read more, but when to find the quiet time to do it? Read early and start your day with new ideas and stories.
• Think – One of the best times to come up with new ideas is first thing in the morning. You will find that you have many ideas that your subconscious mind came up with while you were asleep.
• Catch Up – Double check your list. Now is the time to catch up and complete any last tasks that you didn’t get to yesterday.
• Make a Plan – Before you start your day, make a plan. Review your calendar and know your obligations. Review and add to your todo list. Know what you are going to do today, and have a plan as to how you are going to accomplish it.
• Work on that Big Project – Trying to get extra time to work on that big passion project you have? Get up early and make time to work on it each and every day. Maybe it is a hobby, maybe it’s your blog, or maybe it is the business you are starting.
• Get Your Forever Task Done – What task has been lingering on your todo list for weeks? (or months!) Get it done while you can give it some undivided attention.
• Prepare for Your Day – Having a plan is good. (See #5) However, the real secret is toprepare for your day. Review the materials for your meeting. Scan your notes for the presentation. Practice the pitch you have to give today. Knowing what you need to do and being ready to do it are two different things.
• Relax – While everyone else is sleeping is a great time to just relax. If you are a parent, this may be the only quiet time of the day you see. Enjoy the peace, quiet, and solitude.
• Get a Head Start – Go ahead and get started on your todo list! Knock out some of your most dreaded tasks now, even before the day begins.
  

Get Up Early and Get At It
You can be the early bird. You can get up early and get ready for your day.

By the time you are at work, you will have already have accomplished more than most people will do all day long.

Others will be stumbling into work wondering when their first appointment is, what they need to do, and where they need to be.

Meanwhile, you will already be three steps ahead of the pack and ready to take on your day.

• 8 Reasons to Push Yourself Today

Today, you will do what you always do.

The same activities. The same job. And at the same level of effort.

OR… you could push things.

You could push yourself to do more.

A Life Too Comfortable

We tend to live in our comfort zones.

Most people rarely, if ever, venture outside of theirs.

For most, it’s about going through the motions.

It is a life of routine, slackness, and minimal effort.

Yet, to reach new heights you have to push yourself.

You have to do the work. And you have to test your limits.

“If you don’t push yourself, how do you know how far you can go?”

When was the last time you truly exerted yourself?

(Of course, I am not referring to putting yourself in harm’s way physically or health-wise.)

I am talking about pushing yourself.

Physically. Mentally. Maybe, even emotionally.

When did you last test your limits?

Here are 8 Reasons To Push Yourself Today:

• To Leave Your Comfort Zone – Leave your comfort zone. Go outside of it and see the rest of the world. If you always do the same things, you will always get the same results.
• You Are Stronger Than You Think – We all have inner strength. Yet, most people never tap that strength. They get conditioned to not exert themselves and live meekly, instead of boldly. You are stronger than you think, make sure you use that strength.
• To Learn New Things – The only way to acquire new skills is to try. You may fail the first several times. But, that is how you learn, grow, and ultimately succeed at new endeavors.
• To Get in Shape – A body at rest stays at rest. (Yes, this applies to physical fitness as well as physics.) Get your body moving, even if it only means taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Take those first steps to getting in shape.
• To Do a Little More – Push yourself to do more than you did yesterday. Even 5 minutes more of an activity or job can add up over time. What could you do a little more of today?
• To Know Yourself – When you push yourself, you get to know yourself. In the end, we are only competing against ourselves. It is through exertion and pushing yourself that you will come to know your own limits, beliefs, and strengths.
• To Build Momentum – As a body at rest stays at rest, a body in motion stays in motion. Building momentum in one area, will help you accomplish more in all areas of your life.
• To Test Your Limits – Until you push yourself, how will you know how far you can go? It is only by testing your limits that you can determine where they truly are. Of course, next time, you can try to exceed those limits.

Push Your Limits

Push yourself today.

See what you can accomplish beyond what you normally do.

What could you accomplish if you pushed yourself today?

(And of course, tomorrow and so on…)  

• Why Preparation is Better Than Planning

Planning let’s you know what you will be doing on a particular day.

You review your todo list and the appointments you have on your schedule.

However, are you really ready for your day?

Planning is good, however, preparation is even better.

Getting Ready For Your Day

By planning your day, you know what you need to do.

The next step is to prepare.

Preparation gets you ready to actually do the work.

“Planning leads to awareness. Preparation leads to readiness.”

Planning is good… knowing what you need to do is a great first step.

Preparation is even better… it readies you to actually do your work.

You could say that planning is level one, and preparation is level two.

Here are some tips to help you with your Preparation:

• Do It the Night Before – Preparation the “day of” can help you get ready in advance. Even better, preparation the night before can help you remedy any shortfalls that may occur. (Ever find yourself scrambling to find clothes? Or looking for a missing item while scrambling to get out the door?)
• When Possible, Do It Well in Advance – The further in advance you prepare, the more time you have to remedy any unforeseen obstacles. Gather materials for that big event several days beforehand.
• Do the (Pre)Work – Preparation is about doing the work in advance. Read the materials. Review the data. Practice the activity. It’s all about being ready.
• Save Time – Some will use the excuse that they don’t have extra time to prepare in advance. Yet, preparing actually saves you time. It reduces errors, prevents re-work, and shortens activities. Properly prepared meetings take much less time to conduct.
• Reduce Your Stress – When you are ready, you are confident. When you are prepared, your stress is reduced because you have less to worry about.
• Make It a Habit – Make preparation part of your lifestyle, not something you do once in a blue moon. Preparation should be part of your daily habits.

Prepare in Advance

Few people plan their day. Fewer still take the time to prepare.

You can plan all you want, but if you don’t prepare, you still won’t be ready.

Invest some time preparing and you’ll be ready to take on the events of your day.

• You Don't Have More Time Later
  
  

What are you putting off?

I am not referring to today, but rather the bigger picture.

The big things that you are not getting to.

You say you will do them someday, but someday never seems to come.

You Don’t Get More Time Later

We have all used these excuses at some point:

• I’ll do it later.
• When I have more time…
• When things settle down…
• It isn’t a good time.
• When I get around to it…

None of these hold water.

The truth is that you have the same amount of time in your day as everyone else.

And don’t say that you’re going to do it someday.

“Someday is the day after never”

When was the last time you saw someday on your calendar?

You’re not going to have more time later.

• There is never a perfect time.
• Success doesn’t happen overnight, it takes years of effort.
• You can’t finish if you don’t start.
• No one is going to give it to you.
• You have to ship your work.
• The are big differences between dreams and goals.

Don’t Wait for Someday

What are you waiting for?

To chase your dreams? To tell someone how you feel? To do what you have always wanted to do?

Get out there and do it today.

Because “someday” is too long to wait… and you don’t get more time later.

Thats all

Take a While

How far we get in life is usually determined by how many chances are presented upon us to take us forward.
Somebody once said to me that we should pursue opportunities, not luck.  Because eventually, luck will follow.  In life, we ‘buy’ opportunities with blood, sweat, tears, disappointments, sacrifices, and money. Lucky we still have pasar malam, where we could take a break and buy as many opportunities as we want with coins in our pocket.

happiness

Happiness?

It’s almost indescribable isn’t it?

Things don’t necessarily have to be in order in your life, but it’s okay. They’re just good enough that you can still smile and laugh, and maybe even love. It’s knowing all the wrong things in your life but not focusing on them. It’s pushing a drama behind you and pulling that smile out front. It’s not fake front and secretly being miserable inside. No.

It’s dealing with all the crap in your life first, so you can enjoy being happy, really happy afterwards. You’ve got to cry to be able to appreciate a smile.

There’s no easy path to happiness. But when you reach it, not million words describe the feeling

dark

Hello the fellow reader
To high and dry

I wonder about everything. It’s like a bunch of my bitterness spread out to all life part. 
I’m afraid honestly.

How difficult everything seem to be then, I realized those risk. With every life matters, it’s always take on top. 
“I don’t want to think, know it further cause it’s not my time, haven’t my time maybe. I’m still me with my personal business and I don’t care”, so dreadful selfish thought .


But now it’s should be…

We are changed, so different than first. That’s true life. There’s no prepare for lost made feeble way.


Their kindness like warm welcome which convince and I’ve built enormous image on that. We are too depend it seriously that all things will be okay in the next . We  suspected that we have made conditional air about past matter and will have gotten better through days after that but I over due. What can you guess, it just guess. The truth, they don’t care about us

They take what’s should we deserve on, so nice deed. I tried to understand what level that we in but it was not work. It’s not fair for us, we knew that.
I don’t hated or save grudge umm just had a troubled relationship with them. 
And once in while why everybody become suck , they act like angel but despise at the same line. They turn my whole world upside down. Fake camouflage  
But they will paid in the end and it would,


No one, nothing, nowhere,  completely.
Where is the life that I recognize? gone away

Picture perfect memories, scattered all around the floor. Now I long for yesterday. missed glitter early life, but for many times I loosing my sensitivity.

This is not teenage life anymore, I’m in mature woman world now. This heaviness gath on my shoulders and getting more. There’s no place which serve guarantee for it, even no one.  
My turn gave depress and fickle my mind. Unresponsibility rhythm as the older one reflect to me. I’m just no ready for all this, I’m not good enough for those stick.

I don’t wanna seem so weak, but I’m just me as usual create human.

i was thinking to take a break on everything. i want to stop the pain  even I thought would leave my page now and start on a difference blank destiny by own selves way. I’m serious with my words,
Half of my heart refer to stay, but my depth believe choose them as the priority. What we want and what we need are entirely different things actually. I felt the down feeling of the real condition that I have

God please help me to find the best way out.
How can I decide what's right?
Choice. i have always known that we make choices every single minute. But then, in the bigger portion of my life i just focused on one thing, not remembering that i have a choice. It didn't really matter to me. i was just...most likely idle everytime

When everything clouding up my mind with all matters, I’m still remember what you really want from me, I will keep and determained to reach that.

For those just take a short times, could they understood?
I need times and lately been here I didn’t wanna be an nuisnacer or made its worse. I’ll replace everything soon

I can’t just thought about my own business, cause all has connected.
The breathing gets harder, even I know that
I’m unusually hard to hold on to. You can, you more than your estimated before dear
Be independent will come true by the times.

Live every moment as not to regret what you are about to do. Everybody has bad times. Do we sacrifice all the good times because of them?
Even when people tell you it's too hard and impossible, don't give up! Keep the vision of where you want to be and what you want to do steady in your mind even through the darkest times, like a candle flame which never goes out.
No easy way to say this
I want that, I want my spirit pull up my real me to say and do it  
There’s always a reason when learned the hard way

holiday

When you get through the day, and also get through all of the activities you gotta do, it just feels like, yeaaaaah

Well in this holiday only one thing which I prefer want to do,

Its time for....

"WorkHard" 

Alab

Ternyata mata kuliah andalan di matematika saat ini ngga hanya kalkulus aja ada juga yang namanya aljabar abstrak atau biasa disingkat alab.

Hem bisa dibilang alab jadi mata kuliah nomor satu saat ini dan fenomena mata kuliah alab sudah banyak diakui tiap tahun per angkatannya di UIN Jakarta (Sebenernya sih setelah ada dosen yang tidak boleh disebut namanya hihi).
Alab sering sekali menjadi trend topic dalam perbincangan kaka kelas di jurusan matematika. Dulu kita belum tau alab itu apa, selain mata kuliahnya yang memang harus membutuhkan daya analisa yang cukup tinggi desas desus yang tak kalah heboh ialah dosen yang mengajar adalah dosen killer. Oke habislah kita di semester 3 nanti, pikir kami.

Saat masuk kelas ini rasanya seperti sedang reunian jurusan matematika, karena lebih dari setengah angkatan atas ikut menikmati kembali belajar alab (secara halus kita sebut mengulang hahah). Karena jumlah mahasiswa yang mengulang cukup banyak jadilah kelas untuk mata kuliah ini dibagi 2, kelas  A dan B.
Nilai awal alab yah gitu, minim banget.

Dosennya bilang, kalau nilai alab standarnya pake dolar makanya nilainya ngga tinggi tinggi wkwk dasar

Unforgettable banget kalau ngomongin alab. Mata kuliah ini tuh penuh kenangan, entah itu yang suka, atau duka

Mulai dari tangan pegel karena nulis repetisi lebih dari 10 lembar polio yang menjadikan malam taaruf sebagai malam mencicil tugas alab untuk para panitia, sibuk belajar alab sehari sebelum jadwalnya, perasaan dag dig dug saat di kelas (khawatir dipanggil namanya untuk ngerjain soal di papan), sedia kertas polio sebagai amunisi alab dan jangan lupa pulpennya juga, buka kelas alab dadakan untuk menunjang ujian ke depan, ngerjain tugas jamaah sampai malam, sampai penundaan jadwal UAS alab beberapa jam sebelum waktunya haha dan masih banyak lainnya.

Tapi tetep aja masih bingung. Mungkin itu masih proses awal kali ya, karena kita masih kaget tentang konsep aljabar itu seperti apa. Terbukti beberapa teman toh akhirnya bisa mendapatkan nilai yang bagus di ujian ujian selanjutnya, mungkin karena itu hasil dari kemaksimalan mereka juga dalam proses belajar memahami alab. Tapi itu dia, teman teman yang lulus disini dan benar benar mendapatkan nilai maksimal bisa dihitung dengan jari.

Sisanya? Bisa ditebak :p

Salah satunya yah diriku ini. Sebelum UAS kemarin, dosen ini sudah mengumumkan nilai minimal yang harus didapat pada saat UAS agar kami bisa lulus (minimal c). Beraneka ragam nilai minimalnya, bahkan botak harus dapetin nilai 100  buat lulus. So heavy pressure for that…

Setelah dihitung-hitung oleh ibunya ternyata nilai gue sama temen sekelas (ghina) nanggung buat lulus, jadilah kita dikasih tugas tambahan sama si ibu ini.

Wow baiknya kita dapat kesempatan kedua, baik banget. Bingung sih sebenernya soalnya agak-agak ngga paham sama soal yang dikasih, tapi untungnya ada kaka kelas yang bantu ngajarin. Dipikir tugasnya hanya dikumpul dimejanya saja, namun bukan alab kalau tanpa sensasi kan hihi. Yapp dosennya minta kita untuk presentasiin hasil kerjaan kita, #langsung keringet dingin.

Ngga tau kenapa sih cuma kalau berhadapan sama dosen ini tuh rasanya beda aja, malah ada yang bilang seolah ketemu sama Dementor kaya Film Harry Potter yang intinya kalau ketemu serasa kita ngga bisa merasakan bahagia lagi wkwk jahatnyaaa ya

Hari H pun tiba, jam 6 gue dan ghina udah nangkring di kosan kaka kelas karena ada revisi jawabannya. Oke mulai panik. Dan dikosan si kaka kelas ternyata ada kaka kelas lain juga yang sampe nginep buat belajar alab karena mau presentasi di depan dosen ini. Jadwal dia presentasi setelah kita nanti, dan dia cerita kalau ternyata salah satu temannya kemarin presentasi dari jam 13.30-17.30 empat mata langsung sama si dosen di ruangannya. Oke tambah panik haha 

jam 8 kita mulai presentasi, without our note obviously dan Alhamdulillah kami bisa,,

Disesi ini kami sadar, bahwa ibunya teramat sangat baik karena telah memberikan kesempatan untuk kami agar bisa memperbaiki nilai, terlebih-lebih ia mau meluangkan waktunya.

Sepertinya ke-killer an mengenai dosen ini lambat laun sudah mulai terpatahkan, semogaaa.

Keterampilan dan semangat Beliau dalam mengajar yang begitu tinggi, patut dikagumi sebagai salah satu dosen yang sangat bertanggungjawab dan berkompeten dalam bidang jurusannya…

Terima kasih ibu,

Semoga hasilnya bisa jauh lebih baik di alab 2 untuk kami sekelas :)