gak pernah kepikiran sebelumnya sampe seorang teman tiba-tiba ngajak chatting dan menanyakan apa aja yang pernah gue capai selama 30 tahun gue idup di dunia ini. dia lagi ngerjain sebuah proyek iseng tapi menarik bertajuk
After 30: Ribet or Not to Be yang nantinya akan jadi entah apa dia juga masih belon tau, bisa jadi sebuah video art/multi media art something yang lebih baik nggak gue ucapkan di sini tapi mendingan lo cek aja di blog di atas.
sumpah. menarik. ini adalah proyek seorang individu paling unik yang pernah gue temui.
back to the topic.
nah, jadi apa aja yang pernah gue capai? my top 5 would be this:
1. menikah dengan pacar pertama dan punya anak tanpa MBA in less than a year (umur 28)
2. menemukan David Bowie my all time music idol (umur 9)
3. bisa nyetir (sekitar umur 25)
4. pacaran pertama kali (umur 21)
5. menulis cerita pertama di
one hundred words (umur 29)
there. my top 5 achievements yang bisa lo temukan di project Ribet 30 (tapi di situ urutannya nggak berdasarkan prioritas.) ain't those something?
bagi para high achiever yang menyebutkan bahwa mereka udah ke sana dan ke sini dan udah menghasilkan berapa banyak atau udah jadi presdir di sebuah perusahaan atau whatever-lah ini mungkin nggak seberapa, tapi f*** that.
i've seen miracle (every childbirth is a miracle), i live with two miracles (a loving wife and great mother and, of course, every child is a miracle), i've made some things that last as long as there is cyberspace (which is forever as far as i'm concerned).
any kind of achievements will pale in comparison just with those three. deep under your skin you know that i speak the truth, my friend.
so why worry about age? find your achievements. it doesn't have to be a world-scale thing, just think of a you-scale things you've done that make you proud for the rest of your life.
i'll leave you now ith a number from Smashing Pumpkins taken from their Mellon-Collie and the Infinite Sadness album.
Thirty-threespeak to me in a language i can hear
humor me before i have to go
deep in thought i forgive everyone
as the cluttered streets greet me once again
i know i can't be late
supper's waiting on the table
tomorrow's just an excuse away
so i pull my collar up and face the cold
on my own
the earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
steeple guide me to my heart and home
the sun is up and out and down again
i know i'll make it love can last forever
graceful swans of never topple to the earth
and you can make it last forever
you can make it last forever
and for a moment i lose myself
wrapped up in the pleasures of the world
i journeyed here and there and back again
but in the same old haunts i still find my friends
mysteries not ready to reveal
sympathies i'm ready to return
i'll make the effort love can last forever
graceful swans of never topple to the earth
tomorrow's just an excuse
tomorrow's just an excuse
and you can make it last forever
you can make it last forever
you can make it last forever
you.
