Chapter 3: 2022

Every year, there's always narratives on how this year is better than the previous year, compiling moments of learning, giving thanks for the improvement from the previous year. It's quite cliché when you think about it.

If the theme for 2020 was stepping out of the comfort zone and 2021 was about taking big risks and standing up for what you believe in, so you won't regret it later, then 2022 is about having a grand picture and being responsible for yourself.

*In this chapter, I won't break down every valuable event; I will just share the concept of one or two things that helped me throughout the year.

Chapter Infinity: Polish Your Shoes, Create a Reflection

 

This is a story about one ordinary morning that gave me a reflection that would stay with me for the next 500 years..

Untitled opinion about ________ (fill the blank)

" The last stars will die out 120 trillion years from now, followed by 10^106 years of just black holes.

Condensed, that's like the universe starting with 1 second of stars and then a billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billon years of just black holes.

Stars are basically the immediate after-effect of the Big bang. A one-second sizzle of brightness before settling into eternal darkness.

We live in that one bright second. "

Chapter 2: 2021

the year that i turned 24, 3 years left to join the club.

Just like all the reflection, in this post I'm going to write down the most noteworthy learnings and events that happend throughout this year.

If I can describe this year with only one word, it would be risk. This is the year that I took risk to stand up for what I believe in, and live up to the moment. The year that I still figure out what I want as a whole, but at least now I'm brave enough to step up for the path I'm going to take for the further goal. The year that I realize self-confidence is not just about self-love. It's also about mastering the unknown area and being okay with it. The year that is not about the search for happiness, stability, or even self-growth, this is the year for me to complete and redefine my dictionary, and for the past year, I just redefined happiness and freedom.

Space is Where We Go: Reasons Why We Go to Space While the Earth is on Fire

Space is limitless, and it inspired me since I was a kid. But every time I'm in the zone & explaining how amazing space is, there must be someone asking "Going to the space is expensive, why don't we just tackle all the problems here on Earth since it's more urgent and do that space thing later?". I've seen this question everywhere too, from YouTube comments section to the internet forum. It's an acceptable extremely logical question, and to answer this we need to have broader view about our society and the risk we're facing. Humans are born to be explorer, do you want to be caveman forever?

Chapter 1: 2020

DISCLAIMER: www.muhamadrisyad.com supposed to be the place to share ideas. Since the day this blog is created (2020), I only have posted one opinion (shame on me). For the past few months, I always tried to keep writing but ended up not finishing it. Here are in my own opinion the top three best topics and the outline that stay on drafts: 'The World Where Age is Really Just a Number', an article about how humanity is so close to crack the code of immortality by using STEM (this post should have been a celebration of my birthday), 'Amazon vs Walmart: the Battle of Commerce Giants ' an article to breakdown the powers of these Gods and what we as Indonesian could learn from them. 'Crappy yet Happy' an article about how something so painful in life may result in eternal happiness. Some are quite interesting, right? I know! Beside all of those Opinions, there are also some drafts about books and movies I think are worth sharing. I'm still not sure if I would continue to write what's on draft or not, but  In this new year, I promise from this day onwards I will try harder to keep updating my blog more frequently with much more interesting topics. Thank you!!

Let me start this year with a new section for this blog, it's called Reflection. Reflection is a section where I shared my life stories, it's a life journal for myself and hopefully, would have some valuable impact for the reader (I know this might sounds boring but it's mostly for the sake of me hehe). I will update reflection every 6 months or once a year, just to highlight progress & noteworthy events.

The first post, Chapter 1, dedicated as a simple reflection and reminder for myself (or whoever you are) to keep being grateful for 2020. No matter how hard 2020 was, it has passed. Rather than seeing a half-empty glass, it's time to see this as a half-full. This post is a compilation of short stories about things that needed to be highlighted, celebrated, and to be learned furthermore. To this day, I'm extremely grateful for an amazing family, wonderful friends, food to eat, a roof to live in, a stable job, and last but not least, to have a growing curiosity and willingness to improve.