She made various preparations, sharpening her English, deepening her literary knowledge, and trying to make new friends in an unfamiliar city. She left the dust of South Tangerang, where she had been raised, and began a new journey. Tears fell as her family drove back home, more than 800 km away, after sending her off. Her anxiety increased with moving cities and shifting fields of study. But she didn’t let the new environment nor the lack of literary exposure in the past years bring her down. She was able to graduate as one of the best students in 2025. Almost 4 years of studying in the Faculty of Cultural Studies. Officially taking a picture in front of the rectorate building with her sash and gown. Ending her final year living in the city of Malang.

Then, the real thing happened. Work. Real life. She tried doing marketing, copywriting, content writing, translating videos. Hundreds of job vacancies had been put into her tracking. Test after test, assessments, interviews were passed. But the calling always returned to the same sheet of paper. Her writing page that she routinely poured into once a month kept calling. The book covers on her home shelves kept glancing to be looked back at. Among all the words telling her not to chase her dream, a handful of echoes returned to her, sent from aspiring writers who were willing to give her a chance. So continuously she convinced herself to begin a new title. Scratching word by word, reading sentence by sentence, gathering knowledge to become an editor, a reader, and a writer. A figure who lives inside the world of writing. Surrounding herself with a world where “words” hold “meaning.” Start grinding from the bottom.

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