Miaijita

Is This Research? Or Is This Resistance?

miaijita · October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

“Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” — Steven Pressfield. It’s been a hectic week for me, juggling between day job and working on my personal goal. However, one thing that I noticed from my behaviour this week is …

Problem vs Solution

miaijita · October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

Before I joined Founder’s Institute (FI), I already developed some startup ideas that I want to pursue. I thought they were great. I thought they were the next big things. Well, they were not. Most of them were pretty crappy. I was stuck with my ideas, it made me forget what the problem I was trying …

Sometimes All You Have To Do Is… Ask

miaijita · October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

One of my goal in life is to build a company of my own. However, I do not have any experience or expertise in starting a business from scratch. So when Founder Institute* opened their Winter program in Berlin this year, I applied right away. I submitted the written application with essays and completed their Predictive Admissions Assessment, …

My Little Baby Steps

miaijita · October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

I used to set big goals in life, only to abandon them a few months later. The idea of having big goals sounds sexy and glamorous, but the implementation part of it is intimidating and excruciating. And this situation often leads me to deep disappointment and frustration. So now i will break my goals into …

On Privilege

miaijita · October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

Definition of privilege — a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. I used to think that living the life of privilege has to be super fancy and luxurious. The facts that i could afford to live in a nice flat, eat good foods, have good friends, and travel here …

The Best Gift I Can Give Myself

miaijita · October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

I used to wait a lot. I waited until my hair was straight to date the guy i like. I waited until my arguments were perfect to speak up. I waited until my German was good enough to present at work. I waited and waited until i was ready. The thing is it could take …

DIY Non-Slimy & Creamy Oat Milk

miaijita · July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

When I tried to make my own oat milk for the first time, it was a disaster. Slime everywhere! Now I got smarter ( or google better ) and I want to share the trick with you. Here is my recipe for non-slimy and yummy creamy oat milk. Ingredients 1 cup oats 4 cups cold water 1 tablespoon …

On Losing the Battle against Resistance

miaijita · November 13, 2018November 13, 2018

Resistance is always lying and always full of shit ― Steven Pressfield I was just reading the first few pages of the War of Art on my way home from work. I had a plan to go to a German Toastmaster meeting afterward, and i could feel the resistance was crawling in. Good thing that i was reading …

On Money

miaijita · July 19, 2018November 10, 2018

I noticed that the most successful people that i admire share one thing in common: they do the things they do, never for money, always for love. That’s a foreign concept to me. Being raised in a third world country, i was always taught the importance of money. My mom grew up very poor and …

On Giving

miaijita · July 18, 2018November 10, 2018

Took me a while for this to finally sinked in: What you give to the world is what the world gives to you All of these times i operated with the formula: “Give, Get, Give, Get, Get” and it did not work so well. I suffered because after i gave, i expected to get. And …