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Kenapa Cari Kesibukan Itu Seru?

 Waktu luang memang penting untuk istirahat atau me time. Tapi, ada kalanya kita ganti me time itu jadi scrolling media sosial berjam-jam tanpa arah. Padahal, ada kepuasan yang jauh beda rasanya ketika kita menyibukkan diri untuk mencari hal-hal baru yang bisa nambah wawasan dan bikin kita grow.

Dan jujur, aku baru saja ngerasain buktinya hari ini.

Tadi, aku sempat ikut webinar kewirausahaan. Di situ, aku dapet satu insight baru yang entah kenapa bikin aku takjub banget: ternyata, sebuah bisnis itu muncul dari sebuah masalah.

Mungkin buat sebagian orang, ini teori dasar yang udah biasa banget. Tapi buat aku yang baru mendalaminya, ini mind-blowing. Selama 18 tahun hidup di bumi, aku tadinya cuma mikir ya, orang jualan di pinggir jalan ya karena mereka mau cari uang. Titik.

Tapi pas dilihat pakai kacamata baru, pandanganku langsung berubah.

Coba deh perhatiin ibu-ibu atau bapak-bapak yang jualan sarapan pagi di pinggir jalan jam 6 sampai jam 7 pagi. Selama ini kita mungkin cuma lihat mereka sebagai "orang yang jualan makanan". Padahal, kalau dipikir-pikir, mereka itu sedang menyelesaikan masalah. Masalah siapa? Ya masalah para pekerja kantoran atau orang-orang sibuk yang nggak sempat masak di rumah, tapi harus tetap sarapan sebelum berangkat kerja. Mereka ambil peluang itu, lalu kasih solusi dengan menyediakan makanan siap santap di jam-jam genting.

Hal kecil yang tadinya kelihatan biasa banget, tiba-tiba jadi punya makna yang dalam setelah kita belajar.

Makanya, menurutku penting banget buat ngasih asupan ke otak kita lewat kesibukan yang positif—entah itu ikut webinar, baca buku, atau belajar hal baru. Dunia ini terlalu luas buat dihabiskan cuma dengan scrolling hal-hal yang nggak nambah ilmu.

Mungkin aku masih di awal perjalanan, masih banyak hal dasar yang belum aku tahu, dan aku masih haus banget sama ilmu-ilmu baru. Tapi satu hal yang pasti: rasa penasaran itu seru. Dan hari ini, aku bersyukur karena keputusanku untuk meluangkan waktu belajar berhasil ngebuka mataku ke satu sudut pandang baru yang keren banget.

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