There’s nothing more difficult than walking away from what we love before we’re ready to. Even when every fibre of our being understands that we must go, we want to stay. We want to linger. We want to find a loophole or shortcut that allows us to have it all. We forget that there’s a future. Some incorrigible part of us so easily forgets that there are good things ahead. Better things ahead, even. And perhaps that’s what we need to understand the most fully when we’re facing those times of transition – that all our best moments aren’t all behind us.” Perpustakaan sendiri punya kenangan yang mendalam di benak saya. Saya yakin teman-teman juga punya memori tersendiri ya tentang library. It is hard to get over a cheater because when you leave the relationship, there're two people you must mourn: and I hope that some part of this book can meet you at where ever you are in that process. Because nobody else can let go for you. But we could all use some company along the way.” - Heidi Priebe.

I have driven myself mad over the years, mapping out all of these Universes for you and I. If-only this. What-if-I’d that. Tracing and trailing through our history, there are so many moments where our galaxies split in half. Where our stars realigned and our planets shifted swiftly and we found ourselves on wildly different courses than the ones we should have taken. To let go and move on cause there‘s so much out there you‘re happy moments aren‘t in the past they‘re in the future possibly with someone new Cloying waste of time. As the chapters wear on, Priebe transitions from (unconvincingly) asserting that she’s over her cheating ex to designing a new imaginary boyfriend— she even goes so far as to write wedding vows for her fake fiancé. This book is a deeply pathetic personal narrative from which the author attempts to draw universal truths and lessons, but ultimately, the only thing Priebe succeeds at is giving the reader a clear understanding of why she was dumped in the first place. Just because the scene in the rearview mirror looks nicer than the scene on the road ahead doesn’t mean you’ll never reach another beautiful destination. It just means you’re not there yet.”As you can see by the many, many quotes I inserted, I’m so relieved and glad that this collection didn’t peak at the 'timing being wrong' phrase I shared at the start of my review. I went in not expecting much and it blew me away. What a barrier breaker! Ini kali pertama bagi saya untuk membaca buku yang berisi kompilasi artikel yang mirip curahan hati. Tapi, bagian pertamanya harus diakui kalau tulisan Hiede Priebe terasa kedekatan dan kehangatannya. We have to start appreciating all that we bring to our own lives. Because the ironic truth is, you are most attractive when you’re not worried about who you’re attracting. When you’re living your life confidently, freely and without restraint, you emit the kind of energy that it just isn’t possible to fake. The kind of energy that’s capable of transforming not just” Setengah ga nyangka dan setengah takjub juga begitu nemu kafe asyik kayak begini di wilayah Bandung Timur. Maklum sudah keburu kerekam di memori otak kalau kafe-kafe cozy adanya cuma di...

Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song partTerlebih lagi tulisan Priebe juga seolah mewakili pikiran dan perasaan kita yang sedang dalam situasi yang sama. Mengena. Misalnya, Untuk mereka yang biasa ngafe atau duduk-duduk nongkrong sambil menikmati kopi pasti sudah kenal kafe yang satu ini. Saya juga tahu Marka cafe karena diajak partner saya ngobrol-ngobrol tukar pikiran...

Baru kemarin, Rabu tanggal 10 Agustus 2022 saya ke Kalpa Tree dalam rangka meeting. Sebenarnya ini... I just love it , i cried at some chapters and felt so much hope at some ..this books is a real inspiration I will never tire of having a collection that makes you stop to think its points over! Though I didn’t agree with all the sentiments shared, it was so refreshing to read pieces of writing I thought would veer towards the usual cliche, but instead, it surprised me by talking about various topics in a deeply relatable way that aligned with my beliefs. We have to unclasp our palms and let go of every alternate reality where we’re happier, stronger, brighter because of all the things we did differently. Those universes do not exist. But ours does. And it’s okay here, if we open our eyes up and let it be.” Heidi Priebe lahir di Canada, latar pendidikan dan karirnya adalah bidang psikologi. Buku-buku yang ia tulis pun bergenre psikologi, non fiksi, dan self help.

There was the one where there was nothing to forgive — where we grew up as slowly as we needed to, never had to turn against each other, didn’t have grater ambitions or wanderings eyes, or weary, mismatched hopes clasped too tightly to our chests. One where everything happened the way it was supposed to. The one where we wanted the same things.