Brief Review Buku “Dear Tomorrow”

Guilty as charged.

I am one of those people who adore witty quotes and phrases.

I love being reminded by simple truths.

I love how shorts statements can strike a chord

in our minds and move us to do something.

This book is a compilation of my experiences, thoughts,

and conversations with myself on love, dreams, and life.

All throughout this book, I curated takeaways – things

that I want to be reminded of in the future.

If anything I write here can make you smile-or think,

then I’ve done what I wanted through writing this book.

Love, Maudy

QUOTES

I have different ideas of what I want to be: one thing is for sure – I want to be the reason of many smiles. I want to be able to look back and say I have made a difference, that I have brought impactful change in people’s lives. (p. ix)

• NOTES ON BEING YOURSELF

My unhappiness made it more difficult to make others around happy.

The more you take care of yourself, the more you can take care of others. (p. 21)

Please stop being too hard on yourself. You probably did all you could. (p.23)

• NOTES ON DREAMS

The key to achieving things is to prioritize, and minimize the distractions that may get in the way of achieving the single most important thing we choose to do. (p. 47)

There is nothing desirable in feeling like the smartest person in the room – it may mean that you are not challenging yourself enough. (p. 49)

Not achieving something might feel like a failure, but the ache of regret in having not tried will never fade. (p. 51)

I suddenly realized that the closed door that I was crying over – was never the one I wanted away. The universe has secrets – ways of letting us know which path is truly for us. (p. 55)

• NOTES ON LOVE

Do not be afraid to give, because even if the subject of your love gives less in return, the world will give back so much more. (p. 86)

• NOTES ON MINDSETS

But big steps are only a combination of small little steps. Many days of delay will eventually lead to a big delay too. Don’t rely on tomorrow to get things done: there will be brand new distractions, and you might never get around to it. (p. 139)

Watch out when you hear, “you have to do x, because you’re a girl”, “you shouldn’t do this, because you’re a girl”. Because you’re a girl, you can do anything you want, and achieve anything you set your mind to. (p. 157)

Some say she’s too ambitious, too emotional, too liberal. I say she’s hardworking, compassionate, open-minded. (p. 158)

Buah pikiran yang sarat akan pengalaman personal personal tentang mindset, pencarian jati diri, cinta, dan harapannya, semua dituangkan melalui buku pertamanya ini. Buku ini dibagi menjadi empat bagian, yaitu bagian notes on being yourself, notes on dreams, notes on love, dan notes on mindsets. Dan yup, buku ini berbahasa pengantar bahasa Inggris. Meskipun begitu, gaya bahasa buku bertajuk self improvement ini cukup simpel dan mudah dipahami.

Dalam buku iini Maudy tidak hanya memberikan tetuah, namun juga dengan konsep mentahnya sehingga kita dapat merenungkan dan memilih sendiri apa yang mau kita resap dan percaya. Dear Tomorrow, melalui karya ini Maudy ingin selalu berusaha menghadirkan makna yang lebih dalam, dibalut dengan sentuhan yang sangat personal, membahas hal-hal yang sudah lama ingin ia utarakan. Di luar musik, di luar akting, di luar itu. Buku ini adalah kesimpulannya tentang pencarian akan definisi diri, serta bagaimana merangkul bahagia, mimpi, dan cintanya.