The Life of My Dreams

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey –

This quote has become my inspiration. I have always been very excited talking about my plan, my dreams in the future. There are so many things I want to achieve in my life.

All I heard from everybody was to study what you like. Actually I do not like accounting that much. STAN is just the first step to achieve my dreams. Someone I trust said to me “If you graduate from STAN, you will be able to reach your success.” Well, I thought that it was a good idea to become a government officer with high salary. Although my parents can afford to pay my school fee, I just do not want to burden them with financial things. As we know, the entrance fee at other universities is very expensive. STAN is the one and only campus where we can get high quality education from great lectures for free. We use all the facilities for free. How lucky we are.

Then what is my dream? What is the meaning of success for me? Success is that I have good health, enough money to travel around the world from east to west. There’s a lot of place I want to visit. New Caledonia, South Korea, Turkey, New Zealand are some of them. As a Moslem, I absolutely want to go to Mecca. The reason why I really want to travel around the world is begun in Singapore. I took my first trip to Singapore 2 years ago. I really enjoyed travelling. Perhaps the biggest joy of travelling is meeting new people, beyond race, religion or culture.

So what should I do to reach my dream? By now, I am at fifth semester. I have to pass this uneasy year so that I can take part at graduation ceremony next year. Following the normal path as a graduate from STAN, I must do the on job training as a CPNS for at least one year before becoming PNS. Basically, management of STAN put us at random. We may have work at Ministry of Finance, The State Audit Board (BPK) or BPKP. Yet I pray to God so He put me at The State Audit Board (BPK).

The reason why I want to be an auditor is that I can give my best participation to this beloved country. I will make my contribution in preventing corruption and reforming bureaucracy system. Certainly, it takes much effort to change a work ethic in a culture where corruption is still dominant. I know that becoming an auditor is a big challenge to me, but I absolutely believe that if we fight corruption, someday Indonesia will become a prosperous country.

The second reason is mobility of an auditor. As I said, I very much like travelling. Be an auditor means that you have to work from one company to another company, crossing across the province and even overseas. I am sure I will enjoy my time doing the job as an auditor.

People say that we must study until the rest of our life. My dad also emphasize that I have to be a better person than him. He said that I deserve better education and life. Thus I will never stop studying until I get my doctorate. My dad only got Master of Science in Indonesia so I have to take master’s program abroad. Continuing my field study in accounting, I want to take business program at university in Europe or South Korea.

What is the consequence then? I have to effort more. I should prepare myself to become what I deserve to become. English, the first step I should pass. I must speak fluent English. My goal is not only speak English but also speak other language. I am interested in learn Korean, the language I like the most.

Talking about support, of course, my mom and dad do support me. They give everything I need to facilitate my education. Moreover, my mom is capable of motivating my spirit. Whenever I lose my mood in studying mommy will always be by my side to encourage me.

I also have a ton of people supporting me, my big family, my friends, and my lover. It has not been a bed of roses all the time, but they have all taught me very important lessons about life, morality and even love. I thank God for all blessing He have given to me.

My greatest failure would be if I could not be able to stay longer with problem. Life is kind of complicated problem, indeed. To pursuit success, all we have to do is just stay longer with problem. If my plan is not achieved, I will try it again and again. At last, God will always give the best for us. I strongly believe that as a human we must do the best and God will do the rest.

Be frank, I never want to spend my whole productive time being a government officer. At my age of 35-40, when my financial is stable enough I want to build my own business. I will run my own business by my hands, by my heart. Being an entrepreneur is my passion. It will be a very challenging work. I always love to make time to interact with everyone. I believe that communication is the basis for a successful company.

The most important thing but almost be forgotten by some women is that they have to do the role both as a mother and a wife. I myself believe that how great the career is nothing unless she is capable to be a good mom for kids and also a loyal wife. Family is like a company. A working mom is the default child raiser, household manager, information officer and sometimes a decision maker. Then, I not only have to enlarge my knowledge and competence in accounting, but also have to learn how to be a great woman who supports the whole family and makes it balance between family and career.