Welcome.

Hi, I'm Hani. I'm 24.

When I was a kid, 24 sounded so grown-up.
I imagined life would be all figured out, married, with one kid, living in a house with a backyard and shelves full of books.
I imagined working at a big company or nonprofit, spreading awareness about something that truly matters.

But here I am 24.
A little lost, still figuring things out.

One afternoon, during a journalism workshop where I was part of the organizing team,
a speaker, Mr. Priyambodo RH, said something that stuck with me:

"If you ask AI: ‘What do you know about (your name)?’ and it finds nothing, maybe you haven’t become a good journalist yet.”

I'm not a journalist. Just someone working office hours and teaching part-time at a play-based learning center. But that sentence echoed in my head.

Out of curiosity, I looked up my name online.
Only one result: my role as the Coordinator for Earth Hour Bali 2023.

It wasn't about wanting to be famous.
It was about wondering:
What kind of digital footprint do I want to leave behind?
What stories do I want to tell?
What version of myself will I grow into?

And I think… maybe when I’m 30,
I hope I won’t write something like this again.
I hope instead I’ll write “30 Lessons I’ve Learned by 30”
or maybe even “It’s Okay to Feel Lost in Your 20s.”

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So, here we are.

This blog is my little digital garden
a space to plant thoughts, let ideas grow, and maybe one day, see them bloom.

Hi again. I’m Hanifa Laila Zaituna, 24 years old.
I live between office hours and the joyful laughter of children at the play center.
and I’m just trying to make sense of it all—through stories, questions, and small reflections.

Welcome.
I hope your life blooms, too.