Mari, Bung! Rebut (Literasi Unggul) Kembali - Strategi Win Back

Cita-cita luhur negara dalam mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa sesuai UUD 1945, sebagaimana dipetakan juga dalam visi Kemdikbud 2025 yakni membentuk insan Indonesia yang cerdas dan kompetitif (insan kamil/paripurna), mendorong diperlukannya peningkatan, bahkan pembenahan di berbagai aspek pendidikan. Salah satunya adalah literasi - yang menurut KBBI berarti, kemampuan membaca dan menulis. Sejarah emas bangsa ini telah merekam bagaimana orang-orang hebat pencetus kebangkitan nasional dibesarkan melalui aktivitas literasi. Sebut saja Bung Karno yang pernah menulis naskah pidato Indonesia Menggugat yang fenomenal itu, Bung Hatta yang bahkan rela dipenjara asal bersama buku, atau dr. Sutomo sang pendiri Budi Oetomo yang menggunakan literasi sebagai salah satu senjatanya dalam pergerakan melawan penjajah Belanda.

“Buat banyak orang penjara itu tempat yang buruk, tempat yang tidak ada enak-enaknya, tidak ada yang baik. Tapi buat Bung Hatta, penjara adalah ruang semedi, ruang pertapaan di mana orang bisa memperkuat watak, memperkuat iman, terutama jalannya adalah dengan membaca,” (J. J. Rizal, sumber).

Jadi sebetulnya, kita pernah unggul! Lantas, apa yang bisa upayakan untuk kembali unggul seperti di zaman para pendiri bangsa ini? Agar kita, juga anak-anak kita, generasi alfa penerus bangsa tidak terlena dengan percepatan kemajuan teknologi yang tersederhanakan dalam sebuah gawai saja?

Gambar oleh Dewiif.

Ya. Kita membutuhkan sebuah program Win Back.

Dalam istilah pemasaran, program ini dilakukan saat pemasar menggunakan sejumlah cara untuk merebut kembali pelanggan lama yang sempat berhenti bermitra - entah karena sudah beralih ke produk kompetitor, entah sudah tidak tertarik, dan sebagainya. Menariknya, hal ini dapat kita terapkan sesuai dengan analogi “kegiatan berliterasi” sebagai produk, sedangkan mitranya adalah kita sendiri.

Escaping "Ambuhood"

As a new parent - with branches of doubts and a dose of close to be poignant inner goddess - I sometimes have this scary feeling: how could I not go back to be myself again before all of this? I mean, I was all alone & independent. I (perhaps) don’t depend on people and no one is dependent on me, too. But today is too much. Too different from that “alone” me. Think. Suddenly, almost two years ago I have a husband and three weeks ago, a baby?

The world is suddenly spinning three times slower, eh?

Illustration by me.

I seriously never thought that I’ll reach this point at last. I was very care-free and living only for the moment. (Actually I still that kind of “living for today” person). So to become a wife, and then mother, at last, is sometimes very overwhelming. Like, am I doing this correctly? Does my husband like what he sees, listens, treated as humanly as possible? Am I a good wife? Will I be a good mother? Does Faruki approve the way I treated him? Am I gentle enough? Because again, there’s no turning back. Hoping for a turning back is of course an impossibility - except you’re ready to lose something. I am very unprepared for all of this. But do I excited? Of course I am! I just, again, sometimes I’m scared of being not what I want to be. Being not good enough.

See I have it in my inner thoughts - and I believe lots of other mothers have it, too - so having another doubtful comments regarding my method of wife-ing and mother-ing is just unacceptable. Believe me, we sometimes want to “escape” this. Not that big escape, but having a chance to breath from this endless, full of surprises routines are something. Be it having a good shower, sugary meals, blog-walking, or a nice power nap, or having time to apply skin care on your dirty-unattended face.

Overheard Womanhood

“Teteh sekarang masih kerja?”

“Oh, enggak. Sekarang ikut suami.”

“Tuh, ‘kan. Ujung-ujungnya cewek mah di dapur.”

“Iya, harusnya ‘gak usah mahal-mahal sekolahin ya? (Senyum sinis)”

“He-he.. (Senyum salting)”.

2019 gitu lho. Tadinya saya tidak mau (dan sesungguhnya tidak perlu) emosi mendengar hal semacam ini dilontarkan. Tapi ternyata ini cukup merusak mood. Jadi daripada hal ini menggerogoti kehidupan, sebaiknya saya meracau saja di sini.

Illustration by me.

Saya memikirkan banyak sekali versi jawaban jika skenario itu muncul langsung di hadapan saya. Sayangnya, itu terjadi beberapa kali di depan ibu. Which is, rasanya lebih menyedihkan daripada dialami dan harus dijawab sendiri.

Versi jawaban pertama, saya akan bilang kalau, “Kerja ‘kan tidak harus di luar rumah.”

(Tapi ini denial, karena saya tidaklah se-“bekerja” itu sekarang).

The Ramadhan 1440 Preps

Last year I don’t really over think everything but we knew this year is going to be different. Not that I become lazy to wake up very early, or do stuff eagerly, no. I just quite lack the energy - I mean I still cook & all but the capacity is lesser. So yeah, I (& Mr. Darcy) tried it differently this year: we did a lot of preparation and we were excited. What are they? Common things, actually. Like, food stocking, cleaning, listing stuff, and decluttering.

Originally featured on Mosqetch, for sketching solidarity for NZ shooting. Drawing by me.

Since it’s Ramadhan day 3, and it’s not too late to start (or continue), we’re going to share a bit of our common preps - which we sure y’all already made steps ahead us.

Decluttering

verb

gerund or present participle: decluttering

1. 
   

   remove unnecessary items from (an untidy or overcrowded place).

   
   

   "there's no better time to declutter your home"

(from Google define).

Decluttering is fun. I’ve been doing it regularly since middle school. The reason behind it was because I was (and still) a messy person. So I need to sort things out every once in a while. I once became a shopaholic - believe me, I was - and things became stacked so much, too messy to handle. I forgot what I’ve owned and sometimes I bought things twice. Duh! So when I do the decluttering, I chose what I like best and kept it in my inventory, then gave away the rest to those interested. Year after year my stuff became lesser and lesser. Such a minimalist - this is also inspired by how Mr. Darcy has a similar experience (and troubles) and his decision to become one has been made up far long before mine. Now I only keep a small pile of outfits, shoes, make ups & bags in my closet.