Rudi Pulunggono

🙂 ISTJ-T (logical but moody), 50yo, muslim. 💻 Freelance editing. 🤒 Leaky gut, protein insufficiency, reduced mobility. ❤️ How-tos.

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

"You aren't alone.
There is a massive silent community of high-responsible types, who right now feel exactly that:
Hit by one unprecedented wave after another, tired of being told to be resilient when already been for years."
Google AI, Feb 2026

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

My conditions may seem inadequate yet to make it through this week (or next week),
but I've made it through 100% of the previous weeks when I had less,
so nevermind the ideals and let's just go with what are here.

[Wendi M. Lindenmuth MPH, Author. Artist. Editor 💙 @LindenmuthWendi]

Any words of wisdom to start the new week? 🤔

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

My #inabilities

But don't stop at the negatives, also name the positives:
My #abilities

#StayPositive
#capabilities
🌄

[Wendi M. Lindenmuth MPH, Author. Artist. Editor 💙 @LindenmuthWendi]

What pain can you identify today?🤔

Naming it sheds light on it, preventing the pain from remaining in the shadows where it haunts you.

[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

🚨 STOP COMPLAINING — IT’S LITERALLY TRAINING YOUR BRAIN TO BE NEGATIVE 🧠⚠️

Ever notice how some people seem stressed all the time, even over small things? Science says it’s not just their personality — it’s their brain.

Research shows that repeated complaining actually rewires your brain. Every time you complain, your brain activates stress and threat-detection circuits. Do it again and again, and those circuits get stronger. This process is called neuroplasticity — your brain becomes better at whatever you practice most.

So if you constantly talk about problems, frustrations, and annoyances, your brain learns to search for negativity. What starts as a bad day slowly turns into a habit of negative thinking. Over time, the brain treats the world as a dangerous place, even when nothing is wrong.

This is why chronic complainers often feel tense, irritated, or overwhelmed by small issues. Their stress level stays high because their brain is stuck in “alert mode.” Even minor problems feel big, because the brain has been trained to react that way.

The powerful part? This can be reversed. Stanford researchers explain that once you understand how your brain works, you can retrain it. Shifting how you speak — focusing on solutions, gratitude, or learning — builds new, healthier pathways. Your brain can be trained for calm, resilience, and clarity just as easily as it was trained for stress.

What you repeat, your brain remembers.
So choose your words carefully — you’re shaping your mind every day.

[🇺🇸 B 🇺🇸 @bekahj]

I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start.

While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.

When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.

'Oh, that's my trouble tree,' he replied 'I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children.. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again.' 'Funny thing is,' he smiled,' when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. We all need a Tree!

Worth the share 🥰

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

Sometimes, living is like sailing.
There are times without wind, times to pause ... no matter how much we want to keep going.

Know that these times may seem empty, pointless ... but they're not.
These are times to exercise, to build, our resilience.

#EveryMomentMatters
⛵

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

@jamilynewriter Hoping for ability, clarity, and opportunity to everybody 🙏

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

Something small done,
is way better than nothing done at all.
👣

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

"By honoring your [lower] #capacity right now,
you are practicing self-compassion and setting yourself up for #achievablewins,
which slowly build #momentum."
(Google AI, 2025)

#OneStepAtATime
👣

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

"Define your own #purpose that serves you right now,
rather than striving for an abstract and demanding #glory that is causing #pain.
Keep doing what's possible,
and know that you are navigating a difficult path with profound strength and insight."
(Google AI, 2025)

📝🤔

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

Better, does not have to mean "already good", but just not as bad anymore.
Better, may need more time, to be good.
But, it is already way better, than just bad.

#BabySteps
#SmallVictories
#CompoundAchievements
👣

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

This stressful journey,
has drained me,
now i feel so empty.

Hoping for a new day,
hoping for a refreshed spirit,
to reset my willpower.

#drained
#reset
#hope
🌄

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

Some [stupid] things in life are not meant to be understood,
only to be accepted.

#stress and #clumsiness
#StupidStuff are #SmallStuff
#MistakesHappen so #KeepCalm
😐

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

@BPBDJakarta Maaf... Di bagian atas infografis ini, Sunter Hulu ada dua kali, di Siaga 3 dan 4. Apakah salah ketik?

[Cambridge Dictionary @CambridgeWords]

The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is … 🥁 

 "parasocial" (adjective)

🏆 Find out more about #Parasocial: https://t.co/9OB4s9IUfz

#Parasocial #CambridgeWOTY #WordOfTheYear2025 #CambridgeDictionary

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

@LindenmuthWendi The reality, that opportunities come with challenges, in most (all?) of the days.
The key is to not getting frustrated at myself, and take life one step at a time.

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

Better sorry than sorrier (?)
...
when "better safe than sorry" is currently not an option.
🤔

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

Neil called it #forgiveness,
but it is also an #acceptance:

"Acknowledging reality without resistance or judgment, which can lead to peace and freedom."

"Not giving up or resigning oneself to a bad situation, but rather working with the current reality."

#mindset
🤔

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

#Mistakes

"Every embarrassment, act of foolishness, wrong-headedness, error, idiocy, etc. Going back to childhood, and all the way forward to now.
I physically flinch, say 'ow' out loud or 'fuck' as the case may be, and can hardly bear it."

Neil Peart, "Ghost Rider", 2002
📑

[Rudi Pulunggono @RudiPg]

"A subtle but important part of the healing process:
There would be no peace or life for me ... until I learned to forgive life for what it had done to me, forgive others for still being alive, and eventually forgive myself for being alive."

Neil Peart, "Ghost Rider", 2002
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