{"id":154,"date":"2025-01-28T01:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rianitapuspitasari.com\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2025-07-31T01:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T01:16:04","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rianitapuspitasari.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hi, I\u2019m Rianita.<\/strong><br>A lifelong learner, reader, and wanderer of thoughts \u2014 currently living in Aotearoa New Zealand as a PhD student, far from my home in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog is my open journal \u2014 a quiet space where I reflect on the things that shape me: the weight and wonder of doing a PhD, the challenges of living and learning abroad, the books that hold me together, and the everyday moments that whisper meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I write to remember. To slow down.<br>Some days, I write about academic anxiety and research dilemmas. Other days, it\u2019s memories from childhood, questions about identity, or thoughts inspired by books and philosophers I love. No post here is perfect \u2014 but each one is genuine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udded A Little More About Me<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83c\udf93 I\u2019m pursuing a PhD in early childhood education, focusing on digital childhoods in rural Indonesia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf0f I live in Auckland on a scholarship journey that\u2019s both a privilege and a growing pain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udcda I read to feel connected \u2014 to ideas, to my roots, to people I\u2019ll never meet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u270d\ufe0f I believe stories heal. 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