Improve mind, write every day | Ivan Lanin | TEDxUPJ
28 Aug 2024 (21 days ago)
Background on Ivan Lanin
- Ivan Lanin has been a programmer, a risk management consultant, and is currently an Indonesian language teacher.
- For 437 consecutive days, Ivan Lanin wrote and published something every day.
- Ivan Lanin writes about the Indonesian language on his Medium page, ivananin.medium.com.
- Ivan Lanin enjoys discussing Indonesian grammar.
- Lanin teaches Indonesian language courses to professionals.
Lanin's Approach to Learning and Writing
- Lanin attended a book club at the Obor Foundation to discuss the historical novel Prince from the East about Raden Saleh.
- Ivan Lanin uses a method of data collection he calls "triangulation", gathering information from conversations and reading.
- Lanin keeps a collection of personal notes on various topics, such as training for the OJK (Financial Services Authority) and a story about a taxi driver he heard from his teacher, Ibu Cis.
- Ivan Lanin suggests writing down thoughts and ideas after attending a talk and using those notes to create a piece of writing.
- Lanin recommends two writing techniques: free writing for 10-15 minutes without overthinking and writing by speaking and then using transcription tools like Prosa.ai to capture the content.
Challenges and Benefits of Writing
- Lanin believes that writing can be challenging due to the many technical aspects to consider, such as capitalization, punctuation, and the use of spaces.
- People from Indonesia have low literacy rates, illustrated by their tendency to ask questions easily answered by reading provided information.
- There are two important things to consider when writing: using language appropriately for the context and using language correctly according to established rules.
- Writing helps to organize thoughts and feelings.
- Writing serves as a preservation of memory and a portfolio of work.