What does ‘Cukup’ mean?

Tbh, I wanted to capture the essence of a quote that is now my motto.

“Am I good enough? Yes, in fact I am”.

Michelle Obama, from her Becoming memoir.

Growing up, and even now as a young adult, I have been struggling so much with self-doubt. I am constantly second-guessing myself and I have resorted to this rigid routine that is predictable, comfortable and ultimately, not challenging me as a person to grow further.

To say that, “Yes, in fact I am good enough” is a reassurance that I am good, capable, beautiful, smart and (insert your projected adjective here), as is already. I have to trust in my capabilities and skills to take on new challenges and opportunities.

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Unfortunately for me, goodenough.com and every other domain variation of this name is taken or very very expensive. So tak jadilah.

I saw this as an opportunity to make the blog more personal and catered to the Malaysian audience, by taking on a Malay word instead.

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Cukup is a Malay translation of the word ‘enough’.

I realised that it could be used in two ways – to affirm and to stop negativity.

• Affirm: To say you are good enough, eg. “Saya cukup bagus dah!”

• Stop: When your mind says you look terrible, you can tell it off by saying, ‘Cukup!’ and reframe your perspective to be kinder to yourself.

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Okay, but why the .club though?

Good point. The answer is simply, it was 1) an alliteration opportunity, 2) it implies that this could be a community and 3) it was a super dirt cheap domain, guys.

So, nak join #cukupclub tak 👀