Elsya Goullet

Category: Life Reflections

  • I Used to Think I Had an Identity Crisis. Maybe I Was Just Becoming Someone New.

    “Maybe I was never lost. Maybe I was only learning how to connect every version of myself into one honest story.” I have spent 14 years in Software Quality Assurance, and for a long time, I thought of it simply as my career. It was the work I did. I tested systems, checked requirements, found…

  • The Woman Who Carried Everything in Silence

    Who is a woman who’s made an impact on your career? People sometimes look at my life and see achievement. Fourteen years across multiple countries. A career that took me from Indonesia to Malaysia to Singapore to Australia. Awards with my name on them. A business I built from scratch. A LinkedIn profile that reads…

  • The Quiet Rebellion: How Fighting for My Future Made Me the Founder I Am Today

    “Sometimes the life you build must begin with the courage to imagine a different one.” When I think of my mother now that she’s gone, I always picture her watching me spread my schoolbooks across the floor, absorbing every page as if the future itself depended on it. In many ways, it did. Growing up…

  • The Version of Me I Had to Outgrow

    “I didn’t abandon who I was. I honoured her by becoming more.” There was a version of me that worked very hard to survive. She stayed agreeable. She avoided taking up too much space. She said yes even when she was unsure. She believed that being capable meant doing everything herself. For a long time,…

  • If I Could Talk to My Younger Self, I’d Say This..

    “The version of me I used to worry about was already doing her best with what she knew.” I used to think my younger self needed better advice. More confidence. A clearer plan. Less fear. Now, looking back, I don’t think she was lacking any of that. She was brave in the only way she…

  • A Painful Reminder to Live Better

    “I wasn’t afraid of the pain. I was afraid of leaving before I was done living.” Yesterday was the scariest moment of my life. It started the night before. A sharp, stabbing pain in my chest. Uncomfortable, but still bearable. I told myself it was nothing. I tried to sleep through it. At 4 a.m.,…

  • A Journey I Never Saw Coming

    Success isn’t about where you start; it’s about the courage to take chances, the determination to keep going, and the belief that your dreams are worth the journey. If you had told little me, running around in a village in Bogor, that one day I’d be working abroad and leading projects, I probably would have…

  • Kuala Lumpur: A Place of Growth and Friendship

    “Some places aren’t just locations—they’re a part of who you are. Kuala Lumpur isn’t just a city I lived in, it’s where I grew, laughed, and found a family in the people I met along the way.” Kuala Lumpur will always feel like home. It’s the city where I spent most of my younger days,…

  • Travel Tales and Tech Tips from My Journey

    If you’re here, it’s probably because you’re curious about what goes on in my world—or maybe you got here by accident, or someone convinced you to take a peek (I promise, no bribery involved!). Either way, I’m glad you made it! Whether it’s my 14-year journey as a Software Quality Assurance specialist or the adventures…