The Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, in collaboration with TVRI Yogyakarta, once again presents OPSI: Obrolan Psikologi (Psychology Talk) in its eighteenth episode, aired on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, from 15:00 to 16:00 WIB. This episode raises the theme “Mindful Spending at the End of the Year: When Emotions Control the Wallet.” It invites young people to become aware of emotional spending patterns, understand the triggers behind them, and build a healthier relationship with money through awareness, reflection, and personal values.

The Center of Life-Span Development (CLSD), Faculty of Psychology UGM, is developing environmental-themed storybooks for early childhood as a community empowerment initiative to strengthen literacy and foster eco-friendly habits from an early age. The program builds on insights from The Reading Buddies (TRB) initiative, which shows that children aged 4–6 are highly responsive to interactive stories, yet access to reading materials specifically addressing waste management and environmental themes remains limited.

“Thank God, I can represent the Faculty of Psychology in third place at UGM,” said Nadia happily, on Monday (1/4).

Nadia explained that in the 2024 presidential election, she had to go through two selection stages, namely the Creative Ideas (GK) selection and the Superior Achievements (CU). GK selection involves developing ideas that can contribute to the country by the study program to overcome existing problems based on the SDGs. Nadia presented an idea entitled “Contribution to Psychological Science through an Anti-Waste Action Plan (RAMAH) using the Theory of Planned Behavior as an Effort to Save the Earth.”

“I raised this topic because of concerns about environmental problems and understanding human behavior related to waste management,” he explained.

Furthermore, in the CU selection, Nadia explained that there were several categories, including competition, recognition, awards, work results, organization, community service, and entrepreneurship.

“In this superior achievement, I try to spread the achievements across all categories from international to national level,” he added.

When asked about her motivation for taking part in this event, Nadia admitted that her motivation came from the desire to inspire others through achievement and enthusiasm when facing failure. Even though she did not succeed in advancing to regional and national levels, Nadia hopes that her journey in achieving achievements and inspiring many people does not stop here.

“In the future, I hope that with this title I can be responsible and also continue to inspire many people, let alone inspire friends who want to enter UGM, especially in the psychology department,” he said.

Author: Erna