0. introducing atomic learning part 1

For as long as I can remember, I've always felt this magnetic pull towards a specific space: the blend of entrepreneurship and channeling creativity into building with cool tech.

Yet, growing up in Kenya in the 2010s, the school I attended and the society I was surrounded by meant that this space did not yet exist and thus I never got the chance to meet the kind of people who would've been drawn to it.

While America was having its tech boom, we were just getting used to this new technology called The Internet.

Given this reality, I spent a large portion of my life working relentlessly, focused purely on achieving - academics and passions turned into competitive pursuits, all aimed at one-day gaining access to the right rooms , the places where I could finally thrive.

To do this, I optimized my entire life system for that single end-goal - I accepted barely any rest, barely any social life, and barely having an identity that wasn't tied to achievement. This is the price of success," I rationalized, fueled by the core belief my parents had instilled: Short-term Pain for Long-term Gain. I was convinced that once I hit this goal, I’d be granted access to a "heaven on earth," where happiness was abundant, stress was nonexistent, and I could finally experience everything I had sacrificed to get there.

And it worked. In my last year of high school, I received a full-ride scholarship to study Computer Science at the University of Toronto - a top tier place.

I vividly remember feeling that my life felt set. I had transurfed reality.

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