Written in my early 20s • A letter to the future
Dear 30,
How are you doing? I really hope to be alive to witness what you have become. Are you a senior developer now? Or even a CTO… or am I overthinking?
Do you still have the energy to keep smiling and lift weights? Can you finish a 20m pool underwater now? What do you do for a living?
Do you have a family? How pretty is your wife? Is she a 10 like I think she is? Do you appreciate her?
How about our parents — are they alive? How is dad? Do you look like him? Do you think you carry his grit in you? And mum… she should be in her 60s now. Is she healthy?
Are you healthy? Any addictions?
How are you, really? Are you scared to be 30? Where do you live? Are you still in Kenya? If yes… why? How often do you visit home?
I think I will help you get there. Please don’t be mad at me for what I’ll have to do in between. I’m going to push every cell in my body to the limit. And of course — no underestimating ourselves.
I feel like I want to build complex things for fun. I have the heart of a hero in me, and I’ll try to get you there.
Our vision might get destroyed, but I’m curious enough to know where we stand in this world.
I will do my best to make everything happen. It’s not a long time, but tell my 40s that the foundation is set — it’s upon them to take the race from there.
Let’s go.