𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲

🎈 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲🎈

Imagine living with only 3 hours or less of electricity a day. Randomly distributed across 24 hours. Some days, no power at all.

I was 17 when the war broke out in 2011. The world I knew fell apart. The internet and electricity, the lifeblood of any tech enthusiast, became luxuries. I remember staring at my powered-off laptop, waiting endlessly for the flicker of electricity, then waiting even longer for files to download on a painfully slow connection.

Years passed like this—at least five years of forced inactivity, of longing to learn and create but being powerless to do so. For a year and a half, I worked with whatever resources I had. Every penny I earned was saved until I could afford a new laptop—the same one I’m writing from today. That small victory felt monumental, a symbol of my perseverance.

I lost friends during the war, and I lost years of my life. But when I look back, I realize how grateful I am just to have survived, and to have seen those difficult years pass. I’m grateful for the opportunity to start again and to thrive in ways I once could only dream of.

To those of you reading this, living with stability—power, internet, peace—I urge you: 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁. You have the resources I once dreamed of. Start now. Pursue what sets your soul on fire. Be remarkable. Don’t waste time thinking that you’ll always have the comfort of time and resources. Because, one day, you might not.

The world doesn’t wait for us to catch up. We don’t control everything in life, but we can control what we do with what we have now. Make sure you’re doing something that will be remembered, something that matters.

𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱.