This is a series about showing up imperfect.
Not as a philosophy I developed, but as a way of being I've stumbled into. A protective obliviousness—what I call oblivity—that keeps me from absorbing other people's panic. It lets me step into uncomfortable spaces, start messy projects, and persist through failure without the paralysis that stops most people before they begin.
In the first part, I tell the story of a charity show where I questioned authority, performed in a language I didn't speak, and negotiated space in a close-knit group as an outsider. In the second, I describe choosing discomfort repeatedly—school trips without devices, marketing to strangers, demonstrating products at career fairs. In the third, I share what it's like to launch a podcast, teach in unfamiliar environments, and put imperfect creative work into the world.
These aren't success stories. They're accounts of persistence. Of learning by doing. Of showing up anyway.
If you're someone who waits until you're ready, until conditions are right, until you've perfected your craft—this is an invitation to start before you're ready. To test what happens when you stop needing comfort as a prerequisite for action.
Not because it's easy. Because it's possible.