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Kakompe Lutangu
Kakompe Lutangu

An engineer who started journalling to figure out his own life. Fifteen years later, he is still doing that. And has started sharing what he finds.

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Living Deliberately They Called Me Silent Banner. Publishing This Blog Is the Hardest Thing I Have Ever Done. May 2026 On resistance, visibility, and why the hardest part of writing is letting anyone read it. Living Deliberately I Jumped Out of a Plane. She Wasn't Even Watching. Apr 2026 Dubai, 2018, a borrowed K5,000, and what it means to finally stop waiting for the right conditions to start living. Career and Trade-offs Every Report Card Said the Same Thing. I Became an Engineer Anyway. Apr 2026 What a Grade 9 report card, a Kabulonga Boys prize-giving photo, and fifteen years of journals say about how we become who we are. Money and Freedom I Downgraded My Car. It Was the Best Decision I Ever Made. Mar 2026 From a Bima to a Corolla nicknamed Levels. What the downgrade revealed about status, freedom, and what money is actually for.
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