Engineer Who Journals
Stories for people
still figuring it out.
Real stories about living deliberately. Written by someone still inside the work.
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Where to start
If you asked me where to start, it'd be these four.
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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Kakompe Lutangu — an engineer who started journalling to figure out his own life, still doing that fifteen years later. More about Kakompe →