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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
— Joseph Campbell
The Hero's Journey isn't just a story structure; it's a map for growth, and this is mine.
// myth.create()
Campbell gave me the map and the permission: follow your bliss because the hero's journey is real. Jung showed me what the journey actually is, which is integrating the shadow and becoming whole.
I'm writing my own myth instead of waiting for someone else to tell it, choosing the symbols, the language, and the aesthetic that resonates.
The rest of my mentors are in the codex, and I'll let them speak for themselves.
// shadow.integrate()
I failed out of Virginia Tech and stopped going in 2014. The wound was specific: I told myself I'm not a real engineer because I can't code like they can.
It took me six years to finish my undergrad, and I got my Masters in 2023. I didn't find a workaround; I did the hard thing the hard way.
Then vibe coding emerged, not as a crutch for someone who couldn't code but as an amplifier for someone who earned it. I didn't skip the boss fight; I beat it and then got the power-up.
// hero_journey.config
> Puzzles → The Mind → Learning to Learn
My childhood was puzzles and heroes. Games, dungeons, adventures. After I failed at VT, I was humbled—and realized my favorite puzzle was my own mind. That's when I started learning how to learn.
// integration.complete
The puzzle-solving never stopped—it just evolved. From Zelda dungeons to system architectures. From game optimization to mind optimization. The failure at VT taught me the most important lesson: the mind is the ultimate puzzle, and learning how to learn is the meta-skill that unlocks everything else.
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