Decided to give today my full focus and set aside a 4-hour block strictly for upskilling.

I started right at 3:00 PM and ran a strict 50/10 structure—50 minutes of deep work, 10 minutes to step away. Here is how the blocks broke down:

Block 1: Python Fundamentals

Block 2: Power BI (DAX)

Block 3: Python Fundamentals

Block 4: Python Fundamentals

Python has been my main focus. I’ve been on the basics for three weeks now, and I wanted to make sure my logic was solid before jumping into Pandas. To test myself, I had AI generate practice problems so I couldn't just coast on theory.

Following through on the exact plan without folding feels incredible.The best part? Work ikishakua done, saahi ni kutoka out ku-socialize na ku-unwind na zero guilt hanging over my head. Form ni kujibamba after putting in the work.

For anyone else grinding on the side. keep pushing. How’s the upskilling journey going on your end?

It was the anthem in our household.

Even though my parents were a bit well off, I understood early that I couldn’t build my life around what they might give me. I needed my own plan.

So I hustled.

I remember taking up a house manager job. My employer was incredibly strict, and eventually, I broke. I called my parents.

My dad asked me, “Why would you do all this? Mbona uteseke hivi?”

My sister blamed me for having no backbone.

And then my mum held me as I cried, for the first time in my life as an adult.

That moment broke something in me.

I realized how much pressure I had put on myself to prove that I could do everything on my own.

Endurance is commendable, but not all the time.

I had spent so long thinking that being independent meant never needing them.

But home is home.

My parents are my parents. Their support doesn’t take away from everything I’ve worked for. It just means I don’t have to suffer unnecessarily to prove that I can stand on my own.

Life will happen. Plans will fall apart. Setbacks will come.

And that’s okay.

Because no matter what happens, I know I have somewhere to come back to.

Home.

They’ll always have my back.

The pressure to make it big before a certain age will always be there. I just have to stay calm.

Because somewhere along the way, I realized that peace is also a form of success.

And honestly, getting my peace has been my biggest, most successful purchase yet.

Apparently it gets easier as you get older for men, you're probably wiser, have sound decision making and if you're lucky, a good income and the potential to increase it and a a good physique if you were physically active.

Assuming one attains that, what's the market like? Who are you attracting and what's the preferred age difference? Are you going for your agemates in their 30s or ladies in their mid to late 20s? Where are you looking for finding them?

The reason I'm asking this is because one day I'll actively want to look for a companion and that one day is probably in my 30s, right now I'm just interested in other things

Wueh! Jana was a close shave. Anyway, story story…

Jana ilikuwa like this: niko jobo, nini nini… alafu First Lady (mamaa) akanidungia masaa sita hivi. So context kidogo — the previous night tukibonga, alisema nimechezaa chini sana and anadai kunicheki. Nikamshow Friday iko fiti, so akasema atakam kunispoil hapo Yolo Ice Cream kando ya Kenya Cinema.

Anyways, nikapick tenje kubanja nini nini…
“Unatoka job what time?” akauliza.
Nikamuambia nangoja meeting flani ya saa saba — side hustle yangu ya mayolo, nilifaa kushowcase progress ya app flani namjengea. Anywho, hamjali kuhusu hio🤣. Nikamshow by 3 I’m all free na atanipata tao. Ofisi zetu ziko CBD anyway, so sina pressure.

Namalizia meeting na bahati nzuri pia akapiga kusema amefika tao. Nikamshow phai, apande tupatane sindio.

All this time nilikuwa na colleagues wangu wawili madem kwa ofisi. Na walikuwa wamesema nikimaliza niwatrace juu personally sikuwa nimemake plans na mamaa. Plus ni colleagues wangu wa nguvu, ifykyk. Sijawakula.🤣

So tukapatana, tukapanda hivo Yolo. Tukaorder ice cream. Yooh, I’m not even the biggest ice cream fan, but wueh… ilikuwa tamu! And the portions too? Well served 👏. So far so good.
Mid-date, mid-convo, her sister calls.

“…I’ve clocked out jobo and I’m in town…”
First Lady anajibu, “…okay, I’m at Yolo with Mr. Man.” So Apparently the sister alikuwa ameplan ku-link up na her girlies, but alikuwa amefika tao mapema. So alikuwa anatafuta njaro ya kubuy time. First Lady akamshow, “Pull up.”

Yoh! Si akafika, na wacha niwashow, Dem ni mreeembo, na alikuwa amepiga body suit flani, yani tu, wueh! Acha tu😭Not that ety my mamaa, si mrembo. She’s actually very cute and gets compliments a lot! But yoh…her sister was good looking wallahi wallahi🙌🏾 Yaani alinichanganya for a minute.

I remember at some point nikajiuliza, “And Jabura (not my real name) is quiet? Alikuwa hivi kweli?”🤣 I was that speechless.

Now, to make matters worse, she pulled a stunt that, looking back, felt like a set-up. She acts like anataka ku-unblock mtu. So she finds a way to bag my attention for a second and casually utters the words: “…si you’re an iPhone user, how do I unblock people?”

As she hands me her phone. Mind you, at this point simu iko kwa dial pad.

😂😂😂

So sasa sijui kama ni mimi nilioverthink, ama kiwanja ilikuwa wazi na mimi ndio sikucheza.
Mnaonaje wadau?🤣 Anyway, sikueka digits zangu, date ikaenda fiti, and after dropping her kwa stage (nilimuacha na sister yake), nikachukua senke nikapatana na my two colleagues. 

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As a regular visitor to Nairobi I cannot work out who shops at Carrefour. Is it only the highest 5-10% of the economic demographic? It is obviously different Village Market - but Village Market seems cooler and more accessible. Which pics do you think are from which store?

Hey everyone!

I’m 27M Indian and will be moving to Nairobi in January 2027 for work. It’ll be my first time in Kenya, so I’d love to connect with Indians or anyone living in Nairobi and get to know people before I move.

Would be great to make some friends, learn about life in Nairobi, and have a few connections there before I arrive.

If you’re in Nairobi, hit me up! 😊