The "High-Uptime" Trap: For years, my life was measured in nines. From Hardware, networking instructor to CTO, I deployed systems that didn’t sleep, so I didn't either. I thought I was the Architect, but I was just another component in the stack—running hot and ignoring the "Critical" logs in my own head.
The Crash: Fifteen months ago, I initiated a manual shutdown. I left the CTO seat. Unplanned outage is easier to fix than a planned one with no "Resume" script.
The Analysis Paralysis Loop: I spent 15 months "optimizing" thoughts while my life sat idle. I stared stars, I meditated, I wandered and got lost.
"I’m headed to the mountains (Langtang), I’m not hiking to escape. I’m on a same loop from where I started."