The unstrategic choices that built my life.

The long-form origin story. Three times in fifteen years I made the choice that looked wrong on paper — working for free at 20, quitting my dream job at 25 to move to a country where I had nothing lined up, and walking away from an executive career at 35 to write a series that fell into my head on a Sunday morning at the bathroom sink. Each one became one of the best decisions I've ever made.

In this episode: growing up Canadian with Hong Kong roots and never quite feeling like I belonged, the business-school pressure cooker I hated every day, turning down a position everyone told me was "mine," the piece of advice from my mom about working for free that I've never forgotten, and the pattern I only understood in hindsight.

The single week that made me finally leap — the one I still get chills over — is coming in its own episode.

Call of Matter, Book 1 of the Erastasis series, launches February 2027.