Back in the early 2000s, I didn’t even know how to turn on a computer.
My friend Alfred from East LA told me,
“Bro, you need a computer.”
I was like… why?
I didn’t even have a phone. 😂
I ended up going to Best Buy and buying a Windows laptop for like $1,000. I was working at Dodger Stadium, so I felt like I had money.
I get home, call him, and go:
“Yo… how do you turn this on?”
He starts laughing.
“Press the button under the screen.”
I press it…
and I was like—whoa.
Just seeing things pop up on the screen… videos, graphics…
it felt like I just tapped into the world.
Fast forward.
Now I’m doing deliveries with my dad—liquor stores, markets, all that.
But everything is different.
I’ve got a small thermal printer connected to my phone through Bluetooth.
I use an app to create invoices. I plug in quantities, it calculates everything, stores client info, and I just hit print.
While I’m unloading product, the invoice is already printing.
No pen. No paper. No guessing.
And it doesn’t stop there.
I talk ideas out loud while I’m driving.
I send them to my phone.
I move them into Pages.
Then I refine them and post on WordPress.
If I get an image idea, I draw it on my iPad.
Then I tweak it. Then I build on it.
I went from not knowing how to turn on a computer…
to building systems that help me move faster, think clearer, and create more.
Technology didn’t replace me.
It extended me.
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