The Equations Path

You're here because something doesn't add up.

Maybe you've been running the same calculation over and over—replaying a conversation, measuring your worth against impossible standards, trying to solve for happiness and getting infinity or zero.

I understand. I spent years believing that if I just thought hard enough, I could solve myself. I had three degrees and couldn't figure out why I was unhappy.

This path is for people who think in systems. Who need to see the structure before they can feel the truth.

Step 1: Acknowledge the Variable

'''The Variable That Changed Everything'''

Every equation has variables. In your life, something changed—a loss, a realization, a moment when the constants shifted. Before we can solve anything, we have to identify what actually changed.

Step 2: Understand the Function

'''The Equation of Identity'''

You are a function of many inputs: experiences, choices, accidents, love. This isn't about reducing yourself to a formula—it's about seeing which variables matter most.

Step 3: Find the Derivative

'''The Derivative of Hope'''

The derivative measures rate of change. Where is your life changing fastest? Where is it stuck? Sometimes the smallest movement in the right direction matters more than grand gestures.

Step 4: Accept the Limit

'''When Numbers Fail Us'''

Not everything can be solved. Some questions approach answers asymptotically—getting closer but never quite arriving. Learning to live with approximations is part of the math.

Step 5: Integrate

'''The Mathematics of Grief'''

Integration is about accumulation—adding up all the small moments. Healing works the same way. You don't wake up one day recovered. You accumulate enough okay moments until the pain takes up less of the total.

A Note

This path isn't about solving yourself. It's about seeing yourself clearly enough to stop fighting the equation you're living.

Some things resolve. Some things we just learn to carry.

Both are valid answers.

''— Dr. Miriam Oduya, still calculating''

Written by Unknown — 12:24, 14 January 2026 (CST)