I had a banana idea outside Trader Joe's and ended up giving a guy two bananas. They cost 46 cents. No tax necessary. Sure, I bought him a wrap he asked for, and I bought him two roma tomatoes he probably didn't eat. But let's focus in on the bananas. As I walked away, a miracle happened: a realization entered or crossed or found my mind. I think of it as a revelation: AI is going to take away a bunch of our jobs - more people need to be doing stuff like this.

I spent the next 3 months grinding, working almost non stop trying to make sure I maximize impact, scale quickly, all the stuff... Sitting behind a computer, talking to important people who gave no bananas to anyone. I landed on being another boring Food Rescue Organization (FRO) only to realize how much effort it would be and how much it would cost to pay commissions to the people who go into all these damn hotels, restaurants, and what have you. I gave up. For a month and a half. I figured maybe the people would just starve to death cause I couldn't make it happen in time.

Sure, giving up led to some fun. But I had an experience that changed everything and came out of it realizing: I just need to buy bananas myself and start giving them to the homeless and hungry. So I picked up where I left off (I had given 30, then 150 bananas). I gave 300 bananas, then a friend gave $25 so I gave 408. Then my best friend Chad gave $400 so I'm going to give 1739. Then a church said I could plug my banana idea which I'm going to do tomorrow. My goal is to exceed the capacity of St Anthony's and Glide by my 40th birthday on May 23. That means 7,000+ bananas a day. Their cost will be 30,000% greater than ours.