Let me introduce myself, amico mio. My real name is Ivan Nikolov and I am from Burgas, Bulgaria. The "Van Lov" sobriquet comes from iVAN nikoLOV. Sounds like Vin Diesel, doesn't it 😂😂? By the way in the past I came up with the idea to become an actor. Things are going on a different way from being an actor (for now). I study dental medicine in the Sofia Medical university and, interestingly, TODAY starts my first semester of the first year. Of course, being simply in the Matrix with a university degree (albeit it is a medicine degree) is not my cup of tea, so I decided to become familiar with some other activities as well. It was the last Christmas day in 2022 (December 27th) that I got blocked by a girl that I was in love with when I started writing ideas for my book(s). Up to this date - September 23rd - I have 840 pages in Samsung Notes, which, if estimated in Word pages (letter size 14), is 288 pages (just over 84 000 words). Having a community means a lot to me because it "burns my ships" into writing my book officially, not just some ideas. However, who am I actually? What have I achieved in my life so far? What stands behind this "Van Lov" thing? Apart from the fact that in several years I will be able to make you the best smile you can imagine, I have already struggled with some aspects of my intellectual, emotional and spiritual development. When I studied in elementary school not only was I bullied, but I also didn't have some real friends. Every friendship was volatile and fragile - changing from day to day. I have been good mathematician since I was 4 years old. My mother remembers these times because I had the proclivity to add and subtract 3-digit numbers to/from other 3-digit numbers. Well, my math tallent, coupled with my eagerness to escape from this school, made me apply for maths high school when I was in the end of 4th grade (the other opportunity was in the end of 7th grade - IMPOSSIBLE to bear all of it 3 years more). I won't bore you with all the things and circumstances I had to face in my life. I'd rather love to share my 12-month exponential growth (from October 2023 to (almost) October 2024) which I experienced due to all of these obstacles and some circumstances that incapacitated me.