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The journey officially started in 2017 when I started consuming personal development but I want to briefly fill you in on what the previous years looked like.
Growing up it was me and my mom. She did the best she could and looking backI had a fun and exciting childhood.
In 1st through 3rd grade I loved school. In 1st grade I was actually so far ahead that I was given the option to skip to the 2nd grade. In 3rd grade I won a 1st place medal in challenge program.
At age 9 I got to reconnect with my dad and my grandparents, this was exciting! I saw them several times a year.
In the 4th through the 8th grade, grades and school became less of a priority for me. I started to get in to trouble and spent every day after school playing sports with all the neighborhood kids. During this time I ended up at the police station on several occasions..
In high school I joined the basketball team, this was the first major shift in my life. In 9th grade I also made a separation. The group I hung out with in middle school got into the party scene and I wasn't into it. That year I cut ties with all my friends at that school.
In 10th grade, Basketball helped me clean up my act. I stopped getting into trouble and made a whole new group of friends. I played all four years of highschool and had a blast.
After high school I went to a community college. I planned to play basketball but that summer I injured my knee. I didn't have health insurance or the right resources. For two years I didn't run or play sports until I eventually got it fixed.
In community college I struggled. I spent three years there before I got my associates degree. I had an interest in business and sales but didn't know what kind of job I wanted to do.
I took semesters off, failed classes, and lacked focus. I worked at Goodwill and HHgreg (basically Best Buy) as an appliance and tv salesman. I also had my first major relationship during this time.
It's important to note, that the relationship I had was key at the time. All my friends from high school went to four year colleges. I questioned if high-school was the peak of my life.
Through the years up until this point two things held true.
1. I always had a void. I was happy but knew that we didn't have the luxuries that my friends had. My first car was called the "Raper Van" because of how it looked and the loud noise it made. I was embarrassed of where we lived and we never went on the traditional family vacations. I didn't like the limitations and always desired to have more some day!
2. I was constantly hustling and seeking ways to make my own money. In 2nd grade I sold $200 worth of Pokémon cards and did lemonade stands.
In 3rd grade I would buy 4 packs of hubba bubba gum for $1 and sell them for $1 each. I did inbox dollars (online surveys), I learned GameStop throws away videos games and accessories and began "dumpster diving" all their stores and selling the items online. I called up the local McDonald's and asked for their large cardboard cutouts they used for promotions. Then I would sell them on craigslist. I started an eBay business flipping miscellaneous items from garage sales and goodwill online. Then I started a hat business wholesaling hats from China. (this was my first big win, I made $8K profit and bought my first car).
Also throughout this time I never really had a role model or a mentor. I had several step dads who came in out of the picture and I saw my dad but didn't get the perspective from him.
Because of that I did a lot of trial error and figured things out on my own.
The year I graduated from community college (2015) something significant happened.
My grandparents invited me to Hawaii and paid for the whole trip. I spent 30 days there! I went whale watching, segwayed through the jungle, drove up a giant mountain to see the stars, flew over volcanoes in a helicopter, stayed in an ocean front luxury condo and ate lots of good food.
This trip impacted me forever, I had a epiphany at the end of the trip and decided then I was going to be great. I was going to be a Billionaire.
In 2016 I was accepted into Illinois State University. But I got off to a rough start. The apartment I moved into had a mold problem and I'm super allergic. After several days I was sick, weak, and not hungry. After a few weeks it became a burden and I started driving home 3 hours every weekend just to get away from it.
Under a lot of stress I had my first run in with anxiety. When I would make these long trips I would feel at times like I couldn't breathe. Then I started fearing the idea of having these episodes and more came.
Later on I decided I needed to leave all together. I slept on a friends couch for a month looking for apartments. I tried everything with no luck and just before I was going to decide between moving in with 3 girls or living off campus, the perfect apartment fell into my lap. I got better and started doing great! Life was good.
That semester I got straight A's and had a lot of fun.
Although my aspirations still existed they were just ideas. I was drifting without really realizing it. In my 2nd semester I was faced with major adversity. This event was the one that ultimately course corrected me and lead me to the path I'm on today.
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