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1/31/2018 so many videos, business is definitely for me. I really hope to become a full time YouTuber one day or at least have that option/type of lifestyle. if the way we find our true purpose in life is by looking at something we enjoy doing more than anything else for me it would definitely be driving, specifically driving only to then create content. I love watching car related (driving pov) videos with supercars myself so I absolutely plan to recreate them one day if I am given the opportunity. I only say it in that manner because honestly sometimes it feels as if by the time I'm "able" to buy a new car or really get into business it'll be too late. all of the guys I'd love to be working with to create videos with and/or enjoy time with are already doing it and only getting older. I still have to graduate and then pay off my student loans before I can even enjoy life. or atleast it feels that way sometimes. I truly think that college was not the best ch

1/30/2018 9 hours spent at my internship today, and I'm not exaggerating or lying about those hours. 9 full hours including both free lunch and dinner while working with my supervisor. holy cow while I honestly complain a lot over the simple things such as "having" to do this 240 hour unpaid internship I won't even make a single complaint about today. all I will say is, holy cow. this is coming from a 23 year old who has never worked that long ever even for pay on a job. I've obviously never had a class that lasted that long and honestly have never really spent that much time doing anything nor have I spent that much time with any one person. 9 hours spent breaking down (chipping rust away from) an old exercise machine and then repainting it which we have to finish in the morning. internship at tennis club - fitness major - health internship - painting? yeah idk how I've managed to do this with my life but I honestly will not make any complaints today.

1/29/2018 guys today's post may be shorter, I have to get my priorities together. I somehow managed to just turn in an assignment late, an assignment in which I had known of the due date since the first day of class. Not only this, I also had told myself that I would get it done over the weekend only to completely waste yesterday. I literally did nothing. I have to stop doing that. so now that assignment will lose points, points lost for no reason. I'm getting better but I really have to be more accountable and responsible. I don't aspire to be perfect but honestly this is just a silly mistake, a mistake that I truly cannot afford. I have to do well in my classes, I have to graduate this May. I've come too far, I'm too close to the end. I truly have enough debt as is in student loans and I honestly have no excuse. Listening to some of the problems others face in my situation or in my same age bracket I truly have no excuse. I think that the best option for m

1/28/2018 I am dealing with it. I struggle greatly with impatience. I struggle with finding happiness and just being content in life. I have to become more appreciative for what I have and to just begin to enjoy the moment. As much as I preach it here on this blog and through my YouTube channel I honestly struggle with it myself. I really want a new car, something I actually like. That alone would just honestly make enjoy life so much more and the sad part is that I got myself into a truly bad investment by purchasing my car new and by paying it in full. I just want a nice sportier car that could even be used and have issues with it, that honestly would've helped me to appreciate having a car more. But oh well, we are where we are and I can't be unappreciative of the fact that I have a pretty new car that belongs to me and only me. alright enough of that, I really want to focus back on what kind of content I'll be creating. I'm separating my true business from my Yo

1/27/2018 make your dreams come true ... just a little on my crap. yet another crazy day but then again we're still in this insane week. it all started on just about the worst note with me missing cars and coffee. and of course just because I chose not to get up out of bed, there were so many nice cars in attendance, cars I have never even seen before. A Dodge Demon, a TrackHawk, a Mclaren 675 Lt, and an Audi R8 V10 plus convertible. work was crazy as usual, oh and I somehow managed to end up at a 1 person training session for a new tennis business for rva, a business where I may or may not be helping with marketing purposes. another story for another day. guys, it's so much easier to take the risk and live life on your own terms/follow your dreams than it is to not make choices based off of your true passions/work someone else's dreams. you only get to do this life thing once. i write these daily posts as a reflection, as a backstory/an autobiographical reference if

1/26/2018 oh my god. if this week was an example of how the next 14/15 weeks will be then my goodness we are in for it. my head is hurting yet again, i truly may need to go see a doctor at some point as all this stress is no good for sure. as it turns out, my semester is only maybe 16 weeks long and next week will be week 3 in which I will enter with about 25 hours completed at my internship. we're actually on track here and everything is going "okay" thus far. I for sure need to spend more time studying next week and maybe just maybe resting also, but we're doing well, we're surviving. financially, my goodness. that's another whole story but thankfully we're still in the green. I managed to not spend more than my income for the month and hopefully this check will reflect a little more money than normal as I "clocked in" for the training this week. that's maybe an extra 5 hours to the 10 I usually get paid for every two weeks. emotional

1/25/2018 alright guys for this post I just want to reflect on life and to just acknowledge how far we've gotten. in a matter of days I may finally be settled, long story short. I'm becoming more accustomed to how life will be for the next couple months which I ultimately have to be in order to make all this stuff happen. my post from earlier was just me rambling, getting everything off my mind, and mostly showing what I'm doing right now. my nutrition class will require at least more effort towards studying on my part than what I've been putting in over the past, well life time. my bio-mechanics class will seemingly require a good amount of effort also as the professor has seemed to have changed things around for this year. my YouTube channel is flowing, I'm recording and uploading regularly which makes me very happy. I'm hoping to buy that external hard drive soon so that I can continue making videos. my internship is going pretty well, looks like I may

1/25/2018 Real estate investing? email marketing google ads, fb ads pinterest ad - old campaign social media marketing new website go pro robinhood trading acc time to get to work,  internship (tennis clinics)   fitness evals classes   exam 1 h374 next week   group nutrition graduation process tennis central   marketing meeting saturday respond to e-mail list 🙏   hopefully 5-10 successful convert   art, athlete, coach, marketer, content creator, blogger, work from home   college student - tutor, passing class-practice tests, textbooks youtube sponsors &ads financial breakdown 2nd post later today.

1/24/2018 ugh and I thought today's post would be a good one. It's literally been such a crazy day thus far but as I'm reading this I'm now noticing that thankfully, it's only 7pm. I'm gonna finish this day on a good note. Here's a few more videos coming soon for the channel: night driving (awaiting editing) maybe add c&c clips day 1 with paper trading/ investing (awaiting editing) more thoughts on college etc part 1 (awaiting editing) thoughts on college pt 2 (coming soon) just get started motivation video 2018 (coming soon) starting your business/ branding this is why I can't get a GT-R (coming soon) about me video 2018 (coming soon) tennis clips and there's plenty more videos I have written out already and then of course all the topics I have planned in my business notebook. There's so much to be done with my business and I'm trying to make the best out of everyday with building my online presence and platfor

1/23/2018 I absolutely have to learn how to say "no." I have to learn how to take consideration and responsibility for myself become others won't honestly. I'm a helpful guy but sometimes that help gets abused. And maybe not abused but people simply don't take into consideration how their actions impact others. long story short, I might be less of a "nice guy" also, guys my goodness. this post is going to be short because my goodness, I have videos upon videos for my YouTube channel. I really want to get things going for my own business and a big part of what I want have in my daily life is content creation, primarily YouTube. I have about 6 videos awaiting editing and upload. I literally am getting so good now about filming stuff that I want and most of it requires little editing so I'm about to be posting very regularly. I really want to make an impact. I want to help others in my community, in my house, and worldwide. I'm about to begin

1/22/2018 my goodness, this was probably the first "long" Monday I've had in a while. I honestly couldn't believe it was still the same day as we progressed into the evening. Having woken up early (8:30am) for my internship only to then rush over to my 12pm class, then to come home and attempt to study for my nutrition class which I then rushed to get to by 4pm. that class lasted from 4pm to 6:40pm, 2 hours and 40 minutes my god that should be illegal. anyways guys, my friend gave me a good idea for my business involving whom I'll be targeting. Assuming I'll have some free time tomorrow I plan to stop by the bank and to purchase my domain/build my website. ugh so much happening, so much I want to do, yet so little time. I for sure am so motivated and excited to be building my business. I am beyond ready to graduate as you guys know, so my plan is to finish this semester strong as I would be expected to. I really just need to be working, I only wish that

1/21/2018 ugh another headache, I made the mistake of going out in the cold with no hat on while my hair was wet. That typically will do it for me, if I am correctly diagnosing these as sinus headaches then yep, it's my fault. another crazy Sunday of rushing around getting things done and making money. got to spend some time with family and even got to see my dream car yet again. My business partner and I went to check out a beautifully spec'd out GT-R track edition. I need it it looked very similar to this spec But today will be my first day of experiencing both time divided for both my business and my school work. i need to study for my classes despite this only being the 2nd week and I have to keep working. I feel as if my business concept is the best for me in the right industry, I just have to spend time building it. I for sure will spend the most time building my brand before adding any options for monetization to establish trust within my community. I want to pro

1/20/2018 building an empire takes a lot of time and a heck of a lot of work. I feel as if what I'm working on has no ability to fail, the only way it wouldn't work is if I didn't carry it out. I believe that I can and will be a millionaire. As an introvert and one who loves to observe people and their differences and especially the choices they make, I try everyday to learn something. What plays a major role in finding success or not that most people don't place enough value on is urgency, how you spend your time, and just getting up and doing things honestly. It's been months now that my business partners and I have been working on our business with nothing to show from it honestly. Nothing as a group at least, I can only hope that they are making progress as we all seemingly have taken our own paths. i for sure have made some success. financially, if you were wondering, I've made $40 from online surveys alone. $40 isn't even enough for a week's wo

1/19/2018 Another blessed Friday, I don't have much to say besides the fact that I'm very thankful. Very happy to have been here for 23 years now and hopefully for another 23 years of fun and good memories. Thanks for reading and I'll see you tomorrow

1/18/2018 1 more post for you guys, really for myself here (the information). 15 weeks of class starting next week, graduation is May 12th, a Saturday 🤔 I'll have to take off work, hopefully by then I'll be quitting my job anyways. Life for sure will be different by then, life will be different very very soon. May 7-11th is the week of finals, I don't think I'll have any. May 4th is the last day, thank you GOD cannot wait for this day yet I won't and wouldn't rush it at all. I'm gonna enjoy these days while I struggle, hopefully building my business to some degree I will be building my business, and hopefully 2018 will be my year. If I could pay my student loans of $70,000 off this year that would be a dream come true. anyways, 15 minutes or so till my b-day, see you guys tomorrow.

1/18/2018 Man, time sure does fly by. I'll be 23 years old in about 4 hours (my time lol). I don't recall to every second what I was doing just 17 days ago on the first day of this year but I darn sure cannot believe believe that it's already 19 days into the year. It's already my birthday 😅 Out of everything I've documented and shared and have talked on, I am more or less just ready for change in life. And not just any change but change for the better. I want to begin enjoying life and not saying that I haven't been or that I feel as if I'm working towards a point where I'd finally be able to enjoy life. Rather, I want to now begin making the best out of my time. School has been nothing but stressful and annoying for me these past 20+ years honestly but here we are at the edge of the bridge, the end of the road. And then the question is what's next? I want to travel, even if it's just down to the local beach. I want to get out more and ju

1/17/2018 welp guys I've done it, I think. I'm finally building a voice for myself that ultimately says that I want to live life on my own terms, no one will sway me from my path. I'm building a voice that says that I have the power to make my own choices based on what I believe in. Further more, I support those that are good people and may also be on a path of success but I don't support dark, evil people. If you keep up with my YouTube channel, I'm about to upload a new video. The professor from the class that I talked about relentlessly here on this blog, the class I'll be retaking, I received a 67.49 as my final grade which translate to a D. As per the rules of my degree program at VCU I must receive a C in all my major classes to pass. The lowest grade to be categorized as a C in this class is a 67.99, half a point away from what I got. I am not mad, I am not angry, I'm pissed the hell off. I'm not even gonna mention anymore on the topic, yo

1/16/2018 I hope you guys enjoyed the post from earlier, I certainly did. It always helps to write down your goals and to set plans for what you hope to accomplish. That GT-R I included is definitely my ideal spec and when the time is appropriate, I'll have one similar to it. It snowed this morning despite not being in the forecast and we apparently will be getting more snow tonight into tomorrow which I'm kinda excited for honestly. It actually has become dull looking and cloudy out as I've started this post which leads me to believe that the snow is on the way. Although I am scheduled to play tennis again tomorrow morning I would be more than happy to miss out on my class as well as my meeting at work. I really want to continue working on my business as I'm becoming more and more focused on one central platform (the new website) and am ready to get to work. I am eager to put in the 8 months and beyond of hard focused work on building my brand and community. For th

1/16/2018 I somehow managed to not write a post yesterday. It was quite an odd day though to be honest, my first "long" day at my new internship site. The day started with me rushing to get things done for the internship followed by rushing to get there only to then not have to do much. Thankfully my supervisor is pretty relaxed and relatable, he's even offered to allow me to do some work from home for the internship and he'll sign off on those hours. That would've never had happened with my previous internship. Anyways, I don't recall sleeping at all last night, as usual I struggle to sleep when I have to be up early the next day. It was quite an odd Monday, but life in general is about to become more uncomfortable for the next 4 months at least and I'm ready, I hope. So this post will serve as the make-up from yesterday and the actual post for today will be posted later this evening. I am so exciting to be building my online business. Here in this

1/14/2018 Start with the mindset; I CAN do this, I WILL do this Remind yourself of how great you are and how great you will be Set goals; for the day and for the next 10 years Come up with actionable plans and tasks to get you there Surround yourself with positive people that support you Level up daily "Level Up Daily" is one of the taglines on the hoodies/shirts in my store for a reason. All we can do is give our best and if you follow that formula above, with a few more details such as taking time off for rest and enjoying the moment, you can achieve anything. I run into hurdles all the time as we all do. But it's how you bounce back that defines your character which ultimately will determine whether you reach your goals or not. You control your future. Mistakes will happen, you will run into people that don't support you and/or are on a path of failure and just cause problems but you can't let this stuff sway you from your path. I follow the advice

1/13/2018 As optimistic as I want to be I can't believe how quickly time moves. I'll be going into yet another semester of college in a few days and I honestly am just over it. I really could care less about completing my coursework and getting my degree. I love to learn and will always have a thirst for knowledge but some things I value more over others. Things that are more relevant for example, or things that quite frankly are more important to know. Something I've picked up from the most successful people that I believe most people will never truly understand and/or acknowledge as important to know involves the idea of not simply following the crowd. You shouldn't do it just because "everyone's doing it," and honestly you should do in life what you want to do. Everyone is on their own path and there has never been nor will there ever be a right way to do life. And quite honestly I believe that this formal education in college is just not for everyone

1/12/2018 Okay so school starts in about 4/5 days and that means life will be changing. The homework has already started, I really need to be reading and studying now if I'm serious about passing this one class in Nutrition. As I've mentioned before in a previous post, my other class I'm not too worries about since I literally just "failed" it last semester. Anyways, I cannot wait to graduate. So here's gonna be my daily stuff, what's gonna be on my mind, everything I'll be focusing on. This will probably be the only place I post some of this stuff. I want to just start investing in stocks. I'll probably download Stash, Acorns, or Robinhood this weekend and begin investing what little money I have to play with. And don't worry guys, when I say little I mean maybe $100 if I don't have to get gas again next week. (I'm a broke college kid if you didn't know lol) My 2 classes, 1 will take extreme focus, the other not so much ho

1/11/2018 Another good Thursday, another day closer to freedom for me lol. Everyday is a great day and I believe that we should make the best of everyday we are fortunate to see; tomorrow isn't promised. I had a great time at my internship, got a little work done there and now I'm back at home. I have to work on my bad sleeping habits starting tonight honestly as I have to be up at 6am to play tennis. Finally guys, my goodness. I ordered something on the 7th and it finally was sent out for shipping as of tomorrow? It said, shipping date for shipped out on 1/12/2018 and last time I checked, that's tomorrow lol. Anyways that purchase was made purely for my social media stuff, it's a prop if you will, I'm so excited to have it and I now need to tend to everything else that needs attention. stuff to buy (cost related) items for business go-pro & accessories car mount for camera external hard drive website seat belt cover more clothes gifts for fa

1/10/2018 Wow, I really can't believe it. We're already yet we're only 10 days into the new year. 2018 is here, many people whom have set resolutions have already given up on them. New things have already been brought into the world and we are now rolling. It's amazing to me that here we are 10 days into yet another year; I'll be 23 in 9 days time. It's been quite a crazy journey and to many you'd describe it as only being just the beginning however this year, this year my people is going to be one to remember. I don't know about you but for me this year already is predetermined to be one of my best years ever, why? Because I've already made up my mind that it will be and I believe that this simple belief alone is all that's necessary to make your day a good day. I must go ahead and share with you guys, things are about to change. My priorities, my schedule, my life is general as of course will have to change with my 240 hour internship and

1/9/2018 Alright, it's Tuesday January 9th, 2018 and I'm finally ready you guys. I'm ready to stop being so negative, I'm ready to turn things around, and most of all I'm ready to move forward. It's not enough to just talk about it, you have to be about it and I'm gonna do just that. It's been about 4 consistent months here of daily blogging and all we can say for it is that I've been just getting these posts up. I haven't acted on my words, I haven't made any changes, but that's okay. As they say, today is a new day and I finally have made my decision. I have simply looked at my life and stopped asking for so much and expecting so much. I'm simply gonna do what I do best and stick to what I'm good at, I'm gonna continue to educate myself and to follow my dreams, and I'm gonna give my best effort every single day. Lately I've been so focused on just finding a business platform that would become immediately profitab

1/8/2018 Alright guys, today's post is just gonna be about me. It's gonna be about my story and how I've gotten where I am today, I will be going out early tomorrow to film a video where I'll be going over this same stuff. Hopefully I'll get that video out by tomorrow what I hope to be able to do is motivate others to make choices for themselves and to be able to not make the same silly mistakes I've made in life. Life is all about choices. We all know this. But not everyone is living their lives making choices for themselves or with themselves in consideration. I simply don't believe that we should have to live our lives making choices based on anyone but ourselves. Just because mom and dad don't see what you see doesn't mean that they're right and you're wrong. It frustrates me to continue living making choices that I honestly don't believe in, I'd rather not have been blessed to be in a position to have had this choice. I wou

1/7/2018 Today's the first Sunday of the first month of the year. It also turns to be the first Sunday of the year 2018 and just so happens to be my birthday month (12 days away). It's another good day, another great start for another good week. Yesterday we got more views than normal yet again but I gave you guys barely a paragraph in that post so today at least will be different. I'll write 2 paragraphs lol. But seriously today was yet another good day, I didn't go out as I usually don't but despite sitting here all day I feel a lot more motivated than I did the past 2 days and I truly feel ready. I'm ready to make some moves, I'm ready to get to work, I've found my WHY again; not that I ever lost it. But tomorrow I'll be doing my first day at the internship, I'm looking forward to it both to honestly hurry up and get it over with and to get myself used to going. I really want to have a better attitude towards these things I'm involved

1.6.2018 I am so tired. I am doing way too much, working way too hard, and still not getting anywhere honestly. I woke up at 7am to go in the 6 degree weather to play tennis, all to make a little money because that's all I can think about now. My mind is so focused on building this business that I'm slowly going insane over it and tonight I for sure have to rest before I go crazy. I now know the exact beginning steps that I'll need to take to start this long awaited business that will make me very happy, make all this effort feel worth it, fulfill my goal of $3,000 a month before I graduate in May, and even eventually aid my efforts to become a millionaire and major global influencer. Alright guys, wasted more time. Tomorrow's post will be a good one, I will try to do 2 posts tomorrow. I must rest now. Until tomorrow.

1/5/2018 "they won't knock me off track, no no!" I've come so far but now it really is time to take action. I can't say that I know much nor am I very confident with where I am but I do know that I am at least at a stage where I could be "working towards my goals." And by working towards my goals I'm specifically referencing my financial goals even more specifically, my goal to begin making $3,000 passively from affiliate marketing. I keep becoming so frustrated with all this honestly, even now I continue to think of ideas only to get no where. Anyways guys I'm gonna stop the post there, that basically sums up my mood for right now.  #always working Tennis at 7:30am, it'll be about 10 degrees out but I'll be paid to play which is why I do it. Thanks for reading guys.

1/4/2018 4 days into the New Year, wow. This is just amazing, it truly is amazing. When you really put things into perspective, 26 days from now or so we'll be entering the second month of the year. At least, when you really consider things in a binary form or in it's simplest form as numbers you really see how quickly time moves. random thought lol Anyways I spent my day with a good friend of mine and again as I've mentioned before, I am so thankful for moments like these. It all began with my hesitation to go out as the roads are messy with all the snow/ice (you'd know if you follow me on IG @rva_youtuber) followed by Lamar backing out to go work on our business stuff while at home which I really hope he was actually doing. After telling myself that I was just gonna go out, to enjoy the day with my friend I went out and did just that. We drove around, we froze a little as the high temperature for the day was only around 30 degrees with very high wind gusts, and we

1/3/2018 Oh my goodness my video turned out so great, in my opinion. I absolutely love it, it didn't turn out perfectly, as nothing ever does, but I truly can't stop watching it. I really like the idea of it only being 5 minutes long also as I really want to begin producing much longer vlog like videos but initially, right now, it's all about capturing people's attention. Longer videos are harder to keep viewer interaction simply, we have way too many distractions to sit down and watch a 20 minute vlog unless we are really really passionate and excited about it. And that is how I want my videos to be described, but it takes time. I'm currently not gaining much attention in any form and although I remain patient as I work to continue creating content and learning, I am making every possible effort to gain viewership or at least I want to be. Okay so we've got a new video up, it took forever to create lol. I honestly give all credit to daily vloggers although

1/2/2018 2nd post for today. Gonna have to cut this one short as it's already 12:33am for Wednesday morning and I am scheduled to play tennis at 10am. I've been so busy editing my video, playing a little video games, and other boring stuff so time has just slipped by. I normally would provide a little more knowledge for the second post or that's what I hoped to do at least but my brain is already half asleep and I don't want to either bore you guys or provide random incorrect information. Apparently the actually tech companies behind Bitcoin and Crypto-currencies are what's really about to make the most gains worldwide. I currently have this video up by Bonner & Partners which I saw on my MSN homepage in which this guy who has referenced Silicon Valley and explained his superior knowledge on this stuff, says that people investing in bitcoin are not even close to making the real potential behind these new developments such as Bitcoin. They're not that new

1/2/2018 Day 2 of the year. I've come so far with my learning on how to start and operate an online business and now it's time to make things happen. I've set myself up to have one of my best years ever but today will hopefully stand out. I have added way too much to my plate and I believe that it'll be best for me to choose one path and follow it through before touching the others. Affiliate Marketing (website) Personal Brand site (derrick) Personal backstory High School scholar student athlete (tennis) skateboarder Interested in making money online during senior year dabbled with surveys (opinion outpost) tennis - tournaments - coaching for city - certified college kid - undeclared major - random degree in exercise science How I make my money (online) blogging, affiliate marketing, websites, Shopify, e-bay reselling, YouTube, branding merch, web hosts, canon powershot sx730 hs, Tube buddy How I create my content YouTube videos, blogs H

1/1/2018 Part 2, it's technically January 2nd now. Currently 12am EST exactly where I'm at but hey it's still Monday to me. My buddy Lamar and I just finished up a little cruise around the city checking out houses. It was around 14 degrees outside so, probably not our smartest idea lol. But anyways we did and while out there we had a great conversation regarding our businesses. As I've referred to him as before, we are indeed business partners, feeding off of each other's knowledge and energy to make a difference in our lives. I am so glad that I decided to go out tonight, I haven't left the house in a while, only to play tennis once and work last Saturday but tonight made a difference for sure. We had a great conversation where we both exchanged some knowledge and re-instilled some motivation for each other as we both are driven by the same motivators. We have very similar goals in life and are working towards the same platforms to achieve our success. Aff