D Ford

4/15/2018 thanks so much for all the support guys, I now will begin my transition over to other media outlets for my business as of today. I've done a lot of "talking" along this journey since entering college, since becoming sad and depressed and choosing to pursue other opportunities, and ultimately since starting this new path with business and what I have today Simple Made Digital Social media marketing Education for starting an online business Education and consulting for improving one's life overall YouTube e-commerce and Affiliate Marketing this business has so many outlets, I have so many ideas and have gained so much knowledge, but I am afraid that I have become STUCK; that I have gotten so far and now am over inpatient, saddened with my progress, and just not enjoying this anymore. while I remain focused and determined to work I now think that this is the time to just go out, enjoy the process, and work. this daily blog has taught me a lo...

4/5/2018 yep... another Thursday 8 hours at the internship... 9 in my books however and my goodness, can't wait till it's over completely missed lunch... typical such great weather too but oh well, another one for the books now I have to finish that stupid assignment for tomorrow until tomorrow

3/31/2018 welp here we are, going into the fourth month of the year and I'm gonna keep it real, not much progress has been made. I don't feel as if I've gotten any closer to my goals. I definitely don't feel any more satisfied and content with life than I did last year. I haven't grown. I still am unhappy. I'm still broke and have no idea of how I can even make things better. it's 9:30pm here, basically close to time for me to go to sleep, or so I believe. I'm just not working hard enough. after listening to the story from the guy working at the gas station I stopped at today I can honestly agree that I am not working hard enough. I'm fucking spoiled and I just don't know what to do. I appreciate what I have and for sure days like today, stories (of how life real is for some people) such as those I heard today really put things into perspective for me. it's 9:30 and I typically am sleep and don't stay up past 1am in spite of the fact ...

3/16/2018 man, so many responsibilities. life is a hassle. all revolving around money of course: bills, places to be, things to get done; it never ends. I'll honestly be so happy to be done with college. a major goal of mine once I graduate is to of course find a decent job or to be making enough money to live comfortably and to then get my own place. I definitely need my own space; idc how I do it whether I have to find a roommate or whatever I just have to go. I need my own space and I need time to myself away from all this nonsense. I believe that I myself and very optimistic, I love life and enjoy the simple things in life, and have very big aspirations in life. I literally see myself going on vacation to somewhere with mountains to just enjoy the view, enjoy nature, and definitely get away from all this online media drama. just remember guys, always remain humble, always remain positive. life is never predictable, you just don't know what's gonna happen next. ...

3/11/2018 welp, spring break is officially over. today's my last day of fun although I really have to work on my project now for my nutrition class as no one else has stepped up to lead the group. I'm so tired though guys, I may have to go out and do something active today. I really want to put a lot of effort towards my group project, possibly upload a video to my YouTube channel or at least go out and film, and work on my business today. it's a windy and cold day here in rva and I don't just want to do as I normally do and stay in and get nothing done. sadly we've already lost an hour with this ridiculous time change. I now understand a bit more of what it is that I want to have as an integral part of my online business; my marketing business. as a marketer I want to help businesses succeed, if you're a tennis coach and you need more students to give lessons to, if you're a shirt company and you just want to build a bigger audience, or if you're ...

3/5/2018 ugh, this internship experience, college in general, sucks. my supervisor is human of course, so even he will sometimes be too busy to reply to text messages, but this completely through off my day. well, kinda. I didn't want to and honestly didn't fully plan to do things as I wanted to but long story short I spent only about 3 hours there today despite my intentions to spend a good 5-10 hours there. oh well as much as I want to go out and film something it's just so chilly here in my area. instead I'm gonna work here from home and possibly play some video games. I'm feeling great and motivated it just sucks that things are the way that they are right now but honestly, it's motivation for me to work harder. I have to work harder if I wanna get out of this situation. ugh, this weather is also bothering my immune system a bit. I've been waking up with cold like symptoms pretty much every day but I'm pretty sure I am not sick, yet. sooo... I...

3/4/2018 another good Sunday, boy oh boy am I getting old lol well I'm officially on my "break" and to be honest this week needs to be worse than normal. I really need to just spend my entire life over at my internship to catch up on my hours especially considering my goal of finishing my hours before it gets too close to the end of the semester. I also need to catch up and make progress with my other classes while I have time. I have a major project in my nutrition class that I plan to make progress with and honestly finish before going back to classes next week. Thankfully it's still Sunday, in fact... coffee time (I'll be back) about an hour later.. I've got my coffee, finished my dinner and am ready to roll 😎 it's about 7pm right now, haven't heard from my supervisor in spite of the fact that I have already planned to and no matter what will be spending some time with him tomorrow. but it's about 7pm right now on my last day of the weeke...

2/23/2018 IT'S FRIDAY :) FINALLY! I have so much I want to get done and so much that I have to get done. I'm still catching up on some that should've been done before, there's a bunch of things going on with my classes which I have to set some priority to, and thankfully only one more week to spring break. This week literally went by in a flash, I remember joking with my friend at the start of the week about how quickly the time would go until spring break showed up and yeah, time is flying. As much as I really don't want to rush things I am so so excited to be done with college. I've often time been described or referred to as somewhat cool or interesting when meeting people and the saddest thing to me is that I have been so negatively impacted by choices I've made lately. Our choices have such a major impact on our lives and honestly my business and major messages I want to spread as a "mission statement" or word of wisdom is that you should t...

2/16/2018 another friday today we went to the MotorTrend Auto Show here in Rva got to see some pretty cool stuff including the Mclaren 720s, the Mclaren 570s, another Nissan GT-R, and even got to sit in quite a few cars. sadly another time where I didn't get to sit in the GT-R but honestly I don't want to sit in or even see this stuff if it's not my own. I am of course happy for those that have this stuff but I don't just wanna be happy for other people all my life. as I've mentioned before, goals don't motivate me anymore, at least not the rewards that come with working hard. I am trying to make the process my lifestyle and just better enjoy it. and with that I'll just accept and enjoy whatever comes with my hard work rather than look to certain things in life hoping and dreaming to have them only to live life with hopes and dreams. I think that a life like that would be sad and depressing and ultimately would lead you no where. I wanna enjoy life, and ...

2/14/2018 Happy Valentines Day 2nd post for today, the previous post was more on 1 issue and hopefully provided more value. this will just be a run down of my day, it will be short. homework due friday h374 quiz on friday h374 quiz nutrition - study internship 😒 email list continuing to grow create social media - business need to work on website pages & branding videos awaiting to be edited & uploaded google adwords! go-pro? b-day gift lessons w/new student car show friday spring break quickly coming up there's a lot more to it but it's not as urgent I guess lol keep working and keep moving forward

2.11.2018 it's Sunday :) I'm gonna make the best of this day. thanks again Liana for the support and motivation, I've decided to make some major changes to better take care of myself while still making progress. It just doesn't make much sense to approach these next 3 months by making life unbearable just to get ahead. I'm gonna build my social media, I'm gonna build my business and customer list, and I'm gonna get through my classes. It's asking for a lot but I'm gonna make sure that I actually enjoy the next 3 months. We have a car show this upcoming weekend, I'm gonna change my routine a bit to include more exercising and water in my diet, and I'm gonna try to hang out with friends more often. today my main priority is to finish my homework and begin studying for my quiz tomorrow, that's it. after I've done those 2 I will work on the pages for my website , getting my financials together to be able to launch my business as...

2/5/2018 It's another Monday I didn't study - wasn't prepared for my Nutrition quiz, probably didn't do so well on that. I'm hoping that I aced my exam in Hpex374 I saw an Audi R8 on the road while going to class, and towards the end of the day I got to see a student pull off in an SRT 392 Hemi Charger Yet again I had a good conversation with my buddy - one of my only real "friends" at the moment I did thankfully meet with my group for Nutrition, hopefully that'll be an opportunity to make some more friends For some strange reason gas prices are up, my car took more gas than expected, and the computer/dash inside is reading a lower normal than normal for how much gas it has alright now to the good stuff. About me history grade school & sports (tennis) job opportunities & learning to network business Amway Affiliate marketing, drop shipping, content creation, amazon fba, real estate investing, stock investing How I Ma...

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...

1/16/2018 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...

1/8/2018 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 ...

1/4/2018 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 ...