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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...

2/19/2018 it's time for a change. unfortunately guys, I did not pass my first half of the examination process for my certification in Google Ads. I'm a bit disappointed honestly but when I consider my current situation, how everything else has been going, and my overall efforts towards life lately, it's not that shocking. I have not been giving my best effort towards anything - my social relationships, my physical health, school, my business it's just been tough lately and I am for sure spreading myself too thin and asking for too much. as cool as it sounds to be doing so much it for sure isn't cool at all if I'm failing at everything I'm doing. I didn't pass this exam, haven't been doing as well as I can in school, and life just isn't how I want it to be. but today we change that, as you guys know I never let anything keep me down for too long. as the greats say, pain is temporary I'm about 12 minutes from actively skipping my class, I...

2/18/2018 alright guys, yesterday's post wasn't good so I'm gonna give a better effort here today while I have some time. I've done my research on that opportunity for work that I mentioned a few days ago and I now am undecided as to whether I'll pursue. I've completed/am about halfway through to becoming a certified marketer with Google Ads and this will truly be my first business move. My plan is to launch both my website with products and services as well as marketing e-commerce products on another platform, most likely t-shirts. the moment I've become certified I'll probably launch a t-shirt store and begin running ads all of which will be documented on my YouTube channel. I'm excited to produce more videos, immediately after finishing this post I'll be going to work on that same video, hopefully to be uploaded today. I have about 8 more videos waited to be uploaded. I believe that anyone and everyone can be successful. right now, Feb ...

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...

1/14/2018 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...

1/8/2018 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 ...

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...

1/1/2018 The first day of the year, my goodness. Another whole year to be successful. I hope you all had a good holiday season, Happy New Year everyone. I hope everyone is doing okay, I hope that everyone is happy and has found enough peace to enjoy the day. Happy birthday to all fortunate enough to have been or are born on this day, my birthday is in 18 days. I'll be 23 🌝 I've made yet another new decision, I've decided to make my personal brand/my story my main focus. It's my story, my skills, and my passions that will get me to where I wanna be. Rather than trying to find some category or product that already has popularity to make my success, I'm gonna make my name and who I am that popular thing. I think that this will be the easiest thing for me and perhaps the best thing for me to promote as I believe in helping others and give my best effort to seeing others happy. Business wise I will be daily blogging like crazy. I currently have this blog of course...

12/31/17 It's the last day of 2017 man, crazy. Another whole year of life has gone by and I must say this year has to be a bit different. It will be a bit different. In this year we're gonna do better, we're gonna go farther, we're gonna be better. For me it's time to really get up and take actions on the things that need to be done and I'm excited to see where life will take me. I'm excited, I'm anxious, I'm nervous, and I'm a little scared but 2018 is here. My student loans will become active this year, I'll be graduating from college, my brother will have to make big decisions regarding where he'll finish his remaining time in undergrad, my cousin will be returning from the military; there's so much already impacting us for 2018. I want to begin making better content, I wanna actually begin profiting from marketing and/in addition to building my own online business, I want to work with all my newly acquired networks for projects,...

12/30/17 2 Days from 2018, about 49 views from 1000 total views on this daily blog, about 2000 views from being able to monetize videos on my YouTube channel. These are crazy numbers/details. I really can't believe that 2017 has come and gone so quickly, it's been a great year with many great memories, I'm excited for what 2018 holds. I myself really want to solve this online money making mystery so that I can spend more time with my family and supporters upon graduating this May. That's really where my focus and passions are geared towards and I know how will begin profiting from Affiliate Marketing very soon. I can't believe we've come this far with the blog, unfortunately I can't say all 1000 views have been easy or that they even reflect only the time I've been daily blogging as some occurred before starting this journey. Nevertheless, we are doing great, we are growing, we are moving forward. In addition to just being able to monetize my You...

12/29/17 work, work, work. I can't even afford to say rest as I'm already getting 8 hours of sleep a night, sometimes more and this is gonna have to change. I'm learning a lot and experimenting a lot but I really want to just find 1 avenue to take and then run with it. All of these platforms ( Shopify & Amazon FBA; Drop-shipping, Affiliate Marketing, Influencer Marketing & Branding ) all seem very lucrative yet I am not making any money with them. I find it so funny that I actually fall in a category that the rich people reference when convincing people to join their programs. I currently spend hours and hours doing online surveys and researching ways to make money from home and honestly that kind of pursuit is never really gonna get you anywhere. I'm sure there are people making decent money from surveys or some of these other task related jobs and even the virtual assistant etc. type of work. But the simple fact is that I realize the "How" in which...

12/28/17 Alright guys so if you read yesterday's post you now have a better idea of what kind of business I'm in and how it's done. I truly see the potential behind Affiliate Marketing and am confident that I'll be able to reach my small goals revolving around $3000 a month, $800 a week, $100 a day by early, lets say March of 2018. I am planning to take enroll into some training programs that I have found recently, both paid and free right after writing this post. The grind for me starts today and will not stop even after those small goals are accomplished and I'm feeling very confident that we'll crush those. The toughest part for me is that I'm doing all of this stuff alone, learning about the business, implementing the business, and I'll pretty much be managing it by myself also since I haven't really found any solid business partners. But I'm actually happy that I'll be tested with this business as the results will rely solely on my per...

12/27/17 4 more days, man does time sure fly. 4 days until 2018, another new year. A sign of hope for some and a sign of freedom for others. I for sure am not thinking about any days or certain dates, although graduating in May of 2018 will be a very big day for me. But no, I'm excited and motivated for today. The 27th of December, 2017. I'm ready my people, ready for success. I'm ready for greatness with the ability to have nice things and to be able to lead and teach others. This affiliate marketing thing is really driving me crazy I'm not gonna lie. I truly see the potential behind it and believe that with the proper knowledge I could easily be making my goal of $3000 a month but it really is a bit confusing to start. But I won't give up that's for sure and once I make at least $1000 or so I'll begin making tutorials and providing my recommendations/reviews for you guys. It's gonna feel so good once I've gotten to this small goal, I would love...

12/26/17 Alright, today is the day darnit lol. I have been doing a lot and I do mean a lot of talking here on the blog but I'm about to have either a cup of tea or coffee and get to work. It's currently about 6:30 here on the east coast in the states and I have to put in some major work. My "Why" has me extremely motivated and extremely hungry for success. I know what needs to be done I just don't know how exactly to do the things that will get me to where I want to be. Affiliate Marketing: either creating a landing page for people to go to who are looking for the products I'm promoting, creating a landing page where I'll collect emails to then send people the products I'm promoting, or just going out and sharing my affiliate links on various platforms.       Also it would be nice to use my YouTube channel to promote affiliate offers but my channel is not purely for profit. My channel as you guys know is documenting my journey while providing mo...

12/10/17 Alright guys today is the big day, today's another Sunday but no ordinary Sunday. It's Sunday December 10th 2017. Idk about you but it's a big day for me. Everyday I'm learning, everyday I'm growing, I'm always moving forward. So today I did indeed manage to make an investment, a purchase for the business. I won't say exactly what/with who/how I did it but just know that hopefully we'll be making some big inroads for the YouTube channel well before Christmas (December 25th). I'm gonna work on yet another upload for you guys tonight and hopefully finish it tomorrow followed by another live stream coming either tomorrow or Tuesday. Side note: I need to just remember what I'm saying, what I'm doing, and what I'm getting myself into. Basically the choices I'm making on a daily basis. I just signed myself up for some regular 6am tennis with a group of guys knowing that I'm not a morning person but on the bright side, I w...