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4/11/2018 ok I might take a break from the blog... or... idk I'm not doing what I need to be doing I struggle with getting things done; I get distracted too easily so we'll see still working on the group project for h350 although it's due on Friday :O thankfully h374 is going pretty well no class on Friday internship tomorrow, haven't been all week and honestly I don't feel like going but it's been a good week thus far, it's time to make it great grandma is away on vacation :) so I've found/concluded with myself that I for sure won't be getting a new car anytime soon so why don't make due with what I have I think I'm gonna go ahead and get my car decal for my YouTube channel :P

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. ...

3/4/2018 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...

2/27/2018 ugh this internship is going to be more work than I thought. not the internship in full but managing my hours as I have just fallen behind on my hours and was hoping to make things easier for myself. it's whatever, I don't even wanna think on it. it just feels as if things are just not going in my favor right now, times are just really tough. but I don't want that to come across as if I'm feeling down as I'm prepared for the fight, it just sucks to know that people don't support one another. people do whatever the hell they want to do and that usually involves a lot of factors. it simply upsets me to know/experience people not supporting those that are at least trying to make a positive impact on their lives. but that too is whatever, I'll keep fighting for myself. I actually just got some advice from one of my email clients that I was planning to have in a group where I myself would be giving advice lol. unfortunately I've lost this memb...

2/26/2018 I survived :) 2 exams in one day. 2 exams in 2 very different classes; bio-mechanics/anatomy/physiology/musculoskeletal analysis and my other class nutrition 2 rather difficult classes, nutrition being the most outlandish and insane tomorrow I definitely plan to film something and get some work done, I also really need to do a couple hours over at my internship unfortunately but I'm hoping to get things smoothed out over with my internship okay I'm rambling and talking about my problems, yet again I'm very tired. It's been a long Monday unfortunately our university suffered a loss over the weekend, a student from my degree program. it's so sad honestly. a junior whom from what I heard was well involved and going places, was struck by a car while riding his bike in the late hours of Saturday evening and passed away sometime on Sunday. so so horrible. I can't begin to imagine the reactions of his family, it's tough for us as peers of him,...

2/25/2018 guys I messed up. yesterday's post was always gonna be shorter than normal but I forgot to mention that today was/is a special birthday. my dad's birthday is today and I'm hoping that this gets to you guys soon enough to wish him a Happy Birthday. unfortunately I now have less than 24 hours, much less actually, to prepare for the 2 exams I have tomorrow. an exam in h374, the class I'm repeating and nutrition, the class I'm beyond annoyed with. it's safe to say that I cannot wait to get tomorrow behind me although I truly am obviously not rushing time. I for sure am not rushing Tuesday as I recently realized that I am quite a ways behind on my hours for my internship so starting this week I really have to begin staying at my intern site longer no matter if I have something to do or not. it's unfortunate and I really am hoping that my supervisor will allow me to do some hours either off site or make-up hours. anyways guys I've finally assig...

2/24/2018 this marks post 150 meaning 150 days of daily blogging over the course of 5 months with a total of just under 2000 total views. absolutely amazing. I'm shocked to see that you guys didn't really enjoy the previous post, we only got a few views despite the awesome picture of the GT-R, but that's okay. unfortunately this post won't be much better, I'm exhausted and I really need to study. 2 exams on Monday, just my luck. I'm gonna try to spend some time studying tonight before I pass out then tomorrow I will for sure be cramming in even more information. until tomorrow guys

2/10/2018 I sometimes think about what do I want to be known for, what do I wanna stand for, what do I wanna be remembered for. As a dude I can honestly say that I'm more sensitive than some and that I actually care about people. I'll gladly do more for others than I would for myself, especially family, or friends, or kids, or those that just need some help. Today I got to be around a bunch of kids, not that much younger than myself, but kids nonetheless. It just reminds me when I look at them, when I think about the lives that they get to live that we, the older ones are the people who determine the kinds of options that they have. Kids nowadays grow up with technology. People in general nowadays are more antisocial, more egotistical and self confident, life is just tough now. Things just aren't as they used to be. And that's why as part of my business, as part of my brand I take so seriously the way we interact with people and the need to just help one another. ...

2/9/2018 man oh man, another crazy but not even crazy day. everything happens for a reason right? ugh, I'm so tired of hearing how young I am. I feel very old. To be specific, I just don't feel as if I have all the fun options that I had when I truly was young. I'm always tired, I'm always working, I'm always stressed. This can't be the end, this can't be what life is all about. nonetheless. my car insurance is due I'm only about 50 hours into my internship my car needs to be inspected my car is burning more gas than normal my job sucks my classes are uninteresting I need to drink more water I need to stretch more I need to be more social ugh, life is tough I need a break guys tomorrow's post will hopefully be better

2/7/2018 ugh... guys I'm frustated...very much so...and honestly I have been for a while now I think it's been obvious from my postings, life is just tough I had yet another great day today but still overall I'm just not happy yet at the same time I'm extremely motivated and "happy" with what I'm doing I basically am gonna start spending more time on my business, even more than I already have been, I have to believe in my business more so than anyone else in order for anyone else to believe in it I'm tired, I'm beyond done with college and my internship I just want to be working on my goals I'm tired of doing things that I don't wanna do but I'm working unfortunately I'm gonna be giving less priority to the blog, I will try my best to give more value but I really wanna focus more on my business Thanks for reading :L

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....

1/26/2018 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...

1/13/2018 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...

1/7/2018 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...