D Ford

5/9/2018 keep pushing forward life's too short for regrets, it's too short to be angry and unhappy you just have to be happy with what you have and enjoy the present moment I'm so close to being done with college and I'm so excited so excited and nervous at the same time I'm in debt, I'm so physically drained, I feel as if I haven't even lived yet these past 23 years have been nothing short than a glimpse of what life has to offer I've been so unhappy and haven't gotten out to explore I've been trapped in this house for just too long but that's ok, there's so much potential within, I feel it I won't say that I know I'll be rich and famous but I know for myself that I am going to pursue my dreams I'm going to help build something that will help both myself and those around me thanks for all the support

4/27/18 less than 2 weeks. oh my god guys this is huge, life is about to change, change in a major way whether we want it, whether we're ready or not $31,000 in debt, but no more homework, no more projects I become a slave to america but no longer will I be a "student" it's time to start doing the real things that I have to be doing to be able to do the stuff that I actually want to be doing in life period no more wasting time; I struggle with prioritizing but now I have become a man on a mission I don't even desire to form any new relationships not for business or work, I don't even want to purchase or even think about cars or other material items, and I most certainly don't want to spend my time doing things with the inclusion of people that aren't getting me closer to my goals. this is my time I love to drive I love helping people I like a flexible schedule I like to be able to keep moving and not just sit behind a desk for 40 hours...

4/25/18 $31,000 in debt after 5 years of college :) (about $20-30,000 paid off throughout the years) - desperate situations my government recommends at least a yearly salary of $48,000 in order to truly afford this debt lol, I had no idea they gave opinions such as this they actually gave a lot of helpful information regarding my situation and I am trying to remain optimistic unfortunately I'm not 100% done just yet an exam in h374 and h350, both of my classes on Monday I desperately need to pass both to be able to graduate I have to schedule and then complete the ACSM exam (~$200 or $350) I also need to finalize everything with my supervisor at my internship I then need to make sure that I will be a part of this graduation ceremony in 2 weeks :L I am so ready to have this behind me

4/22/18 as much as I want to hear and abide by the principle of patience I cannot let this financial issue become not as important in my mind I'm in a lot of debt, at age 23. sure I may be young but I don't plan to always live my life on the losing side of things. I have big goals for life and want nice things. I have a desired level of success much higher than those around me and I can't afford to waste years upon years if I want to make it. I'm making money right now but only enough to survive the bills and lifestyle I currently have. I can't even afford a cheap apartment or my student monthly payments for my loans when they start up in the next 6-8 months. exercise more strength gains flexibility stamina hydration business regular YouTube videos always recording My Journey - business, cars, motivation YouTube Instagram Facebook learning and investing course to help get started? Go-Pro? advertisements time to enjoy life :) ...

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...

4/12/2018 tired. tryna make changes lol but thankfully I got some news from my little cousin that will hopefully provide benefit for what we have here. I was basically made aware of how boring I am lol, how uninteresting I truly am and it's true. I have to work on it. this blog is unoriginal and half the time it involves very very short posts the problem though is all this stuff I have going on. I received yet another email today with details/basically saying that I may be able to do another internship that I applied for. I've already "kinda" accepted 1 social media marketing internship with a nonprofit and now I'm hearing back from a second company that I applied to. my summer 9-5 job starts very soon, I graduate in about 3 weeks, I have to schedule myself for a certification exam before graduating... it's just a lot my car is also about to hit a major milestone... 30k miles all driven by me :P making more money, always moving forward anyways guys,...

4/9/2018 Monday's are always long days, all we can do is make the best of them start the week off right finally gonna spend some time doing what I want to be doing tonight, I'm so excited if only I were done with my internship, it's the only thing keeping me busy right now short term goals launch the website by 4/16 (next Mon) filming IG intro video for YouTube channel YouTube videos starting new theme for the channel as student/entrepreneur/go for your goals for the website? NEED TO BE ALWAYS FILMING purchases maybe car decal maybe new pair of jeans creative stuff for YouTube channel RS logo for car new camera tripod stupid exam for school need to check on student loans also selling old textbooks graphene speed pro there's so much going on right now 😕 but we keep moving forward

4/8/2018 there are no breaks in life - rule #1 if you're not working, someone else is just because you have goals, you have plans to do something most likely, someone else has those same goals and plans while you're "chilling," that someone else is likely working as much as I want a break right now, no; time to work been "working" all day but we have to keep going work hard to play hard do what you have to do to be able to do what you want to do time for coffee then it's back to work for the project for h350 I then need to study for h374 and h350 hopefully I'll get to work on the business today :P

4/6/2018 do what you have to do to be able to do what you want to do no more doing things just because everyone else is doing it I do what I have to, if I don't have to nor want to then I won't do it's not good to compare yourself then end up feeling bad for yourself do what you have to do to be able to do what you want to do tennis today for pay :) tennis tomorrow maybe just for play stringing rackets x2 still haven't finished this stupid assignment for h374 as of course, we got yet another assignment today : due in two weeks I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON MY BUSINESS jesus christ, I am so ready to be done with college no way can I even afford to go to my internship today, sorry I have to finish this stupid school work first... but on the bright side... it's Friday

4/1/2018 it's Easter Sunday, a good Sunday but I have to study for that test tomorrow so here's what I'm gonna do for today's post here's everything I know and what I'm getting involved with regarding this business: content creation digital products content videos on YouTube photos marketing & remarketing social media email digital facebook google AdWords affiliate marketing network marketing services teaching webinars courses freelance work Fiverr etc consulting e-commerce dropshipping Shopify or my own website Amazon FBA reselling & arbitrage that's my line of work, I eventually want to have all of these incorporated into my business and be profiting from them. for now I'm profiting only from online surveys, my typical part time job, services (stringing rackets and hitting as a hitting partner), and on occasions I teach tennis. In the summer I will have a 9-5 Monday through Friday teaching ...

3/30/18 9 hours yesterday, 6 hours today at the internship, maybe 2/3 hours for tomorrow. hopefully got a B or so on the test today, for sure didn't get an A as our professor is an idiot, he gave us less than an hour for a rather difficult exam :) I'm feeling doubtful that I'm really gonna make it big, that I'll be able to make any positive major moves in the near future but I'm doing my best and working hard each and every day tired... friday evening and all I wanna do is sleep... it's only 9pm I definitely don't want to go back to my internship tomorrow but it's whatever I spent the majority of my friday at the internship, started the day struggling with my h374 class.. both the lab then a test in the lecture nearly ruined my car 😖 ugh well hopefully things will get better soon. I'm going to order my car decal and vlogging tripod here tonight. thanks for reading

3/28/2018 just another awkward day... I lent my notebook out with all my notes expecting to have received it back yesterday but things didn't go according to plan, I then didn't manage to get it back today... 😑 this notebook has all of my notes for both of my classes... I have an exam on Friday in H374 and an exam next Monday in H350. my goodness I opted to not go to my internship today after being told that I could come in, rather I decided to enjoy this random nice weather in RVA and play tennis. honestly this was ultimately a good choice imo, I've been inside for so long now and it's been a bit depressing. I needed to get out and exercise but I now am a bit further behind on my hours. I honestly am hoping that my supervisor will not be so demanding with this process but I'll be going in bright and early tomorrow so we'll see; I might end up actually catching up and completing all 240 hours. Despite the predicted forecast and first half of the day, w...

3/24/18 I can't even believe that I missed 3 whole days (technically 2) of the daily blog. I honestly don't even fully recall how it happened but honestly I've been busy, like extremely busy. H374 kept me really busy, we had an assignment due last night that I literally had been working on everyday this past week. I managed to pull quite a few hours at my internship and was thankfully able to work on myself and my business. I uploaded another video for you guys and was able to go out skateboarding for some time, by myself of course. I seem to be doing a lot on my own right now which I honestly think is a good thing, I'm working on myself. I have to be the best me and feel confident and happy with myself before I can have successful relationships with others. I really can't believe I missed some days with the blog, as much as I want to say that it won't happen again I really was not expecting to have missed these previous days. What I'm considering is; st...

3/21/2018 times like this I really can't wait to be where I wanna be. this environment I'm in, the people I have to deal with, life in general is just not reflective of me and what I want it to be. It's snowing out, the roads are honestly bad, not only do I live pretty far from campus but there are potentially thousands of other students that also don't live on campus yet VCU decides to remain open leaving the discretion up to us. they basically tell us to make our best judgement as to whether to travel to our classes that we're paying so much for/can't afford to miss. The professors? they most often, or at least all of mine, have the mindsets of people living before the 21st century. to say that "if the school is open then class continues" thereby meaning that by not coming to class you fall behind simply has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Last time I checked this is 2018, we have the internet... basically we don't have to b...

3/19/2018 It's Monday Let's go! Let's make today a great day, Let's own it I've cleaned up a little, working on the business now, about to get in a good workout before my LONG BORING nutrition class my plan is to get a video done today, idk if I want to bring my camera out so I may use my iPhone for this, we'll see I always hope to do multiple posts and say I'll make the posts better day by day but tbh it's tough. I can't give too much priority to this blog considering it's low value to what I'm doing but I have much appreciation for the few of you that do read my blog and keep up with what I'm doing. I'm really hoping to make the transition over to uploading very frequently on my YouTube channel and build my audience there. As much as I am not looking forward to my nutrition class I am motivated to get out. I'm going to own today. unfortunately thus far (I nearly forgot) I've already skipped my 12pm class but ho...

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. ...

3/14/2018 guys, if there's another lesson I can provide that I myself also need to remember; don't spread yourself to thin. I think that's how you say it, basically don't take more on than you can chew. lol, basically, don't overload yourself. Self Discipline it's a habit. it's an urge. it's a choice. I have to meet my goals, I have to get to work, I have to do this I can do this, I will do this, I must do this no more bs'ing I'm starting my website today... those that truly support me will go follow... those that really like what I'm doing will really be a part of this because it's what I'm doing I've come up with excuses, formed too many stories against starting and now we're almost 4 months into the new year. my "business partner" who gave us the goal of acquiring our desired items and meeting financial goals by this year - I don't know I cannot speak on behalf, I cannot make someone else, I am ...

3/13/2018 I hope you guys enjoyed yesterday's post. thank you guys so much for reading, for consistently coming back to this blog. we average about 9 views a day, a little over 300 views a month, and we're getting close to being at 6 months of consistent daily blogs. it's been quite the experience. I plan to begin making daily YouTube videos now, I'm still trying to figure out "how" and "where" I will get this done but that's my plan. my main priority isn't just acquiring YouTube fame rather I hope to begin building my audience there. last night was a good intro to what I hope to accomplish with my channel and I hope to begin giving you guys more value here on the blog when I can. I also hope to start my new website this week, I will continue the daily blog here however. My goal is to already have a business plan and small audience in place for the launch of my website. I know exactly how I want it to look including the pages and design...

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 ...

3/9/2018 alright guys, another great day. it's Friday, sadly I'm starting the blog rather late which means many of you won't be able to see it in time but I will try my best to finish this quickly. my posts are normally completed later in the day than now but I'm going to try to post earlier for you guys for now on. idk about you guys but I sometimes like being busy. it gets me going and forces me to be energetic and motivated which I guess for me is a bit easier since the normal things I have on my schedule I don't mind. worked a bit x 2 doing fun stuff, then handled my school stuff, lost my car for a bit then got it back all good and new and now I'm home relaxing and "working." I'm gonna try to upload a video for you guys tonight then hopefully do some more filming next week. I really want to pursue this more heavily but we'll see how life goes. here's a little motivation guys, if you need it: you have to believe in yourself i...