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

4/30/18 I'm free at last, well hopefully. will know by wednesday, I'm fairly confident that I was able to pull through my h374 class overall with a C. let the fun begin...adulthood 5/2/2018 so close yet so far looks as if I've completed everything except for h350 (nutrition) I have to both take and pass the final exam I'm trying my best and giving everything I have I just really want to be done with this whole college this I certainly never want to deal with people in this particular environment again I for sure want to help and motivate everyone, I hope to be able to share my opinions to help others following my journey but I'll never play the role as student of a university again it's not worth the money (wasn't for me)

4/29/18 we're going to own this, we won't let tomorrow or this challenge in general defeat us, we are going to prove it to everybody. this is not the end; this is only the beginning I want to give up, I say I'll never do this college thing again, I complain/complain/complain about my life's situation, and I simply don't want to move forward but we can't have this, we can't allow this. this is my life, we only get to do it once. your life's circumstances do not define you, what defines you comes from within. it's not about your degrees, money in your bank account, or other certificates and achievements. it's about what you do, it's about how much heart and courage you have to do the things that you get done tomorrow is the challenge, these past 5 years have been the challenge, life is a challenge. we will defeat this, together you don't need the motivational videos, you don't need mom or dad's help, you just have to get u...

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 :) ...

4/16/18 Monday's :P I still have so much growing up to do but hey, we're living life. hopefully gonna make this a great week and get some stuff done. 4/17/18 Fun Fun Fun, my goodness this week is already just being that typically kind of week for this semester this internship experience 😌 I just can't wait to be done with this college crap; it hasn't been fun honestly very soon I'll hopefully be working, paying back my debts, and probably still single yay! 5 years to get a degree as I've said before man... we only get one life people aren't going to consider others, especially not those facing difficult times who aren't happy with their lives... they tend to make others unhappy... they lose perspective I never want to be that kind of person. I love helping people and seeing others win welp... time to do homework as usual then hopefully I'll get to finish my videos or work on my business 4/18/18 Mom's bday at the start of th...

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...

4/13/2018 I wanna be that lion, to have no need for external motivation to do what I do. I want my motivation to come from within. I want so bad to be better that it hurts. I will do everything I can to be better. I won't be average, I won't give only 80%. I have to give my best, I must. I know my WHY and it hurts to not be there already. I can do it for them, I will do it for them, I must do it for them. Thank you. Blessings so thankful for everything I have, everything I've been fortunate to experience. my family is good, my health is good, my life is good 2 opportunities to intern over the summer; 1 I've already made conversation and applied for the other I will be applying to before the end of the day I just found out that thankfully to God I am not in too unbearable of a financial hole, that I might actually have a life worth living with regards to money my family is out there doing what they do but they're all still here and doing well and so I mu...

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...

3/26/2018 thank goodness, we didn't have nutrition today. that class honestly sucks, the professor is horrible honestly (asshole), and I really don't think more than half the class will retain at least 50% or more of the material post graduating from college. I'll never change my opinion on this it's been another one of those Mondays. unfortunately I witnessed an older woman crash into the side of a parked car as she tried to pull out from behind it. it's not even about age but I certainly have noticed that people who become more experienced with life if you will, or become less involved or caring/aware of their behavior, tend to lose perspective. these are the people that may be more vulnerable to ridiculous errors such as what I saw today. a test this week with a project due in the same class all on the same day, a test next Monday with a project due in my internship's parent class, so much work I managed to help a friend of mine, always makes me happy...

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. ...