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  • A few years ago I would not think this is possible

  • Walking through the streets

  • of Tokyo Japan being able to do what I love.

  • Having the support I do.

  • Owning a successful established clothing company.

  • This is proof of what seems like an unrealistic goal is possible.

  • I'm no one special.

  • Just someone who put in the work

  • and made the sacrifices to make it happen.

  • This is it!

  • The freedom to be able to travel,

  • explore, and skate with friends while capturing it all working towards

  • working toward my goal everyday.

  • Tokyo is such a beautiful city.

  • The lifestyle, culture, people, architecture.

  • I love it all so much.

  • To be able to experience this all is unreal to me

  • I wanted to make this video

  • to show you that anything is possible if you put your mind to it

  • I still remember that argument I had with my parents

  • about spontaneously deciding to leave my small town

  • to chase the dream out in LA.

  • I had no money,

  • no job,

  • and had just finished my first semester of college

  • but, I chose to chase my dream

  • I'm not gonna lie, the first two years were pretty rough!

  • not passing training on my first job,

  • Then deciding to bum it out, starve, and couch-surf.

  • So I could focus on my goal instead of working

  • not knowing anyone was scary

  • and things got rough

  • but I'm glad I chose to tough it out!

  • it was such an unhealthy lifestyle living off these 39 set burritos every day!

  • Even though those living conditions were harsh,

  • I was happy because I was doing what I wanted to do.

  • I had so much time to work with and I utilized every single day!

  • consistently networking and building up my own name.

  • after the first year passed

  • I got evicted from the place I was staying at due to unpaid bills because of some

  • lack of communication with my roommates.

  • The rent for that month wasn't returned

  • along with the $750 deposit

  • we were supposed to get back once the apartments lease was up.

  • keep in mind that was our last month of our lease.

  • so I was really relying on getting that money.

  • I just had a little over $40 to survive

  • and just like that

  • it was was either used the money to go back home

  • or sleep in my car for a bit till I found somewhere new.

  • I wasn't about to go back to Nevada as a failure

  • It was a scary moment but, luckily my good friend Lamont offered me

  • to stay at his place and work on YouTube with him.

  • so I did and the people I thought were closest to me

  • turned on me because of that.

  • At that point I honestly felt like I had no one.

  • I spent that next year working on the Lamonts Channel

  • as I worked on growing my own social media as well

  • along the way I met some close friends which you see in my videos today.

  • I was making a little bit of money through Lamonts channel

  • and through a small ongoing brand deal as well

  • just barely enough to pay for what it costed

  • to sleep on the couch in the living room

  • I was comfortable with that honestly!

  • until I got into a relationship. I remember how bad I felt about

  • my whole situation during that time period. It made me realize how broke I really was

  • and how I couldn't do anything because of it.

  • I was still sleeping on the couch

  • I couldn't take the girl out to eat

  • and I couldn't even go out to do anything with her.

  • After we broke up I really set my mind to change that.

  • Shortly after I released my first vlog style video which was just a simple "Day In The Life".

  • I started focusing on my own channel and worked my way up to where I am today.

  • I couldn't be happier!

  • Here I am in Japan enjoying it day by day no worries

  • just doing what I love it's been a crazy journey like I said

  • this is just the beginning I'm glad that that vision I pictured

  • years ago is turning into a reality

  • and the point of all this blabbering on about my story

  • is

  • for those of you chasing your dreams

  • Just remember

  • don't

  • give up

A few years ago I would not think this is possible

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