HOW I FINISHED COLLEGE, BOUGHT A HOUSE, AND GOT MY BUSINESS UP AND RUNNING IN 2022!
12-17-2022 ONE MORE SEMESTER LEFT
IN SHORT, HOW I WAS ABLE TO FINISH STRONG WAS THE PEOPLE AROUND ME, BOOKS, AND A WHOLE LOT OF FORCING IT LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT! MAN IT WAS HELL, BUT IF YOU WANT IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT, YOU JUST GOT TO PUT IN THE WORK TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!
WINTER TIME IN IOWA CITY, IOWA, 2022
2022 WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST YEARS OF MY LIFE. I HAD STARTED MY BUSINESS AND WAS OUT THERE SHOOTING FOR CLIENTS, I WAS A FULL TIME COLLEGE STUDENT TAKING 19 SEMESTER HOURS AND 2 MATER LEVELS COURCES AS AN UNDERGRAD, AND I WAS WORKING ANOTHER 30 HOURS A WEEK AT THE BUSINESS JOB. HOW I DID NOT CRASH OUT I WILL NEVER KNOW. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS, AROUND THIS TIME I WANTED TO GIVE UP. I WANTED TO QUIT. AND I DIDN’T BECAUSE I HAD COME TO FAR FOR THAT. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAD WORKED TO HARD FOR ME TO BE IN THAT POSITION, AND MOST IMPORTANLY, I WANT TO BE IN THE 1%, AND YOU DON’T GET THERE BY BEING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. THIS ERA OF MY LIFE SHOWED ME I HAD THIS THING CALLED DISCIPLINE. THIS ERA OF MY LIFE SHOWED ME, I NEEDED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND STOP HARMING MYSELF. THIS ERA OF MY LIFE TAUGHT ME I NEEDED TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE AROUND ME AS POSSIBLE WHO WANTED TO GO FAR IN LIFE SO THAT WE COULD BE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER WHEN THINGS GOT DIFFICULT. I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY, I AM AND WILL BE FOREVER GREATFULL THAT 2022 AS A YEAR HAPPENED TO ME. IT TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. I WOULD NOT BE THE MAN I AM TODAY, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW WITHOUT THOSE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS! WITHIN 5 MONTHS OF THESE SELF PORTRAITS, I GRADUATED COLLEGE, MADE THE PRESIDENTS LIKE WITH A 4.O GPA FOR THE 4TH SEMESTER IN A ROW, AND BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE. IT WAS HELL IN THE MOMENT, BUT I KEPT MOVING FORWARD AND IT ALL WORKED OUT SOME HOW! THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING ME. IT MEANS THE WORLD. 2026 WILL BE OUR YEAR, THANKS FOR COMING TO THE TED TALK!
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IN THIS POST, DARSHAUN RECAPS A TRIP HE TOOK TO MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA TO CAPTURE A SPECIAL MOMENT IN TIME.