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 part
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 $40.00 to survive and just like
that it was either used the money to go back home or sleep in my car for a bit
to like 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 them at that point I honestly
felt like I had no one I spent that next year working on the Mod Channel as I
worked on growing my own social media as well
don't be
Mansu
along the way I met some close friends which you see in my videos today I was
making a little bit of money through LeMond 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
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