I had some form of goal in mind. I knew that I wanted to get into marketing and copywriting. But time moves quickly. Before I knew it, I was already beginning the fall semester of my senior year. I was highly motivated to start doing productive things. I was getting ready to start a YouTube channel and started recording videos. I started taking care of my body. I implemented procedures into building myself up. I was so focused on getting myself together, my roommates wouldn’t see me for weeks. After a while, I started seeing improvements in my life. I discovered new things about myself. I was told in my public speaking class that I had a talent for entertaining people. I was getting told by family and friends that I am motivating them to do better with their own lives. I started feeling amazing.
And everything was great, until the Fire Nation attacked – HaHa just kidding 🙂. But seriously though, when I started gaining my momentum, I started going through a lot of personal things that I can’t talk about. Then I went through one of the most downward spiraling months ever. I completely neglected my health. I was full of anger all of the time. I grew tired. I stopped going to class, and I had one of my worst semesters ever. All I wanted to do was get rich and run away from everything.
What does this have to do with marketing?
I’ll get to it in two minutes, just bear with me. At that time (and currently) I was working at retail. So, while being miserable in my personal life, I was also miserable working at my job. On top of that, I was working during the holiday season, so I was VERY MISERABLE. All I was thinking was;
I need to get rich.
How can I get out of here?
I need to start a business.
I really need a work-from-home job.
How am I working at this job and barely making enough to pay rent and buy food?
I need to get my stuff together, because I don’t want to be here forever.
At that final thought, I snapped out of my rut. I needed to get back on track. During that work shift, I was also listening to a Youtuber named StephIsCold. If you don’t get easily offended, I’d recommend checking his channel out. A lot of the videos he made motivated me to get on my purpose. With my fire re-lit, I was ready to get back into bettering myself.
And what does this have to do with marketing???
I’ll get to it now. That day, I had another thought;
Hey, if you spend most of your shifts listening to music and YouTube while working, why don’t you work and listen to videos on how to get into marketing? Kill two birds with one stone.
And that is what started it all. I stopped listening to whatever video I was listening to, and typed in the search bar, “How to start a career in digital marketing”
This video by Adam Erhart (watch him if you’re also interested in marketing) appeared first. I tapped, I started listening, and ever since then, I dove headfirst into digital marketing immersion.