i’m getting CRAZY deja vu rn.
almost a year ago to this date , a lot of things in my life were very similar to how they are now.
i had a newsletter , was making money online , and had just bought a flight to go see some of my best friends.
i remember writing an email while i was in the air because i thought it sounded cool lol…
and i was about to open this with the same line i used in that one , but i decided against it because i don’t want to be lazy.
but if you didn’t guess already , i am currently writing to you on a plane.
in the sky.
i couldn’t tell you how many feet or miles or kilometers (or whatever metric you want to use) i am above the ground…
but i’m definitely up here.
and while i was taking off i felt inspired to write something to my 5 loyal readers , for two reasons:
one: it’s been a MINUTE and i told myself that i would genuinely take this newsletter seriously (unlike the one i had last year)
and two: i just want to write. i love it.
you’ve probably had deja vu before.
the feeling is pretty cool — especially when you’re able to reflect on how far you’ve come since then.
that snapshot of last year might’ve sound pretty cool at first glance, but at the time i honestly was pretty lost.
i thought i knew what i wanted out of life , and that i was moving in the right direction , but i really had no freaking clue.
i’d tried three business models by then , and would go on to try two more by the end of the spring…
which ended up leaving me in the same spot as when i started in sept 2024.
i was so green into this space that every opportunity sounded like the golden ticket to freeeeedom , so i took them all without realizing that the real key is mastering the skill of saying NO.
because opportunity will always be there (if you’re putting work in).
in fact , there’s a good chance you’ll only see more opportunity the longer you stay in the game.
but money follows people who are great at what they do.
why?
because they’re the ones who solve the complex problems.
and you can’t truly be great at something if you’re a generalist in everything.
which i learned the hard way from being so naive last year.
thankfully tho , i actually did learn — and i promised myself that was a path i would never go down again.
so since august of 2025 , i’ve been laser locked in on becoming a great copywriter — a master of persuasion & marketing who can turn words into money.
and it took a pretty long time , but the multiple months of practicing that same skill everyday , saying no to anything that didn’t align with the vision , and working tirelessly in between & after walmart shifts…
i’m now blessed to say that i am decent at it.
lol.
it’s halfway there , but it’s definitely enough (and honestly more than enough with how low the barrier to entry is for skilled service providers in this space).
and i’m being paid really well for where i’m at , working everyday with brothers on the other side of the world helping people change their lives with words.
all that to say — this is just a really cool moment for me.
because even though there’s some similarities from last year, there’s also a lot of major differences.
i now have clarity on my mission , my life , and the man i want to become…
i’m making a living doing work that i love and am passionate about…
and i’ve set myself up in the perfect environment to grow 10x more this year.
so i’m just really excited.
business has taught me a lot about life — the ventures i took last year that felt like a waste of time were actually just preparing me to be the man i am right now, sitting in United plane seat 54A.
and i know that i’m only going to get better.
