I 100x my networth this cycle
It took hitting rock bottom multiple times to get here
That said, I’d do it all over again if I could, even if they were tough years
> End of the 2021 bull
> No solid income, made money bartending, dog-sitting + babysitting
> Moved to my grandparents house to lower living costs to a minimum
> Built a gaming guild then pivoted to marketing agency, helped a couple clients build gamified Discord servers
> Gambled my income on random NFTs (I had no idea what I was doing)
> Made ~$5K from a marketing job which allowed me to go to Mexico for a couple months (idea was to lower costs even more + live a little, not smart in retrospect)
> Continued working on the agency but every outreach was a dead-end
> Began applying for dozens of jobs
> No answers for weeks on end
> Burnt through the very last of my savings, including money my parents had set aside for me during childhood
> Ended up capitulating and moving back in with my parents
> Job search continued for more months
> By this point I was beyond defeated psychologically
> Finally got a job, moved to Lisbon (again, chasing lower living costs)
> Borrowed money from my parents for rent deposit
> Worked full time marketing, living paycheck to paycheck
> Wrote a gaming newsletter for ~9 months, investors from Bitkraft + a16z subscribed
> Streamed gaming on Twitch in my spare time
> Met a lot of my current friends through crypto gaming communities
> $ARB airdrop gave me a few thousand $ in savings
> Late 2023 I was so burnt out from my job (making $1.5K/month), I quit to go full-time content
> Made $250 per video so a handful of sponsorships were enough for me to get by
> My monthly income 10x by early 2024
> The rest is history
Never ever give up
Whatever your story is – every hardship, every failure is leading you towards your higher self
I’m infinitely grateful to have stuck around, this industry has changed my life in more ways than one + it gave me a reason to wake up everyday
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