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I've gotten about 2k new followers since the last time I did this so here's a little back story on me.
10 years ago I was working for a General Contractor out of San Antonio as a project superintendent. Had a nice place to live, nice car, motorcycle, the works.
Problem was,
10 years ago I was working for a General Contractor out of San Antonio as a project superintendent. Had a nice place to live, nice car, motorcycle, the works.
Problem was,
I was always on the road.
My wife was pregnant and always taking care of everything herself and it started to put a real strain on our marriage.
Not being keen on a divorce, I quit my job to find something more local so I could be home more than 3 days a month.
Where we lived
My wife was pregnant and always taking care of everything herself and it started to put a real strain on our marriage.
Not being keen on a divorce, I quit my job to find something more local so I could be home more than 3 days a month.
Where we lived
Jobs were in short supply as the economy was still recovering from the 08' recession and all I could find was part time work at a butcher shop.
This didnt pay the bills worth damn.
Slowly but surely, we started making sacrifices to make ends meet.
Bike, cell phones, cable,
This didnt pay the bills worth damn.
Slowly but surely, we started making sacrifices to make ends meet.
Bike, cell phones, cable,
Etc all went out the door.
It wasnt long until we were stretching bills and had the car repo'd.
Then we lost the house and were forced to move into a cheap motel in a shitty area.
The butcher job was too far to walk so I found a temp labor job at one of those, "work today,
It wasnt long until we were stretching bills and had the car repo'd.
Then we lost the house and were forced to move into a cheap motel in a shitty area.
The butcher job was too far to walk so I found a temp labor job at one of those, "work today,
Get paid today", places.
I'd show up at 4am to be first in line when the doors opened at 5 and eventually got put on a repeat ticket for a job busting up concrete.
I'd work 10 hours a day swinging a 16lb sledge hammer turning big chunks into little chunks and then go back to
I'd show up at 4am to be first in line when the doors opened at 5 and eventually got put on a repeat ticket for a job busting up concrete.
I'd work 10 hours a day swinging a 16lb sledge hammer turning big chunks into little chunks and then go back to
The labor office to get my check and walk to cash it at the gas station.
After fees and taxes, I'd have 56 bucks.
I did this for two years.
Finally my wifes sister came home from the middle east and we moved in with her.
But by then my marriage was a wreck.
I took the last
After fees and taxes, I'd have 56 bucks.
I did this for two years.
Finally my wifes sister came home from the middle east and we moved in with her.
But by then my marriage was a wreck.
I took the last
Bit of cash we had and left to come back to South Carolina where I couch surfed with a high school friend while I worked at McD's and looked for better work and sent money to my wife every week.
After 2 months I found a job that paid well enough for me to find a house to
After 2 months I found a job that paid well enough for me to find a house to
Rent and enough for me to go back west and get my wife and kids and bring them out here with me.
Finally having a place of our own again, I doubled down on my hours at work for 4 years, terrified of losing it all again.
In December of 2018 I got this idea for my own business.
Finally having a place of our own again, I doubled down on my hours at work for 4 years, terrified of losing it all again.
In December of 2018 I got this idea for my own business.
In January of 2019 I spent all of our money on getting it started and joined Twitter to promote it. By March, Rugged Legacy Grooming Supply was live.
I kept my 9-5 until July 2020 when I was let go due to covid slowing us down.
The day I was let go, was the day I could have
I kept my 9-5 until July 2020 when I was let go due to covid slowing us down.
The day I was let go, was the day I could have
Panicked. But instead, I went all in on working for myself and am still doing it to this day.
If there's a lesson I can impart from all of this it's that you ain't done, until you're done.
And I still ain't done.
If there's a lesson I can impart from all of this it's that you ain't done, until you're done.
And I still ain't done.
