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FIRST TIME LIVING AWAY FROM MY PARENTS. SHARED A HOUSE WITH 2 OTHER ROOMMATES
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2018 - MOVED TO LA WITH A HANDFUL OF TRASHBAGS OF CLOTHES, A LAPTOP, A CAMERA, AND A DREAM
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WAS UBER DRIVING & DELIVERING FOOD TO MAKE ENDS MEET ON THE SIDE BC BEING AN ASPIRING DIRECTOR PAID ME PENNIES LMAO
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BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SAVED UP ENOUGH TO PUT SOME MONEY DOWN ON A RED CAMERA & FINANCE THE REST ($52K) WENT IN TO DEBT, TOOK A GAMBLE ON MY HUSTLE & IN 6MO IT SOMEHOW PAID ITSELF OFF
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OK, SO ROOMATES SCREWED ME OVER & OWED $$ ON BILLS I FRONTED, SO I GTFO THERE. 2020, FIRST TIME ACTUALLY LIVING BY MYSELF
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GOT AN OFFICE IN DTLA FOR A YEAR. THAT WAS FUN.
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GOT A PRODUCTION VAN & STARTED A GRIP + LIGHTING RENTAL BUSINESS W SOME PRODUCTION FRIENDS
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SURPRISED MY MOM WITH THE CAR SHE ALWAYS WANTED IN HER FAVORITE COLOR FOR HER BDAY
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FEELING INVINCIBLE, AT THE TOP OF MY GAME, DIRECTING FOR EVERY BRAND & ARTIST I COULD ONLY HAVE EVER DREAMED OF A FEW YEARS AGO
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THEN LIFE HIT ME. AND HARD <3 U MAMA
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BECAME A DOG DAD. IT HELPED WITH THE DEPRESSION.
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2021 - 3RD PLACE IN LA, HAD TO GET BOBA A BIGGER PLACE
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MET THE LOML
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2021 - 4TH PLACE IN LA. GUY/GIRL APT.
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2022 - ONE OF THE MOST ADVERSE YEARS OF MY LIFE. <3 U FOREVER DAD
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IT KEPT HAPPENING. SEB, I WILL ALWAYS BE INSPIRED BY YOUR ART.
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SEBASTIAN ALWAYS TOLD ME, THE BEST ART WILL COME FROM WHAT I KNOW BEST, WHAT I HAVE INSIDE ME, SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE BUT ME. SO I DID JUST THAT. I WENT FROM CREATING ART FOR OTHERS, TO CREATING ART FOR ME. TELLING MY STORIES. MY CONTENT CREATION JOURNEY BEGAN
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HE WAS RIGHT. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. TOOK ME PLACES I WOULDVE NEVER THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE. CONNECTING ME WITH ALL OF YOU, ALLOWING TO BE INSPIRED BY CREATIVES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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2023 - MOVED TO DTLA. CONTINUED TO MOVE TOWARDS MAKING MY OWN CONTENT. ALSO, DONT MOVE TO DTLA
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LIFE CONTINUES TO LIFE. IT IS A DAMN UNFAIR ROLLERCOASTER SOMETIMES.
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I'VE JUST HAD TO SUBMIT & ACCEPT THAT I CANT CHANGE THE UNIVERSE'S DIVINE TIMING. WHATS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS MEANT TO HAPPEN. (IDK IF THIS IS A COPING MECHANISM OR GASLIGHTING MYSELF BUT IT WORKS.) THATS JUST LIFE. & NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF MY CONTROL, I CAN ONLY CONTROL MY OUTLOOK ON IT.
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2025 - NOW WE'RE HERE