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Hello everyone! My name is Aaron, and I am a slowlaner. (That's how this works right?)
I've been putting off my introduction for far too long and I felt this moment was good as any. So here it goes...
Background
I was born into a slowlane family. Things were rough growing up with nine brothers and sisters to a single mother who was laid off from Albertson's after 17 years when the recession hit. My father fled to Texas with his nineteen year old wife and I didn't see him much until I was about seventeen. I grew up in the Inland Empire, California. (Basically the desert between San Diego and LA.) Things were very simple my entire life. Go to high school. Get a job. Have a family. That's it. My entire childhood up until high school was over consisted of play, and with the wrong group of kids. Most of the are on drugs now. Homeless people and drug addicts make up a large part the demographic, where I live. Immediately after high school, I had no plan for high school and I got a labor intensive job cutting down trees in the mountains. This job was one of the most physically labor intensive not to mention my boss who would destroy any pride you had every chance he got. I despised it. The change of reality going from a high school kid, partying often to a labor worker, working forty hours a week plus, sent me into shock. I developed an alcoholism problem hanging around middle-aged men drinking every day, that my family was often worried about. I bought everything myself in life and made the decision to purchase a car that I couldn't afford on a 5 year term. At 20 years old my life was clearly an eye sore.
Let's review.
My mindset changed. My uncle let me borrow a book called, The Millionaire Fastlane . He never even read the thing himself! It took me less than 48 hours to read the entire thing. Never before did I have a role model for success until I met MJ DeMarco (not literally of course.) For once in my life, I realized that I was in control of my own destiny and I developed an obsession for knowledge. Since then I have read about thirty other books from some of the greatest authors including Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie and Anthony Robbins not to mention countless threads of this forum. This rewired my brain for success. My time is now spent in my office, aka my desk and computer, all hours of the day. No longer do I waste my time surrounding myself with drug addicts, alcoholics, and slowlaners. Rather, I spend my time with the people of this forum and other beings of success and optimism via my computer. I genuinely enjoy the feeling of reading, learning, writing, thinking, growing and bettering myself more than any drug or amount of alcohol could provide. My entire mentality has been rewired, redirected, and recharged.
What has changed? Everything.
The Why Factor
I don't just want to do this. I need to.
I have seen my mother get laid off after seventeen years of service and I can not allow this to happen to myself or my family.
I have experienced the shame which college students place upon the high school f* ups. I can not allow myself to achieve any less than them.
I have felt terrible feelings of depression, loneliness, and worthlessness because of my wasted potential. I must utilize every drop of that potential.
And lastly, just because I can. If life were a game, the slowlane would be losing and the fastlane would be winning.
I am here to learn as much as I can.
I am here to surround myself with like-minded individuals seeking the most out of life.
I am here to take responsibility and accountability for my actions.
I am here to live the fastlane.
Thank you to all who listened to my story,
Aaron.
I've been putting off my introduction for far too long and I felt this moment was good as any. So here it goes...
Background
I was born into a slowlane family. Things were rough growing up with nine brothers and sisters to a single mother who was laid off from Albertson's after 17 years when the recession hit. My father fled to Texas with his nineteen year old wife and I didn't see him much until I was about seventeen. I grew up in the Inland Empire, California. (Basically the desert between San Diego and LA.) Things were very simple my entire life. Go to high school. Get a job. Have a family. That's it. My entire childhood up until high school was over consisted of play, and with the wrong group of kids. Most of the are on drugs now. Homeless people and drug addicts make up a large part the demographic, where I live. Immediately after high school, I had no plan for high school and I got a labor intensive job cutting down trees in the mountains. This job was one of the most physically labor intensive not to mention my boss who would destroy any pride you had every chance he got. I despised it. The change of reality going from a high school kid, partying often to a labor worker, working forty hours a week plus, sent me into shock. I developed an alcoholism problem hanging around middle-aged men drinking every day, that my family was often worried about. I bought everything myself in life and made the decision to purchase a car that I couldn't afford on a 5 year term. At 20 years old my life was clearly an eye sore.
Let's review.
- 20 years old
- No college education
- 9 brothers and sisters with a single mom
- Alcohol problem
- Some Debt
- Live in a small town full of drug addicts that never leave
- I have experienced depression, worthlessness, death, divorce, alcoholism, drug habits, heartbreaks, and the tragedy of the slowlane, so I can assure you we share something in common.
My mindset changed. My uncle let me borrow a book called, The Millionaire Fastlane . He never even read the thing himself! It took me less than 48 hours to read the entire thing. Never before did I have a role model for success until I met MJ DeMarco (not literally of course.) For once in my life, I realized that I was in control of my own destiny and I developed an obsession for knowledge. Since then I have read about thirty other books from some of the greatest authors including Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie and Anthony Robbins not to mention countless threads of this forum. This rewired my brain for success. My time is now spent in my office, aka my desk and computer, all hours of the day. No longer do I waste my time surrounding myself with drug addicts, alcoholics, and slowlaners. Rather, I spend my time with the people of this forum and other beings of success and optimism via my computer. I genuinely enjoy the feeling of reading, learning, writing, thinking, growing and bettering myself more than any drug or amount of alcohol could provide. My entire mentality has been rewired, redirected, and recharged.
What has changed? Everything.
The Why Factor
I don't just want to do this. I need to.
I have seen my mother get laid off after seventeen years of service and I can not allow this to happen to myself or my family.
I have experienced the shame which college students place upon the high school f* ups. I can not allow myself to achieve any less than them.
I have felt terrible feelings of depression, loneliness, and worthlessness because of my wasted potential. I must utilize every drop of that potential.
And lastly, just because I can. If life were a game, the slowlane would be losing and the fastlane would be winning.
I am here to learn as much as I can.
I am here to surround myself with like-minded individuals seeking the most out of life.
I am here to take responsibility and accountability for my actions.
I am here to live the fastlane.
Thank you to all who listened to my story,
Aaron.
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