Moving out of my parents changed my life

A motivational talk about leaving home to build independence and financial stability. The speaker shares personal stories about how moving out forced them to become resourceful and self-reliant, pushing them toward the life they wanted.
All right, everybody, we need to talk about this. There's an epidemic going on right now where everybody is just staying at home, living with their parents. And it is just ridiculous. Like, I can understand maybe you're trying to get back on your feet, but you should not be living with your parents if, you know, if you have big goals and aspirations. Now I get it, I get it. If you want to have a pretty lame loser life and you just want to like jerk off and you know, be weird, weird, disgusting mess for your entire life and pay the consequences when you're older, when you, you know, things are reliant on you, having to kind of step it up, cool, by all means, be a little bitch. But if you actually want to go and have a life full of, you know, doing actually real cool shit that like, you know, very attractive, hot women want to be hanging out, hanging out with you and, and being around and if you want to meet really cool people and have an amazing, great life and you want to become the best version of yourself, and then I need you to listen to this. You need to move out of your parents place as soon as possible. Yes, you know, the cost of living is going up, but what's worse, you know, staying in comfort for your entire life or actually getting up out of your ass and going and doing something and becoming a better version of yourself, the best version of yourself. Up to you. For me, I moved out when I, when I went to college, I went to another college. And it was, I don't even know how we figured out to afford it, but I figured it out. I didn't grow up with any sort of rich parents or anything like that. They didn't even pay for it. I ended up having to pay for it. I think we got some like college loan, like some student loans and stuff like that. And then instead of when I dropped out, instead of moving back in with them, I just got my own place. I ended up spending, you know, a bunch of money trying to get furniture and stuff, and I was left with nothing. There were days where I had $200 in my bank account. I think I even got down to $50 in my bank account. And at the end of the month, I had to figure out how to pay $1200 a month and I had to figure it out. I couldn't, I didn't want to call mom and dad and ask them for help. That was, that was the way out. Or that was like the, the easy way. The easy way out. And so what did I do? I figured out I Find out, foot out, found out how to get some clients, I found out how to kind of make some money. And inevitably I think I was able to make like. I think like two grand. And I spent 30 days, I was able to come up with two grand. I had no income, I had no job. I had nothing other than just. I had to figure out how to pay. How to pay rent at the end of the month. And then I was back down to whatever, $800. I had to figure it out again. I had no job, nothing. But it was that pure tenacity and that, like, you know, that belief in myself that I was going to be able to figure it out, and that. That certainty that I developed in that confidence and that just like just knowing that I'll figure it out made me figure it out. I just. I just bet on myself. I bet on me, I bet on the house, I bet on myself. And when I bet on myself, it developed the skills set that I will always figure things out, even if I. If I lose everything, which I've lost everything multiple, multiple times at this point. And I always figure it out. I've never moved back in with my parents, actually. I've. You know, I've been doing this now for. I've moved out six years ago now, seven years ago, and I haven't once ever had to move back in. There were times that were tough. I had no idea how to figure it out. A lot of times, you know, it just. Sometimes there would be times where I'd call the landlord or I talked to a landlord and I'd ask for an extension or ask for patience and. And I would explain my situation and I would sell them on believing in me because I believed in myself and they would believe in me. There's some days I was able to get myself 10 days or 15 days, and I figured it out. And it was that persistence and that belief that was curated, that was created out of me having to figure things out. I would come up with some product, I would come up with some offer and I would sell it and I would. I would just always find a way. I'd find some affiliate offer and I would sell it. I would sell my belongings, I would sell a tv. If I had to sell my Xbox, I always found a way to find money. And it was that resourcefulness that I developed. It's like Phil Knight, if you ever read the book Shoe Dog, that's it. The book Phil Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. He talks about inside of there. Actually, at one point in time, he ran out of money at Nike when there was first developing it. And it got to the point where I think he. He like exhausted all of his options, all his personal credit. You know, he asked all of his family for money and stuff and I think he exhausted everything. It got to a point where there was really just nothing left. And so what he did was he actually didn't give up. What he did is he went to his supplier, the manufacturer making the shoes, and told the manufacturer that they needed to pay for his payroll and to pay for his operating expenses for the month because otherwise they were going to go out of business. And he knew that if he went out of business, then that supplier would lose out on business as well and they would have issues as well. And so he. It took the. It took him being creative and becoming resourceful to go and find a way to pull together the resources. He didn't have any. He exhausted all the options and he still found the options. And I'm a big believer that like I'm a. I am a result of this, of this resourcefulness. I always found a way. I always bet on myself. I always knew I'd find a way. And I live in a. Now that, that's. Now that I' created that for myself. I've. I've bet on myself so many times. I've built this belief in this mindset that I can always figure it out. And as I did that, then I was able to start creating excess. Then I was able to start really being able to live life of my dreams. Then I was really able to start going and traveling and enjoying things and, and be that much. It doesn't have to be like $8,000 a month. Like we're like I'm paying for at this place. I've split houses with roommates. You can pay $500 a month for rent. Split a place that's $1,500. Get a three bedroom, get two other roommates. There you go. Now you know, at least at your parents. Cool. Now you get to learn how to live on your own and how to survive. You don't drown. Like the only way to drown is if you stop swimming. Cool. Now try to figure out how to make more money. Now try to figure out how to make like how to increase your income so then you can live in a nicer place. So that way you have something to work towards. Because if you like I'm a big believer if you need something to work towards and if just saving up money and endlessly for no good reason. What's the purpose of it, then at that point, we only have one life. Do you feel like you're gonna live your best life by living with your parents your entire life? Move out of your parents, Quit being a loser. I'm just saying that to if that was me living with my parents still, and I was 25 or especially even like 18, 19. That makes sense. Okay, maybe if I was 25, 27, 30, 40. I know some people that are in their 40s living with their parents. Come on, really? You're better than that. You're greater. You're made. You were put on this planet for much more. I believe in you. Yeah, it sounds scary, but if you allow yourself to make more money, then you can figure it out. Think about it. If you make 20 grand a month, then what's, what's paying a thousand, $2,000 a month for rent? Or let's say three, $4,000 a month? If you're making $50,000 a month, what's paying $4,000 a month for rent? You're probably not gonna make 50 grand a month living with your parents. Probably not. Are they where you want to be? Because also you're a product of your environment. If you know, you're hearing these beliefs, be put down your throat all day, every day, then you're only going to get so far. And if you keep listening to these beliefs, it's going to ultimately hold you back. Do you want that to happen? Do you want, do you want to be stuck in making less than $10,000 a month or do you want to make $50,000 a month? You want to make $100,000 a month? Sounds kind of crazy, but that's possible. I was able to do it. I was able to get to 300 grand a month. And I came from nothing. My parents, like my parents, had never made that much money. I saw them lose everything. I lived. We lived in trail. We lived in a trailer out in the middle of nowhere in a farm town. And for me, being a guy that lived in a trailer in a farm town, saw my parents basically have nothing and lose everything, then the man that I am today, that would have not been a reality if I stayed at home and lived with my parents. They don't live in a trailer now. They live in a pretty, you know, nice middle class neighborhood and stuff. But I know I would be nowhere where I want to be today or nowhere close to where I am today if I stayed at home and lived with them. I needed to move out. You need to move out as well. Thanks. For watching.
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