Walking through the streets

自己走在東京的街頭上 做著熱愛的事情

of Tokyo Japan being able to do what I love.

受到各方支持 並順利經營一間服飾公司

Having the support I do.

這些成就證明了看似不切實際的夢想並非遙不可及

Owning a successful established clothing company.

我沒有什麼過人之處 只是做出犧牲與抉擇後一步一腳印的耕耘才有了今天的收穫

This is proof of what seems like an unrealistic goal is possible.

就是這裡 在旅行、探索、和朋友滑板的同時

I'm no one special.

也可以追逐我的夢想

Just someone who put in the work

每日我都在逐漸向著夢想邁進

and made the sacrifices to make it happen.

東京真的是個美麗的城市

This is it!

從生活方式到人文建築 都讓我深深著迷

The freedom to be able to travel,

能夠體驗到這一切簡直就像是在做夢一樣

explore, and skate with friends while capturing it all working towards

我想透過這個影片向你們證明

working toward my goal everyday.

只要你願意投入心血任何事情是有可能實現的

Tokyo is such a beautiful city.

當初為了到洛杉磯尋夢而自行離去家鄉

The lifestyle, culture, people, architecture.

為此與父母起爭執的過程我還記憶猶新

I love it all so much.

我身無分文也沒有工作

To be able to experience this all is unreal to me

大學只讀完第一個學期就離開了

I wanted to make this video

但我仍選擇了追逐夢想

to show you that anything is possible if you put your mind to it

我不跟你開玩笑 最開始的兩年生活真的困苦潦倒

I still remember that argument I had with my parents

第一份工作連訓練期都沒撐過

about spontaneously deciding to leave my small town

後來決定乾脆辭職、挨餓、寄人籬下

to chase the dream out in LA.

好讓我更專注在我的夢想上 而不是一直工作

I had no money,

彷彿不知人世之險峻

no job,

雖然一路跌撞 但我很高興我選擇了荊棘之路

and had just finished my first semester of college

每天只靠著0.39元買墨西哥捲過日子真的不健康

but, I chose to chase my dream

但即便生活困苦

I'm not gonna lie, the first two years were pretty rough!

我還是很開心 因為我可以做自己想做的事情

not passing training on my first job,

我有很多時間可以作業 並每天將這些時間活用

Then deciding to bum it out, starve, and couch-surf.

不斷的透過網路建立起自己的名聲

So I could focus on my goal instead of working

但在第一年過去之後

not knowing anyone was scary

因為和室友在某些地方溝通不良 最後房租沒繳清

and things got rough

我因此被趕出了租屋處

but I'm glad I chose to tough it out!

不只那個月的租金

it was such an unhealthy lifestyle living off these 39 set burritos every day!

連原本在約期滿後該退給我們的750元押金也沒有退回

Even though those living conditions were harsh,

要知道 這一切都發生在到約前的最後一個月

I was happy because I was doing what I wanted to do.

我本來滿心期待可以拿回那筆錢的

I had so much time to work with and I utilized every single day!

最後我只剩下40元多一點來生活

consistently networking and building up my own name.

而那樣的數字 要不只夠我回家

after the first year passed

要不就只夠我在車上過夜一段時間

I got evicted from the place I was staying at due to unpaid bills because of some

直到找到下一個地方住

lack of communication with my roommates.

我不想像承認失敗 一樣就這樣回家

The rent for that month wasn't returned

在那危機的時刻 我運氣很好

along with the $750 deposit

我的好朋友Lamont願意讓我住進他家並讓我幫他經營Youtube頻道

we were supposed to get back once the apartments lease was up.

我答應了，但也因為這樣 那些我曾經幫助經營頻道 以為是好朋友的人們反過來抨擊我

keep in mind that was our last month of our lease.

當下我真心覺得沒有任何人可以依靠

so I was really relying on getting that money.

之後的一年 我協助Lamot經營他的頻道 同時也逐漸壯大自已的社群

I just had a little over $40 to survive

一路走來我結交了不少知己

and just like that

至今你們都能看到他們出現在我的影片裡

it was was either used the money to go back home

我透過Lamot的頻道 和經營自小品牌開始賺了一點錢

or sleep in my car for a bit till I found somewhere new.

雖然那筆錢幾乎只夠我付起睡在別人家客廳沙發上所需的費用

I wasn't about to go back to Nevada as a failure

但老實說我對那沒什麼意見

It was a scary moment but, luckily my good friend Lamont offered me

直到開始和女生交往

to stay at his place and work on YouTube with him.

我還記得當時自己才意識到整個情況糟透了

so I did and the people I thought were closest to me

我開始了解到自己有多窮 窮到什麼事都沒辦法做

turned on me because of that.

當時我只夠錢睡在別人的沙發上

At that point I honestly felt like I had no one.

我沒錢帶女生出去吃飯 更不用說出門和她做任何活動

I spent that next year working on the Lamonts Channel

在我們分手後我告訴自己一定要改變

as I worked on growing my own social media as well

不久後我上傳了第一個影像網誌

along the way I met some close friends which you see in my videos today.

內容只是單純的生活紀錄

I was making a little bit of money through Lamonts channel

我開始積極經營自己的頻道 並不斷投入心血至今

and through a small ongoing brand deal as well

沒什麼能比現在更快樂了

just barely enough to pay for what it costed

現在我在日本每天無憂無慮的享受我所喜愛的生活

to sleep on the couch in the living room

真的是棒透了

I was comfortable with that honestly!

就像我說的 這一切才剛開始漸入佳境

until I got into a relationship. I remember how bad I felt about

我很開心幾年前自己的遠見與規劃讓夢逐漸成真

my whole situation during that time period. It made me realize how broke I really was

而現在在這邊嘮叨這些故事的重點

and how I couldn't do anything because of it.

也是希望給那些正在追夢的你們

I was still sleeping on the couch

記得

I couldn't take the girl out to eat

永遠不要放棄

and I couldn't even go out to do anything with her.

今晚我剛突破了一千的訂閱大關！無法言喻我現在有多開心！謝謝各位持續支持並瀏覽我的頻道！衷心感謝！

After we broke up I really set my mind to change that.

很高興花了這麼多時間編輯後有人點開來看！如果你還沒看過請到這頻道裡，看看並訂閱支持我的影片

Shortly after I released my first vlog style video which was just a simple "Day In The Life".

藉此幫助我增加曝光度，希望我以此發展出一番事業的夢想可以成真！

I started focusing on my own channel and worked my way up to where I am today.

最後謝謝大家的支持與關愛！

I couldn't be happier!

－2013年9月9號

Here I am in Japan enjoying it day by day no worries

just doing what I love it's been a crazy journey like I said

this is just the beginning I'm glad that that vision I pictured

years ago is turning into a reality

and the point of all this blabbering on about my story

is

for those of you chasing your dreams

Just remember

don't

give up