My Story

Becoming a dad-fluencer was never in my plans for the future. However, life is a series of events, each one guiding us in new directions. Ultimately, my journey led me to discover my passion for content creation.

One thing I knew with certainty - even from a young age - was that I didn't want a conventional job. None of the typical professional occupations ever appealed to me.

How LEGO Built My Future

As a child, I spent hours building with LEGO. This was my first love (sorry, Meg).

This sparked a part of my brain that thrived on creativity and problem-solving. LEGO taught me to be resourceful and innovative as I didn't always have the right pieces on hand.

Sometimes it would take me hours to build something because I had to work with what I had. When I carried my love for LEGO into adulthood, I faced similar challenges.

As an adult, the scale of my projects grew and so did the required parts list. Often, my vision required serious cash investment and I didn't always feel justified in spending more money on parts. So, I had to hunker down and get creative.

Being forced to problem-solve taught me that you can find incredible solutions you wouldn't have otherwise considered. As the saying goes: necessity is the mother of invention.

I apply this lesson to everything I do as an adult. I genuinely believe we rarely have everything we need in life. We must be willing to adapt; otherwise, we'll get stuck for lack of better resources.

As I mentioned, I never found a career I was passionate about. This led me to pay some hard dues in my young adult life. For ten years, I taught dance as a professional Hip-Hop instructor around Houston. Meanwhile, I worked as a barista at Starbucks to bring in extra cash. Some days, I started my shift at 5 am and didn't finish teaching dance until 9 pm. Without a professional career, I faced some tough days doing grunt work that barely paid enough to cover rent.

When I first met Meg I had to tell her I was a barista and dance instructor. To be honest, I thought she would run away on our first date. To my surprise she wasn't fazed by my two meager part-time jobs.

While life doesn't always provide ideal resources, Meg became the single most important thing I didn't know I needed.

It wasn't just that we loved each other; our goals and views on life were aligned. This made us more capable as a team than if we were working individually.

Early in our relationship we both agreed on one thing: that we didn't want to be stuck working until we were 70. By the way, as of 2024 the national average age of retirement in America is 75. How are people okay with this?!

We also knew we wanted to spend more time with our family than at work. We saw so many coworkers stay late and show up early without extra pay. To them, it was the noble thing to do.

In a world where people were okay spending more time at their jobs than with their families, we decided that's simply not what we wanted.

This rejection of the American "workaholic" persona drove Meg and me to search for alternative streams of income. In the end we found what we were looking for. When we learned about the opportunity to earn money online we knew we had to figure it out. Over the next year and a half we devoted all our free time to learning how to build businesses online.

Just like LEGO taught me, you don't need ideal circumstances to succeed. If you stay determined you can innovate your future. That's our journey now. One day at a time, my wife and I are building the future we want. Sure, it isn't quick or easy - but it's worth the effort to achieve the life we want.

What kind of life do you want?