Just A Dude On Batteries

From the streets to your phone screen. 🤣🔥
Sometimes I seriously can’t believe this is my life.

I’ve been homeless. I’ve been lost in drugs and alcohol. I’ve destroyed relationships, made terrible decisions, and damn near blew my entire life up.

Then life hit me again… and I was told I had 6 months to live.

There were plenty of times I thought my story was over.

Turns out I was just getting started.

Now I’m living a life I never thought I’d get to have. Creating content, meeting other amazing creators, helping people whenever I can, and actually enjoying being alive.

That’s why I’ll never count anybody out.

I don’t care if you’re battling addiction, mental health, chronic illness, your past, or you just feel completely lost right now…

WHERE YOU ARE IS NOT WHERE YOU HAVE TO STAY.

Your entire life can change faster than you think.

Mine did.

So keep fucking going. ❤️‍🩹🔋

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 19

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Tonight was one of those “damn… look how far I’ve come” moments.

And also one of those “how the hell did I even get this big?!” moments. LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣

Made the Top 25 creators in the Akron-Canton area. Didn’t win, but the underdog wasn’t even supposed to make it in the room.

Yet here we are. 🔋🔥

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 39

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Keep going 🫶

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Your smile is one thing nobody can take from you.

Life can beat you up.
Take things from you.
Change everything you thought your life was gonna look like.

But it can’t take your smile unless you let it.

So no matter what life throws at you… keep fucking smiling. 😁

Sometimes that smile is just your way of letting life know…

I’m still fucking here. ❤️

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 43

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Three years ago I couldn’t even walk.

Today I’m running uphill with a battery-powered heart and extra weight on my shoulders.

Life doesn’t get lighter. You get stronger.

Everyone has a story that could’ve become an excuse.

Make yours the reason you refuse to quit.

Just keep moving forward. 💙🔋

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1 month ago | [YT] | 23

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#Discipline #NeverGiveUp

2 months ago | [YT] | 18

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Sunshine, bikes, laughter, and memories.
A few years ago I prayed for moments like this. ☀️🚲

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3 months ago | [YT] | 49

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I hit a point in life where depression completely took over. I turned to substances to escape it, but all I really did was speed up the genetic heart failure that was already coming for me. Eventually my heart got so weak they had to put me on an LVAD… a mobile life support system that literally runs my heart 24/7.

At one point I was told I had around 6 months to live and my heart function was sitting at just 8%. Hearing that changes you. I had two choices… give up or fight like hell for a future I never thought I’d have.

So I started taking my life back piece by piece. I changed my diet. I got serious in the gym. I stayed sober. I learned my medications. I stopped making excuses and started treating every single day like it mattered.

Now my heart function has improved to around 55-60%, and for the first time in a long time I actually have hope for the future. Doctors are even talking about possibly removing my LVAD someday… something that only happens to about 1% of people.

I’m not sharing this for sympathy. I’m sharing it because no matter how far gone you think you are, your story is not over yet. Sometimes rock bottom becomes the foundation you rebuild your life on. 🙌

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4 months ago | [YT] | 78

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Did a little photo shoot with my day one. 🐾

He’s been with me since the very beginning of this journey… hospital days, hard days, comeback days. Through it all, he’s been right there pushing me forward even when he had no idea he was doing it.

Also… can we talk about how hard it is to get a dog to cooperate for pictures? 😂 You’d think I asked him to solve calculus. Every shot was “look here!” “No, not that way!” “Cash… bro…”

But in all seriousness, I’m just thankful to still be here taking these pictures. We lost a good one yesterday. It hurts. Heart failure doesn’t care how strong you are or how young you are. And instead of letting it pull me down, I’m choosing to carry him with me.

Today I’m going to honor him by living. By smiling. By enjoying the fresh air. By appreciating moments like this with my dog.

Grateful to still be here. And I won’t waste it. 💙

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