“I don't think I would've been inspired to leave and to go all in if I didn't have this thing looming over me that I had to take care of, that I had to pay off, which was that student loan debt and when I decided to quit and to go in all in on myself to partner with my dad, that was just one option. The other option was faking my death and moving to South America…
It was definitely a joke, but I spent some late nights thinking about that. I thought about joining the Navy - my dad was in the Navy - taking my degree and joining the officer Commission school, which wouldn't have been a bad option, but it wasn't me.
It wasn't what I wanted to do, you know, I would've just been doing that to pay off debt. I would've been not living my dream. Right?
It was right after my second bike got stolen from my apartment and I was like, screw this. I'm done. I'm tired of getting my bike stolen, living in these big cities and yeah, you know, I want to go home. I called him [my Dad] and I said, “Hey, I wanna come home and partner with you. And, he tried to talk me out of it…”
Episode #127 of The Hope Initiative with Brandon Littrell.
