Day 1 Homework · AI For R*tards

Day 1 Homework

Struggles

Struggle 1: I grew up with the feeling of never being good enough. Not good enough for the things I want in life (“fuck you” money, living in my own place, etc), the people I want to be in a relationship with, so on and so forth. Not sure where this feeling comes from but I struggle with these thoughts every day.

Contrasting Win: In order for me to not feel like shit every day, I actively go out of my way to prove those voices in my head wrong. That voice has taught me that I need to work hard for a very long time to achieve the things that I want in my life - no matter how many failures/rejections I face.

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Struggle 2: I struggle with ADHD which has made it very difficult to stay focused on tasks that I know are good for me long term. It has made doing things that I qualify as “work” way harder than it needs to be and makes a simple task that would only take like 30 minutes take me at least an hour (like doing my Day 1 homework)

Contrasting Win: Using My Disorder to My Advantage: ADHD has been a bitch for me to focus on tasks that I consider to be work but the moment I’m able to find a way to turn it into a game and can have fun while doing it, I’m able to hyperfocus on it for hours without any feelings of burn out.

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Struggle 3: I put immense pressure on myself to succeed because if I don’t, I would only be proving to “them” that they were right and I was wrong. The idea of only getting to live one life and not being able to live my life the way I want drives me insane and I have this existential crisis at least once every day.

Contrasting Win: While the pressure of trying to become the first successful person in my family haunts me every day, it’s that same pressure that forces me to want to better myself and my life circumstances. After all, how fun would life be if you got everything handed to you and you didn’t have to work for it?

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Struggle 4: I picked up the nasty habit of binge eating after aggressively dieting down from 230 lbs to 197 lbs. I grew up skinny all my life and never had any issues with disordered eating until I stepped foot into the bodybuilding world about a year ago.

Contrasting Win: Going from 230 lbs down to 197 lbs within a relatively short period of time was such a drastic change for me. It made me realize that if I’m able to put my head down and lock the fuck in with whatever goal I have in mind, it’s only a matter of time before I achieve what I want

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Struggle 5: I’m taking a giant risk in chasing this dream of blowing up online and becoming a shitfluencer and “making it”. I do not have a back up plan and if this doesn’t work out for whatever reason, I truly have no idea what the fuck I’m gonna do with my life and be miserable at a job I despise for the rest of my life.

Contrasting Win: My mom always taught me from a young age that if someone else can do it then I can too. When I started lifting about 10 years ago, I was so skinny that I couldn’t even bench an empty barbell and prior to leaving powerlifting for bodybuilding, I pause benched 415 LBS and deadlifted 605 LBS (with a fucked up hip). I could’ve quit the moment I got folded by a bar with no weight on it but instead, I stuck with it because I knew that one day, I would become the same jacked/strong dudes that I thought were cool as fuck at my gym. Even though my ideal life isn’t my current reality (yet), I know that despite all the risks I’ve taken/obstacles I will have to face to make this dream life a reality, it will eventually work in my favor. It’s happened for many other people in the past under worse circumstances so there’s no reason why I wouldn't be able to do the same.

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Write 3 Curiosity Loop Hooks:

If you think you’re at your breaking point - you’re dead wrong and here's why:
Here’s why you must be okay with repeatedly failing in life
Failing isn’t cringe; quitting like a bitch is (here’s why)

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Then explain in at least 3 lines of text your visual concept for this reel and the emotion you want to evoke.

EXAMPLE:

Emotion Attempting to Evoke: Inspiration

(Hook)

Failing isn’t cringe..

(Visual Concept)

An old clip/photo of me working a dead end retail job

(Voice over)

quitting like a bitch is (here’s why). You’re always gonna look “cringe” when trying to build something out of the norm but it’s cringe until it works out.

(Visual Concept)

Quick clips/photos of me at my powerlifting competition, videos of me in my sports car, enjoying life Etc.

(Voice over)

“Never be afraid to try and fail. You can’t lose if you don’t quit the game so you might as well keep playing."

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Looking forward to be part of the community 💪

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