Day 1 · Instagram For R*tards

Arturo Ontiveros

15d • ✍️ Homework

Day 1

Struggles

I sacrificed spending my 20s and 30s in my home country with my friends and family, moving to the US learning a new culture, learn a new language, being lonely, having 0 friends, very little money, and no clue what I would do with my life.
Addictions, and bad decisions. Due to loneliness I took bad decisions in the past which affected my life in every single aspect, financially, spiritually, and even risk my chances of staying in the country.
I am a procrastinator, I tend to want to achieve projects or imagine them. I do not put enough effort on doing them, therefore sometimes I feel I do not progress enough or as quickly as I would like to.

Contrasting Wins:

At a young age (27), I sacrificed the comfort of my hometown and living with my parents and moved from Mexico to what I think is the coolest city in the US, Miami. I learned work and life skills quicker than most of my friends. Getting out of the comfort zone, meeting new friends and people, even though I felt lonely and miserable at the beginning, made me who I am today. I now got a wife and recently we just had a daughter. Since my first year I moved in to Miami, I got a salary increase or promotion which allowed me to advance in my hospitality career and have a job that I love and feel comfortable with and allows me to pay the bills. Though the decision at the beginning was just a temporary adventure and I missed a lot of important times with family and friends in Mexico, it turned out to be the best decision I made in my life.
Those demons inside of me took me to bad places and bad relationships. However by touching bottom I learned from those mistakes and made radical changes in my life which took me where I am today. A loving family of my own, and a place the 3 of us call home.
I went from no money to having a modest apartment, then I was able to afford a 2nd one, now a respectable house, decent car, and living in one of the most trendy places on earth. I have helped people lose weight, I have great health for my age, enjoy time with my family, and have been able to make additional income aside from my 9-5 job. Maybe I am not a procrastinator.

HOOKS:

1 – Everyone told me leaving my parents’ house in Mexico at 27 was reckless… but moving to Miami gave me the career, confidence, and family I never would’ve built by staying comfortable.

2 - I moved to Miami thinking it would just be a temporary adventure… I had no idea it would become the best decision of my life.

3 - Most people avoid feeling uncomfortable at all costs. What I learned after leaving home is that discomfort can introduce you to the person you’re meant to become.

Emotion Attempting to Evoke: Success

(Hook)

I moved to Miami thinking it would just be a temporary adventure… I had no idea it would become the best decision of my life.

(Visual Concept)

videos of younger me, having fun in Miami, beach, clubs, party.

(Voiceocer)

And this has nothing to do with the fun, the party, the women…it had to do to who I became and what I achieved for my soul.

(Visual Concept)

Then changes to todays videos of me, working out, spending time with my wife and daughter.

(Voiceocer)

So, dare to travel, explore, fail, work, make mistakes, MOVE, LEARN, but overall…. Evolve, because although these things you do will be fun, you have to eventually used them for your own growth.

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