ONE MILLION VIEWS

What can I say that hasn't already been said over the years...one million views...it even sounds weird to say, because it's something I never thought or expected to ever happen. I used to joke and dream about one day reaching a million, but that's all I ever saw it as...a joke and a dream. To be very honest, when I was younger and I thought about hitting one million views, I was like this is it, it would mean I've blown up, that I'm like a celebrity LOOL. But now that I'm older and I think much more realitiscally lol...1 million views...to me, it means that y'all really vibe with what I say and the content that I put out, which means the world to me. This blog literally came from and started from nothing...just a blog to post funny and dope videos, but it's become a place where I share with y'all my deepest, innermost thoughts..a place where I share with you guys my ups and my downs and my feelings on anything and everything. At the end of the day, as DOPE as it is and as THANKFUL as I am, I know that one million is just a number...and the views are just a statistic...like I said, it just moreso means that y'all really enjoy or dig what I say enough to want to keep coming back. Hitting one million views has made me look back at where it all started...to the days where even some of my friends didn't believe in me and would roast the blog...which I don't blame them because I didn't really take it that seriously anyways. I think about my posts getting a few views and sometimes no views...I think about how excited I got when the blog hit 1,000 views, then how much more excited I got for 10,000, then 100,000. Seeing the evolution of the blog has been crazy, seeing the evolution and growth of myself has been even more crazy. I know I've been posting less, and part of it is laziness but a big part of it has honestly been me wanting to focus more on quality rather than shoving down an uninspired post down your throat for the sake of it. One million has come and come...and I'm ready for the next chapter and next challenge of the blog and of life and I'm super stoked to take you guy with me on that journey. There's probably a small handful of y'all that have really seen the evolution of the blog from nothing to what it is now...and it's just crazy isn't it. Sometimes I'll scroll through old posts really quick and I'm like man that was hella cringe, how did people even read this LOL. I think about all that people that have helped me throughout my life...inc high school, to university, to post grad, to now...I think about all the people that I've written to, for or about and also all that people that inspired a lot of posts that I've written. As much as this is my blog, it really is a team effort in a weird way because I find a lot of my inspiration from the people around me, they inspire me through conversations, encouragements and through actions as well. I definitely couldn't have done this without y'all, as much as one million views is for me, it's also for you guys as well because you play a big part in making it all happen. Welp, there I go being all cliche and corny again lol...I just wanna say thank you. Thank you for supporting me, for encouraging me and for being there when I need you.

Much Love,
Rodmond

Here are some DOPE photos my boy took of me during the snowstorm LOL. I call this the bucket list because I wanted to paint a picture of how far we've come after hitting one million. And I figured it'd be appropriate to do so by showing y'all exactly just how long it has been and how far we've come and how many people we've reached.