Season 1 · Episode 52

I Just Want to Be Human: The Cost of Being an Entrepreneur

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0:00We just want to live life. We just want to be human beings
0:09Be with our loved ones be with our family
0:13Not be in decision fatigue
0:16You know we want to be creative we want to be these entrepreneurs
0:23These business owners run a business have a brand
0:28Make money lots of money
0:31And just live life
0:34Have a normal life be normal
0:36Not always having to be Superman and for my women not always having to be superwoman
0:41I want to have quiet time too. I want to relax rest sleep
0:51And as you should in moderation take that time for yourself and give yourself the proper breaks
0:56Not only throughout the day, but throughout the year throughout your business
1:00You can give your business a break one or two days. Just give it a break a
1:07quick break
1:07Get back to work rest with charge
1:10Get your mind right because doing the same thing over and over and over is insanity
1:15And we don't want to drive ourselves insane like I
1:19make so many decisions
1:22every day and
1:26To be honest, this is one of those days that I did not want to do anything. I did not want to get up
1:32We got like four hours, maybe four and a half hours of rest
1:38Sleep you can try
1:40Could not but I'd be up at a certain time
1:43Or back up at a certain time
1:47You know, I'm a parent. So I'd be a father. I
1:51Gotta run a business. I even have an event to film tonight
1:56this evening
1:57Bring in my daughter with me
2:00So again, I have to be a father I have work to do have an event
2:06Even after it all I have work to do
2:09You know, I even have a physical job a nine-to-five many call it just over broke jail be job
2:16Just listen to the dialogue sometime being in an environment, you know
2:21I can't wait to get off to do X Y & Z y'all can't wait to get off the boat sleep
2:25Oh just this job. This is not distant. But at the end of the day, you know what you signed up for
2:30And people complain like it would be better. It's it's like any other environment
2:34But make sure you're in the right environments because I hear this all the time. It's like
2:39I got to get out and you know, there's nobody around me
2:46That's like me or even have a business or even a feeling motivate all can't wait to retire when you hear that. Oh
2:54Do another 30 40 years
2:57You don't have dreams go like what?
3:01So it's hard for me to be around many people because I don't know their goals
3:08They're ambitious and dreams their mindset
3:11Because it rubs off on me. Just I can't wait to get off to play the new game the PS
3:18five
3:202k whatever in Madden Call of Duty
3:24All these other games and watch anime just chill people live in a life should they get off and they good
3:32Eight hours. They're good
3:35I'm doing
3:36Who
3:38Almost 24 hours the time and I sleep, you know, again, I'm a parent that is apparent
3:43I take time to drive time to move from these places
3:47Operated business vice president of another business director and producer of two podcasts. Oh
3:56Have my own podcast
3:58You listen to the podcast alien. I saw those industry talk and I came in strong and I wanted to
4:04Know you didn't hit a welcome just like whoa
4:07But it reminds me using my nine to five to leverage my life
4:16to leverage my business
4:19To one day I won't
4:22Need a job not saying that I need a job right now
4:28but I
4:29Could take a chance on myself
4:31But also will be taking a chance on my children or my nieces or my nephews
4:36You know the younger generation family and
4:43We all have to eat
4:45The babies need clothes
4:49Need endless stuff have to pay for school this this and now all the little stuff. I take care of yourself
4:56so to have that security as
4:59entrepreneur
5:00One who sometimes have to take risks sometimes have to work long hours
5:05Sometimes we don't know when the next dollar is gonna come in our business or what we have to pay for keep paying for
5:10What would happen?
5:12So to have that extra security I do
5:15Work a job a JLB just over broke a nine to five
5:21Just my children my family and I know one day
5:30Like an ambitious goal that I set out for I
5:34Want to make my first six figures?
5:37So the only thing I didn't do is put a time limit on it
5:40Myself a year, so I'll just say the end of
5:442025 so the end of
5:462026 by this time next year in January or
5:49December leading up to January I
5:52Will say January would be my deadline, but December would be the year mark to make my first six figures
6:01That's one with five zeros or as nine with multiple nines and other numbers I
6:09Special six figures it's an ambitious go
6:15But I know I could attain it. I
6:18have some vicious dreams and big dreams and
6:22Great imaginations a lot of things and work a lot of projects. I want to work on
6:26I just want to live life and be human and to know a lot of people feel that way to like
6:30Oh, I just want to create all I want to make me some song
6:33I just want to shoot all I just want to film all I just want to edit
6:38All I just want to do business all I just want to play chess all to my play basketball all I want to do is
6:43Relax and I feel it. I understand it. I feel the pain
6:51Like so many decisions I have to make in business
6:56my life
6:57children
7:00Co-parenting
7:01being a relationship
7:03You know the different decisions we have to make as a unit
7:08Sometimes I have to make the decision for both of us and it's like, oh I
7:13Don't know in this moment, but
7:15The decision is needed to be made
7:18so
7:20like the decision
7:23But you know we get decision fatigue
7:26mentally fatigue physically fatigue spiritually fatigue
7:31verbally fatigue
7:33You just need to rest especially me as an introvert introvert
7:37Introvert we have to rest
7:40Yes, I have to rest
7:43Lot go through life
7:52We dream or at least we should dream
7:56We don't always fulfill our dreams or go after our dreams
8:00But we watch other people live their dream be ambitious and do what they want to do a life and live a normal life
8:08when they can
8:09want to and feel
8:12It'd be him a be a human
8:14Experience life. I know we all got to do we got to do
8:22And that's the only way to do
8:25Until you set yourself up to the point. We could do whatever you want to do, but it starts with the work
8:34It starts with taking a rest need it
8:39It start with aligning yourself with the right goals being in the right environments. It takes work
8:48set of sacrifice and dedication
8:52Like if I went all in on my business
8:57Right now. I mean I wouldn't be satisfied so I'm making more
9:03my w-2
9:05That I am in my business right now. This is year two of my business and
9:10another reason to start
9:13You know speaking more
9:15and starting this podcast
9:17just to help market and
9:20Get the word out of my business alien eyes photos media
9:25hence the name alien eyes photos industry talk
9:31podcast and
9:33It was a decision I had to make I know
9:35I'm already doing a lot already have a lot of projects to go on a lot of things that I want to do
9:41a lot of businesses that I want to partner with and be involved with
9:46But I know it takes time. I don't I know I don't want to
9:53Keep putting myself in so many things and so many situations and so many opportunities
9:57where it feels like I'm dibbling and dabbling and going from this to that to this to that and
10:06photography has
10:08Well led me to videography
10:11You know being able to work on video productions and film and podcast along with the photography
10:17I'm at events doing both videography and photography not just one
10:24and
10:24I'm glad people trust me with both
10:28Being that value creator bring a value to their business and their events and their coverage and their documentation
10:37Being an ally partner they can trust and as event photography is alien eyes photos media bread and butter
10:48Also do events and have a team
10:50You have a bigger team outside of my team will launch arts media and I am
10:58valuable piece in the video production department
11:02As I continue to help and bring fresh ideas and be there on set at events at the
11:11Different gallus
11:13different productions
11:17meetings
11:21And sometimes I feel like I'm not even doing a lot
11:25I know I have impact, but I know there's always more and I feel like all right now with everything that I do
11:32Everything that I'm a part of I want to give more and show up
11:37Better than what I'm already showing up. I
11:40Want to be better. I just don't want to be in it
11:42I want to thrive and I want everything around me everything I touch. I want it to be successful
11:47I want it to thrive. I want to see it rise
11:53Build grow nourish
11:56Be able to give back
11:58Community be a part of different communities
12:03Everything that I'm part of
12:05Because if not, why am I doing it for anyway?
12:10so
12:11I'm very intentional of what I get a part of opportunities that I take
12:20very very
12:21intentional like
12:23You know, I do a lot of events. I don't do many birthday parties like at all
12:28Because that's just not my lane, but if you give me a conference a workshop a networking event
12:35video production a podcast that actually
12:38brings value to not only my life my world
12:42But the world and community
12:47Our communities that I'm a part of at least that I feel like that are positive and nourishing and that are needed
12:53Now there were some podcasts. I had to decline to do, you know behind the scenes and production for
13:00But I helped them get set up and I didn't leave them in the cold
13:03I didn't leave them in the rain. I did give them proper resources and guidance that you know, hope they use
13:13There's always things
13:16That's needed to be done
13:17Needed to be said needed to be felt
13:20when we go through all these emotions as
13:24An entrepreneur as a creative as artists as a creative entrepreneur
13:29as a business owner
13:31as a father as a
13:34Husband as a wife
13:36even boyfriend girlfriend a couple
13:41friendships even
13:43business partners, but
13:48Always say
13:51Don't react all free emotion and always find that common ground
13:58Of communicating our way to communicate and those both go hand and
14:08But it starts with
14:12Having that
14:13Emotional balance being as sane
14:20Calm
14:20As you would be always and be grateful and be happy. I don't want to forget those got to be grateful
14:27We've got to be happy got to stay in the gratitude vibration the positive vibrations
14:37even speak
14:38positive
14:40vibrations
14:42Which are positive words words are vibrations music is vibrational
14:48So think about the vibrations you are putting in your life putting in the world and as I'm
14:55Recording this taking time for myself before I had to pick my daughter up for school
15:01And then get something to eat and head to this event that I'm filming this evening
15:07You know, I look at this as time to myself and
15:11time to reflect
15:12like a verbal journal
15:14So you hear my thoughts
15:16in my journey
15:19You're my encouragement to you
15:22Listen, yes taking this in it's like medicine to the ears medicine to the brain there medicine to the soul
15:33It's fruitful
15:34It's encouraging
15:36And even speaking about fruitful
15:39Just being more conscious and aware of what I eat, especially as we come off these holidays
15:45You know, you know these holiday meals
15:50Stuffed plates
15:51that we conscious of what we constantly eat and
15:57Just be more alive because whatever you eat you are what you eat is gonna make you feel a certain way
16:04so just drink more water, especially in these times these holiday meals these stuffed plates and
16:11And
16:12Definitely get your fruit be more fruitful
16:16And eat more foods that are electrifying that gives you energy make you feel good make you move just right
16:24This can't stay calm with the rage and the blood that be all in these meats from you know slaughtered animals
16:32so there's some things to think about but it's a lot of things I want to discuss, but
16:41gave myself a
16:4320-minute timer and I'm at that 20 minutes. I have to get ready for
16:49This event get my daughter for school grab something to eat and
16:54Yeah, and at this event slightly early so I could prepare
16:58But um, it's always been a blessing
17:01It's been great kind of
17:04Getting this off my heart as it was on my heart the last few days
17:06Especially, you know while being at work and you know catching up on different projects and really not having the time to sit down
17:13As I would want to just being tired, but I'm like, you know, I'm tired anyway
17:17so I think this would be a great way to kind of express myself and how I feel in these moments in this season and
17:26You know things are seasonal so don't take it to heart always but I
17:31Appreciate you always tuning in and listening
17:33They'll catch up on the episodes if you're missing some
17:37It's a lot of gold in these episodes Bailey Niles photos industry talk
17:41And you know, I'd be listening back myself like wow
17:44Said that that's amazing. I mean, you know really taking it in reflecting on it and meditating like wow
17:53You know giving myself that encouraged me
17:56And I hope you are, you know taking it in the same and getting value from this
18:01And also that motivation encouragement that you need
18:05Appreciate everyone that trust me being a guy and want me to coach them
18:11mentor them
18:12partner with them all that good stuff a
18:17Lot of people reach out to me on the unknown for different events
18:22So if you want to book me for an event photography session, that's your event or have video coverage
18:30visit alien eyes photos
18:34Dot-com that's alien eyes with a Z
18:37photos with an S
18:39Alien eyes photos dot-com you can follow me over at alien eyes photos on all social media at
18:47alien eyes photos
18:51Look out for the social media sabbatical my 10-day social media fast
18:58Yes
18:59I'm not sure the official title of the e-book that is coming out
19:06But it's based off my 10-day fast I promised I was going to turn it into a book I decided to
19:13You know take a heart on that and just release it for my birthday March 26
19:212026 so look out in March
19:24for the 10-day sabbatical as
19:28You know check out that whole series
19:29They want to 11 so I did like 10 and a half to 11 days
19:34So the 11 day I just did as a recap of all the 10 days of my 10-day sabbatical off social media
19:41You know, it's a fast from social media
19:44It was you just gotta check out the episodes and I gave some great, you know
19:50Nuggets as you can hold on to take in and use for yourself
19:55But again, this is photographer Jackson Steve Jackson of alien eyes photo yo
20:00podiums ha ha photos media bring you alien eyes photos industry talk
20:08Parts let me get some water get out of here. I appreciate y'all. Peace