Hey Steemit Community, I'm Harrison!

in introduceyourself •  8 years ago  (edited)



 Hello Steemit!  

It is a pleasure to be here! 

My name is Harrison Kugler. A little background about myself: I am 24 and currently pursuing my passion of becoming a self made entrepreneur. I am about 6 months into my journey and although it is without a doubt the hardest chapter of my life so far, it has really given me an opportunity to expand who I am as a person and turn my previously mediocre/unproductive life around 

A little (more like a lot) about me..


Circa 2009 

I grew up and currently reside in (somewhat beautiful) New Jersey. From a young age I always loved the water and swimming, so naturally I started surfing at the age of 13. Until I was 18 I would say it was more 'surviving' then surfing, since I had no real guidance or help with the sport. (My Dad would not even go on a cruise if it was paid for) 


I am on the right, I was totally flexing. This is embarrassing but really gives context too the 'tool' I was at one point in my life.  

Me and My Dad, I clearly peaked at a young age. 


From the age of 17 to around 22 years old I was a bit lost in life and ended up spending a large chunk of my time surfing, fishing, and smoking the herb with friends. 


Any other time was probably spent between getting in trouble with the law or some form of "netflix and chill" 


Looking back, that was a bad chapter for me. After the dust settled the damage was serious: 

  • arrested 7 times
  • multiple search warrants out for my arrest
  •  did time in a county jail 
  • ruined my relationship with my parents and friends
  • and was an overall terrible person. 

And one day I woke the eff up. (Can we curse on here?)

To give some context:

Sometime around 2015 after being basically estranged (yet financially dependent) upon my parents I said 'enough's enough' asked them for forgiveness, and preceded to move back home with them and start rebuilding. 

I spent 2015-2017 subconsciously and wholeheartedly rebuilding my relationship with my mother and father and working a variety of unfulfilling jobs. 

Me and my mother on Mother's Day 2017 


In January of this year I lost my job as a food truck operator, and I realized this is the time I need to truly pursue what I want to be, a self made entrepreneur. 


Fast Forward to July 3rd 2017.... and I am currently knee deep in the process of entrepreneurship. 


Note: After reading a few posts this seemed like the type of platform to just ramble and not worry too much about structure. Always open to feedback since I am new here! 


I started doing web design and social media management, but around April after arguing with a client over a basic procedure, I realized client services is not for me. Luckily I re stumbled upon the world of cryptocurrency. 


Since then I have been in a wormhold of crypto, soaking in everything I can about the technology behind it and the implications. The future excites me to say the least. Below is a link to my Instagram, it'll definitely add context to who I am. 

 https://www.instagram.com/hkugler/

I plan on sharing my stories of entrepreneurship, cryptocurrency opinions, and overall perspective of this beautiful thing we call life.  I have sadly run out of gas for this post (its 4:13 am) but I am looking forward to being part of this seemingly revolutionary community. 

Here are some of my current holding for shorter terms, let me know what you think! 

Deal, New Jersey Circa 2011.
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I'm not flooding here, just sharing funny stories with pictures about my golden retriever puppy Mr. Oliver. Follow me back and vote for my posts if you're interested! Thanks a lot ^_^ fc7a4088-169e-4bcf-9dd3-6218117373b9.jpg

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  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Welcome to steemit @harryhoudinei hope you enjoy here. I've send a tip for you, don't forget to follow me in @athaejin I already follow you 😊

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Welcome to Steemit mate, the friendliest social network around!

Thanks Ben!

you r doing great..bro

Thank You. I appreciate the support more then words can explain!

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Well done mate. I think the hardest thing for people realistically is to admit fault, and they have made a mistake. You've accepted you were the problem, not blamed the world, and over the years in my own personal development, investing, real estate and small business etc. I had not experienced so much personal growth until i accepted things like this, I was actually to blame, not the economy, not my circumstances, but myself. Well done and wish you a prosperous future. If you are an entrepreneurial person, its important to identify this as early as possible, i had run several businesses before i actually knew the meaning of the world. I then was able to understand my personality better and why i did the strange things that nobody else was prepared to do. You'll find this is the case often.

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Welcome to steemit !! Enjoy this beautiful world! Followed. Follow me back 😘

Welcome to Steem @harryhoudinei I have upvoted and sent you a tip

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Welcome to Steemit, @harryhoudinei!

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Thanks onotelle I appreciate the feedback

Welcome to the community @harryhoudinei... great introduction post.... keep it up.. upvoted and follow @retroo

Just followed you, thanks for the upvote brudda!

Welcome to Steemit, @harryhoudinei! Followed!
Cheers from Barcelona.

Thanks Boss! followed you back, looking forward to interacting

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You are welcome, do follow me for more nuggets of useful tips and information for your success.

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Welcome to Steemit @harryhoudinei

Thanks mars, excited to be here!

Welcome to steemit, nice to meet you:)

Thank you, pleasure to meet you as well:) @inber

Welcome to Steemit! Hope you find this to be a great place to share your ideas and thoughts. Keep Steeming on!

Thanks Elsa, I see you reposted content from the dollar vigilante, his stuff is pretty thorough!

I've Upvoted for sure. happy to meet you in this big family.
looking forward to your next post.
You can follow my food blog to know more about me @fatkid

Hey thanks brother, I appreciate the love. You nailed it with calling this a 'big family' I think I have had an account for ~12 hours and the engagement and positive vibes are almost overwhelming

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Thank you Tinashe! It seems like a great community is being built here I am thrilled to be a part of it

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Welcome here @harryhoudinei ! Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me at @mekong

WIll do thanks for the compliment

Hey! You made a great choice joining this awesome community. You’re going to have a great time here. Keep Steeming!

Thank you firepower, I appreciate the support. I just followed you!

welcome!

Thank you Kim!

great bro

Much appreciated!

Is nice that you are a changed person now..what matters is present and not the past,,,Nice to have here too

Thanks brotha, learning to focus on the present more and more, the support is appreciated!

Hello and welcome to steemit! I hope you like it here. You've just gained a new follower. Kindly follow back thanks

Thanks Esther, I have a quick question I couldn't not find on google; is there a specific way to put an image for the "cover" of your post, or is it just the first image in your post? Thanks

Yes harry it is just the first image in your post

Nevermind I figured it out, newb mistake!

i appreciated and followed you please follow me back @esther-may

I've also followed back 😊

@esther-may i want to learn steemit could please help me

welcome followed upvoted @harryhoudinei and visit my wall when you free thanks

Thanks Bossman, will do!

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Wow... such an honest intro!!! I dig it! Welcome to steemit homeboy! Good luck and have fun!

Thanks brother, it felt good to really dive into the story of my life. I appreciate you reading it!

thanks

Hey there Harrison! You live quite an exciting life, dont you? I too love fishing and surfing.

I've upvoted this on behalf of Team #minnowtowhale of @minnowsupport. We thank you for your contributions to the community. (https://discord.gg/F55SJ4c)

Do join the discord channel and come check us out, the goal is to make whales out of all promising minnows. i look forward to seeing you there <3

You can approach, myself (@doctor.fit) or @JoeyRocketFilms, who is a very very helpful guy, and the head of the M2W initiative for any help!

Thanks Doc, I will definitely check it out for sure, thanks for the support!

I'm glad mate. You'll definitely fit right into the environment there!

That's one detailed post. Welcome. We are gonna have a ball!

Couldnt agree more brother! Thanks for the read.

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Welcome to this big family, we are all individual with an interesting story sharing our passion here. I'm glad you've found your way!

Glad to be hear, this community is truly incredible, I appreciate the comment! The engagement is unbelievable

Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now

welcome dude!

Great motivational content. Its very rare to find such honest people nowadays

Interesting story you got there...newbie here...upvoted and followed

Welcome! Hope you share some good content with us! This is a great way to meet people from all over the world. I am a Brazilian writer and videomaker, living in London. Here I post about photography, travel and stories. Have a look at my profile and if you like it, follow me. Cheers!

I appreciate the hospitality @marcelli I will definitely give you a follow!