Rookie Rise Blog

Holy S$%T! This has been one awesome and long process. I've been working on Rookie Rise, day in and day out for about 6 solid months! I don't think that I can remember what 8 hours of sleep feels like anymore. From designing, business setup, networking and keeping up with people that I follow or that follow me, sleep has been the last thing that I have failed to complete on my "to do" list.   With my to do list dwindling, I managed to fit in some sketch time that wasn't Rookie Rise related. This picture also draws a...

This time of year brings up an old memory. The time I hit the lottery as a kid. It was a hot summer day and I was craving a slurpee, so I hopped on my bike and rode down to the 7/11 near my house. As I walked towards the slurpee machine, the clerk asked if I liked gum. Like any kid, of course I said "yes." She handed me a paper bag then pointed to a bin full of double bubble gum and told me that it was free that day. I asked her how much I could have....

<p style="line-height: 20.4799995422363px;">Update: I lost 7 pounds my first week of my "Rise Up Couch Potato" journey. I went From 264lbs down to 257lbs... Then it happened, the Christmas feasts with family. Every relative brought that crazy good secret recipe to the table and shoved it into my face. Kidding, I volunteerly manimaled every dish like Ralphie from "The Christmas Story" You have to be some kind of super hero to resist the tempatation of smoked ham, mashed potatoes and desserts that make your mouth water simply knowing that it lurks on your kitchen counter. I'm like Frank The Tank...

We all remember when T-Pain was on every radio station a few years back. The world questioned T-Pains ability to sing without autotune. You'd swear that we just discovered the 8th wonder of the world. The question puzzled all of us who heard his songs. I'm sure i'm not alone here when I say this, but when I went on some late night drives and that "buy you a drink" song came on. I would be lying if I said I changed the station. You bet I turned that volume up... "Baby girl, what's your name, let me talk to...

What if the answer to happiness and success was simply staying optimistic about everything around you? It's extremely hard to do because, the easy way out of any situation is to walk away without resolution or get mad over it. Finding a positive mindset towards negative obstacles that you are faced with in life, is what seperates the ones who succeed and the ones who fail. There's always a solution to every problem. You just need to find that optimistic view or what I like to call it, an "Optimistic Formula" to solve each problem. The more formulas that you...