I built this camper in my mind years ago.

I created its existence within my reality.

I’m not a witch doctor or a miracle worker. I don’t dabble in magic although my spiritual beliefs are waaaay further out there than most which is why I’m coming into this convo all mystical stuff sounding. It is quite mystical but also very logical on how I created it.

You go where your energy directs you. Your energy goes toward what you focus on. Theres nothing profound with what I just wrote. I am convinced that you get what you want if you believe in it and focus enough your energy into it.

I fell in love with camping while sleeping out of the back of my truck. I felt the most free when I was traveling, pulling over in random spots and pull offs and sitting on my tailgate with whatever I could carry with me. When I’m reminiscing I’m always looking back to my tailgate memories more than my trailer I pulled or big tent on my truck.

The tailgate always fit me better, Even when I built that bus my mind kept saying “that’s a cute bus Chad but it ain’t you. That bus refused to go along with my dreams so I sold it. I got my money back and a little then some. The bus money bought the trailer and the tent which I had bought for an incredible deal on marketplace. I always bargain hunt for my camping gear. Some I’ve paid a ridiculous amount for because it was exactly what I wanted, other stuff I got discounted because I check the REI returns twice a week for deals. I sold my trailer, tent and camper top within two weeks of each other in October/ November. That’s a lot of big gear to sell that quickly. I had to go on fb to ask for help taking all of my gear off that’s how quickly it sold. I also forgot to mention I bought my truck’s last camper top with the extra money I made selling my hotdog trailer.

I added this to my story because there’s some folk out there that think I came from money which is the most laughable thing I’ve ever heard. This story isn’t about my poor childhood I’m only mentioning this because it adds good truth juice to the whole -if you focus your energy towards something hard enough you can get it. My comforts are a little simple at the moment. My only point is I don’t go out and buy whatever I want. I earn the shit out of what I purchase and I do it the long haul way. I don’t possess a credit card and I don’t like revolving credit accounts. I do have a truck payment and that’s it. Yes I also currently rent a home because I want my daughter to stay in her school district and I’m just not that hyped on Greenville anymore. Home purchase will come in time when I focus my energy on it.

I remember overhearing someone mention that I come from a family of doctors and I laughed until I cried. There must be another Chad out there I don’t know about. I may carry myself as someone who doesn’t have a financial care in the world because if you act broke you’ll always be broke.

Your energy goes towards what you focus on.

Back to my manifestations. That’s what this camper is it’s a manifestation of my energy and focus. I built it in my mind over time. Found its likeness online a little over a year ago and told myself “that’s it. That’s exactly what I’ve been looking for the entire time.”

Sold my other setup in two weeks. Went online and saw at the same exact time this company was having a Black Friday sale on the same model I wanted. A substantial sale. I went online, put a deposit down and mailed them a check. I went camperless for 5 months. Got my camper the week of my Utah trip in April and I’ve probably spent 25 days of camping in it as of yesterday.

I was meant to have this camper. It’s not as deep as that may sound. I found what I’ve been searching for. I created its existence into my life. I didn’t build it, my algorithms found it for me. My algorithms being apart of my reality that I’ve curated over time with my focus and energy. All I did was pull it towards me.

I created this lifestyle with my energy and focus. Was it my passion too? Of course but that’s all passion is. Something you really enjoy doing (energy) and how often you think about it (focus).

If you want something bad enough you’ll focus on it and use your energy to make it happen. It’s that simple. The hard part is believing you’ll receive it. There’s a law of attraction involved here but it doesn’t need to be established here.

Focus

Energy

Belief

Some believe manifestation is some mystical new age BS that you if you wish for something hard enough it’ll come to you. I’d say it’s close but it’s the full belief system that makes it work. Some or most call it prayer. I firmly believe “prayer” works if enough energy is applied.

If you sit at home praying for a new job there’s a good chance you won’t find it sitting at home with your hands together 🙏🏼. If you’re focusing your energy into a specific position or goal and going through the process of changing your life and reality to make it work then you’re heading in the right direction of your prayers and goals.

Belief- is the seasoning to your focus and energy. If you’re applying your energy into something that you don’t believe will work then why do it? And that’s what you’re telling yourself in the back of your mind.

“But Chad I want to win the lottery. So all I have to do is believe?”

Maybe?

How much do you really believe in yourself that you would win something that’s a 1 in a 292.2 million chance of winning?

“Never tell me the odds” – H Solo.

He knew what that meant. “Don’t tell me I don’t have a chance or I won’t believe we can beat the evil empire.”

The deli was no different. I manifested its existence with the thought of a concept in my head and I built it. We probably had about $2000 in our bank account when I split with Southern. At that time my focus was keeping the mortgage paid and food on the table.

For two years I focused my energy into building a deli.

I didn’t do it all with a smile on my face. I cried while working in a 20 sq ft kitchen with humility. I was still a drunk. Moving from kitchen to home and back when it got too hot to work in the brewery during the summer. When the cheese started melting in box it was time to move my work home. I bring this up to prove you don’t need mindless positivity to create your work or dreams. Sometimes using your pissed off energy is just as good.

Pissed off = energy and I put that focus on getting the fuck out of revolving ghost kitchens. As much as I was feeling sorry for myself I used it to climb out.

That’s not a motivational speech. I change my energy from

“why does this keep happening to me?”

To

“I refuse to let it end this way”

My focus honed in on getting out instead of why I was there.

I built my deli with cash. The cash I made while wanting to pull my hair out but I stayed focus and put my energy into it.

Struggle should be utilized as energy. Without struggle you’ll never know how bad you really want something. Need something. Because man did I fucking struggle. Every time I walk into that deli in the morning I smile because I know how much I went through just to get there. It’s the same with my camper to be honest.

I thank my mother daily on her hardheadedness that she passed down to me. It does have its advantages.

I watch a lot of fb friends that I’ve never met before struggling because their belief system is installed and they don’t know how to get out.

Attraction

Your thoughts attract what you’re thinking about. Redundant as fuck I know but think about it it’s that simple

If you think about struggling all the time you’re going to in fact struggle

All

The

Time

Never say “why does this keep happening to me?”

You’re in control of your reality not the other way around. You’re the main character.

I say this because I used to always focus on failure not success. I always knew how to get there but never knew how to maintain it. Because I didn’t believe I deserved it. I was raised around failure. I thought it was a part of my life.

Listen I’m writing this out to get it out because I’m just now figuring it out. I’m sure I lost y’all a while back.

I sat in my camper Sunday for quite some time it was a rest day and as I was looking around I started smiling.

I built this from manifestation. The reality not the camper. Someone else built the camper just for me. Literally. Years of focus and energy put me in that exact camper in the exact spot on the mountain that I wanted to spend my weekend.

I fucking did that and that’s a hearty perspective to have and share.

When I take photos of where I camp or my little adventures I’ve already taken them in my head before I leave my house. I bring the manifestation to life through my camera lens. I visualize where I’m going and when I take that pic it’s like a “hell yeah brother your energy and focus made this happen”

Hell yeah indeed.