Eric Smith

On paper, dropping out of high school, failing out of college, getting arrested for stuff related to mental health and mental illness, that generally doesn't bode well for the trajectory of things. But I got lucky. I got the treatment that I needed. I got the resources that I needed. I had the support that I needed.

On paper, dropping out of high school, failing out of college, getting arrested for stuff related to mental health and mental illness, that generally doesn't bode well for the trajectory of things. But I got lucky. I got the treatment that I needed. I got the resources that I needed. I had the support that I needed.

And for the rest of my life, I will be spending it trying to help other people also find that life it is that they want.

And for the rest of my life, I will be spending it trying to help other people also find that life it is that they want.

And for the rest of my life, I will be spending it trying to help other people also find that life it is that they want.

That's both interesting and terrifying, what happened. Right, so I appreciate the question. It was like 2007, 2008, right around the time

That's both interesting and terrifying, what happened. Right, so I appreciate the question. It was like 2007, 2008, right around the time

That's both interesting and terrifying, what happened. Right, so I appreciate the question. It was like 2007, 2008, right around the time

twitter first came out and i will assume for the sake of this discussion that people know what twitter is if they don't it's famously called x right now here's why it's relevant to this conversation it was brand new at that time it was like the wild west social media was not how it is right now where everyone's walking around with a smartphone and cameras and followers and all of that social media existed but it was fringe like facebook was established mostly for college age kids

twitter first came out and i will assume for the sake of this discussion that people know what twitter is if they don't it's famously called x right now here's why it's relevant to this conversation it was brand new at that time it was like the wild west social media was not how it is right now where everyone's walking around with a smartphone and cameras and followers and all of that social media existed but it was fringe like facebook was established mostly for college age kids

twitter first came out and i will assume for the sake of this discussion that people know what twitter is if they don't it's famously called x right now here's why it's relevant to this conversation it was brand new at that time it was like the wild west social media was not how it is right now where everyone's walking around with a smartphone and cameras and followers and all of that social media existed but it was fringe like facebook was established mostly for college age kids

MySpace existed and it was, for the most part, like an established user base of emo kids and musicians. It wasn't like it looks right now. And here's why that's relevant. We are now living in an era where musicians, models, writers, world leaders, they have tens of millions of followers. At that time, people had a few thousand followers because it was so new.

MySpace existed and it was, for the most part, like an established user base of emo kids and musicians. It wasn't like it looks right now. And here's why that's relevant. We are now living in an era where musicians, models, writers, world leaders, they have tens of millions of followers. At that time, people had a few thousand followers because it was so new.

MySpace existed and it was, for the most part, like an established user base of emo kids and musicians. It wasn't like it looks right now. And here's why that's relevant. We are now living in an era where musicians, models, writers, world leaders, they have tens of millions of followers. At that time, people had a few thousand followers because it was so new.

And because there were so few people on the platform, it was huge if you had like 10,000 or 20,000 followers. And I remember John Mayer, I think was the most followed guy on Twitter for a while. And he had like 15 or 20,000 followers at the time, just to put that in perspective. So I'm getting on Twitter at a time where it's very easy to throw a tweet out there at somebody and they'll see it.

And because there were so few people on the platform, it was huge if you had like 10,000 or 20,000 followers. And I remember John Mayer, I think was the most followed guy on Twitter for a while. And he had like 15 or 20,000 followers at the time, just to put that in perspective. So I'm getting on Twitter at a time where it's very easy to throw a tweet out there at somebody and they'll see it.

And because there were so few people on the platform, it was huge if you had like 10,000 or 20,000 followers. And I remember John Mayer, I think was the most followed guy on Twitter for a while. And he had like 15 or 20,000 followers at the time, just to put that in perspective. So I'm getting on Twitter at a time where it's very easy to throw a tweet out there at somebody and they'll see it.

And like within like a day or two, they'll write back. Unfortunately for me, because I was so unstable at the time, I started to feel this inflated sense of importance where like, I remember I tweeted at Paul Wall, who's a famous Texas rapper. And he tweeted back a few times. I remember I tweeted at Wyclef, Will.i.am and other famous musicians that you might know out there. And they wrote back.

And like within like a day or two, they'll write back. Unfortunately for me, because I was so unstable at the time, I started to feel this inflated sense of importance where like, I remember I tweeted at Paul Wall, who's a famous Texas rapper. And he tweeted back a few times. I remember I tweeted at Wyclef, Will.i.am and other famous musicians that you might know out there. And they wrote back.

And like within like a day or two, they'll write back. Unfortunately for me, because I was so unstable at the time, I started to feel this inflated sense of importance where like, I remember I tweeted at Paul Wall, who's a famous Texas rapper. And he tweeted back a few times. I remember I tweeted at Wyclef, Will.i.am and other famous musicians that you might know out there. And they wrote back.