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Hey, it’s rnotive. This is a random note for anyone who wonders who I am and wants to know about me.
I expect you to just read & forget.
Everything started when I was in 7th grade. I was a weak student, and my family couldn’t afford my school fees. I didn’t even have a proper school uniform, so my classmates bullied me because of our financial situation.
Then my father suddenly developed paralysis, and our situation became so bad that we couldn’t even pay the monthly water bill. I walked to a nearby water pump and carried two 15-litre cans, one in each hand, back home. I did that five times a day.
I was so tired of my life that I wanted to die. I attempted suicide more than once. Every time, one thing stopped me: I was the only hope of my family, and I knew nobody would take care of them if I was gone. That made me step back.
So I started looking for jobs. My family even made me work at a roadside restaurant for two days, because they were so disappointed with my grades after paying such high school fees. I stayed out of the house almost all the time.
One day I took about $40 from my father’s cupboard and bought a second-hand smartphone. I couldn’t afford internet, so I sat behind a friend’s house for three to four hours a day to use his Wi-Fi and download money-making tutorials from YouTube.
Somehow I ended up in Telegram groups, learning bug bounty and basic programming. I learned a lot there and started selling simple Python scripts: bulk emailing tools, carrier and email-based lead generators, lead validation tools and more. I made a little money, but it wasn’t enough.
In a random Telegram group I met a guy who was also a broke teenager, but he knew a lot about crypto trading. We talked every day, and he predicted the next market waves for me. One day I gave him all my savings and asked him to trade with it. Then he disappeared.
I thought I had been scammed. I blamed myself: how could I be so dumb to hand all my savings to a random guy? But I was wrong. He came back and told me his father had died and he had been busy with the rituals. He had also traded my money and turned it into 13 times more.
We reinvested it in the XLM token. That was the turning point of our lives, and from then on we traded crypto regularly.
My parents were scared and thought I was selling drugs, because I came from the drug capital of my country. I wasn’t allowed to go out much. They asked, “If your work is online, why do you need to go out?” So I stayed home almost all the time, and I gained 40 kg. No regrets.
At 19, I was the youngest millionaire in my entire bloodline. I bought a simple $1,200 bike with my own money, but people were so jealous that they complained to my parents that I was doing something illegal. My parents told me to either stop spending money in our hometown or leave the house. I promised to spend my money freely only when I was outside the country.
After finishing school, I flew straight to Poland to build the rest of my life. Even then, people were so jealous that they reported me to the income tax department. I received two notices and my bank accounts were frozen.
I challenged the department and showed every single proof. My case was closed with no evidence found. I have a good idea who made the complaint, but I stayed silent. That is when I learned: people like to make fun of your poverty, but they can’t stand to see your progress.
I came back to Poland, and in September 2024 my crypto wallet was drained. I was disappointed and depressed. I started smoking weed to escape the stress, and for weeks I stayed alone in my room, avoiding human contact. I failed my semester.
Then a friend visited me and asked what was going on. He told my community, and I was so glad. Over the years I had built good connections, and people offered me money without expecting it back. They literally said, “Tell us the amount and we’ll give it to you to bring you back on track.”
I took the opportunity and started working again, with bug bounty and crypto trading. In February 2026, I started a landscaping company with a friend in Paramount: SahagunLandscape.com.
Today my life in Poland is going really well. I’m in the 5th semester of cybersecurity. Still alive. Still fighting for a better future.
To be honest, I would like to leave you with a few life lessons.
Connections come first, so say hello.