Why I quit the internet for 6 years straight…

From 2007 to 2012 I didn’t use the internet once (with a couple exceptions).

I used it to buy Japanese woodworking tools I couldn’t source elsewhere… and I used to diagnose and treat some chronic health problems in 2012 that the mainstream medical industry had no hope of treating effectively (since most doctors at the time knew zero about nutrition and holistic health).

But it was that experience that changed me.

When I honestly thought I might be dying of some crazy illness, I found information for free on the internet that changed my life, for the better, forever.

I had to dig like crazy though…

Most of what I found was totally wrong.

But I did find one single source of mostly true information that had me eating healthier and feeling better than I had in my entire life at the ripe old age of 27.

It also saved me from living out the rest of my days drinking, partying, and hating the system.

And instead, catapulted me into a lifestyle of health, wellness, happiness, and entrepreneurship.

That very experience of finding the life-saving information I needed freely available on the internet (despite how much bad and wrong information I had to filter through to find the truth) — it was that very experience that made me realize I needed to take the internet by storm.

I saw dozens of internet entrepreneurs building lifestyle businesses around teaching the stuff they don’t teach you at work or in school.

I realized that you didn’t have to bang the system in order to be free.

I recognized that there’s a whole world out there beyond: go to school, get a job, live in the suburbs, watch tv, and eventually retire (but be too sick and unhealthy to really enjoy it).

I finally understood that you can create anything you want in life, as long as you have the vision and consistency to make it a reality.

Meanwhile….

I missed one of the most pivotal growth spurts that the internet and social media has ever seen.

Facebook opened beyond colleges and was scaling globally. Twitter was brand new and YouTube just got acquired by Google. Smartphones changed how people interact with social media. Affiliate marketing blew up. Creators started earning revenue. Facebook ads launched. Webinars started taking off. And “funnels” became mainstream.

I basically missed the entire shift from Web 1 to Web 2.

But before that?

I was an internet and computer tech wiz. I built my own computers. I meddled with custom coding and html in my free time. My school district hired me to skip class in high school and fix their computers. And more…

Probably could have made out quite nicely if I got into internet marketing in my 20s, but I didn’t.

And honestly, I’m grateful…

Because instead I gardened, worked with my hands, rode bikes every day, went camping, learned to identify plants and forage wild food, learned to cook from the best chef’s in the city of Detroit, did tons of yoga, learned to build and use power tools, and much much more…

All skills I continue to use in my day-to-day life in service of myself, my family, and my community.

Pretty cool stuff if you ask me.

I love that I got to have all those experiences and completely ignore the internet for half a decade.

I think people spend more time than ever glued to their devices and it’s at the expense of their own health, wealth, and happiness if you ask me. Some of my best creative work gets done while mowing the lawn. And the same principle applies to everything as far as I’m concerned.

Roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty in the mundane.

You never know what crazy ideas you might come up with.

One of the things I teach inside Email Sales Accelerator is how to transform these mundane experiences into not only emails that sell, but mind-blowing content that has the power to change the world.

So if you like the idea of increasing sales by spending less time on the internet…

Email Sales Accelerator might be for you…

Just click the mysterious linky-link below to join the waitlist:

https://kevinhood.me/accelerator

Best,

Kevin Hood