We had the good fortune of connecting with Fakhrid-Deen Merritt and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Fakhrid-Deen, have you ever found yourself in a spot where you had to decide whether to give up or keep going? How did you make the choice?
Well we always keep going ! The first and foremost . Who wants to give up ? I mean you may feel like you can’t , or it gets rough but give up ? If You Want It You Go After It , If You Believe That’s What You Deserve that’s what you go after. So the question isn’t knowing which to keep going or to give up .. but the question is when did giving up help you keep going ? It’s about the thought process and how you feed your brain that drive . Ambition will always help you but the drive is what gets you there, also remember that time in itself runs its course . You’ll get there if you keep going but if you debate so say give up ? You haven’t asked the real question ….. how would giving up help me keep going !

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Being flexible while maintaining staying true to myself is what separates me the most . The ability to be like okay I can do this but if that goes against or past my boundaries I’m okay to decline . The society that we live in now is not easy . It creates these lifestyles that are fabricated. We have no space to be true to oneself, everything is on the level of what is better and what isn’t. You don’t become a better you by the comparison of the next individual, but you achieve it in being a INDIVIDUAL . don’t try to fit in , Stand out ! Dont be overwhelmed by what isn’t , but look towards what makes you YOU ! Someone will see that passion and that drive . That’s what got me where I am , that’s what kept me going . I didn’t care about the people I cared about ME !

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I don’t really go out much , but if I was to go out it’s always a vibe . Something that says, We Outside but we chilling ! Sometime the smallest things speaks the loudest . Hookah bars , soft food lounges , etc .

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I would like to shoutout all my supporters ! Anyone who has ever supported me !! Believed in me ! And came on my journey with, it has been hard but it’s my supporters that keep me going !

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