06/11/2026
The Back Seat Of My Car Became The Launchpad To Everything I Ever Wanted
Some people are just not wired to quit.
I believe a lot of us in this entrepreneurial world are built that way.
We see what is possible before everyone else can see it. We keep going even when we do not have all the answers, all the money, all the support, or all the proof yet.
We just have something inside of us that says, “Keep going.
Figure it out.
This is not how your story ends.”
That was me in 2019.
I was in one of the darkest seasons of my life.
I had to walk away from an 18-year marriage almost overnight, and not long after that, I found myself homeless, sleeping in the back seat of my car.
I did not have a perfect plan. I was hurt. I was scared. I was tired.
But even in that back seat, something inside of me refused to give up.
I kept saying, “There is no way i am going out like this.
There is no way this is the end of my story.”
Then one night, while scrolling YouTube, I came across Russell Brunson talking about funnels and the One Funnel Away Challenge.
I did not fully understand funnels yet, but something in me knew.
I kept saying, “This is my ticket.”
That moment changed the direction of my life.
From there, I started walking the path of a funnel builder.
Not perfectly. Not quickly. Not without fear. But I started.
Every day became another step.
Learning funnels.
Studying marketing.
Building skills.
Getting confused.
Starting over.
Trying again.
Growing. Becoming.
Now, six years later, I can look back and say this:
The back seat of my car was not my ending.
It was my launchpad.
It was the place where I was being rebuilt.
It was the place where my fight came back.
It was the place where the next version of me was born.
That is why this funnel journey means so much to me.
Funnels did not just teach me how to build pages.
Funnels gave me a path.
Funnels gave me language for what I was trying to create.
Funnels helped me turn survival into service.
And that is why I keep showing up.
Because I know there is someone else sitting in their own version of the back seat right now.
Maybe not physically, but emotionally, financially, spiritually, or mentally.
They may be wondering if they still have a shot. They may be wondering if they are too old, too behind, too broken, or too late.
And I want to be a reminder that you are not.
Your lowest season can become your launchpad.
Your pain can become your purpose.
Your story can become the bridge that helps someone else cross over.
I am grateful for this community, this journey, and the chance to keep becoming the person I knew I was meant to be.
My name is Renee J. and I am a funnel hacker for life.
