Brainstorming is hard. Photo by Startup Stock Photos. I set a new goal of trying to create any kind of content for the internet at least once a day. I have been reading on and learning how to form new and productive small habits for quite some time now. I have listened to audiobooks, watched... Continue Reading →
6 Life Lessons I Learned While Learning How to Travel By Myself
Traveling alone was something that I might have wanted to attempt, but never something I thought I could do. Key word: could. Taken at Wahiawa Beach near North Shore, Oahu on November 18, 2021. I always held on to self-limiting beliefs that prevented me from trying new things because I was either too afraid to... Continue Reading →
2020: A Restaurant’s Perspective of Navigating Covid-19 in Los Angeles
The Covid-19 shutdown caused our sales to drop more than 90% in a matter of days. Today, we have bled over $27k in 1.5 Months, setting new records of reaching below zero in our checking account. After a decade of grueling efforts to grow the business, my family was finally hopeful that our sales were... Continue Reading →
4 Basic Convictions to Help Beginner Bitcoin Investors deal with Volatility ๐๐
Bitcoin. The future of money, a cryptocurrency. The digital currency everyone cannot stop talking about. Even people who have never heard about Bitcoin are trying to get in to a piece of that pie. Photo by Karolina Grabowska. This month alone, Bitcoin has attained a 120%+ increase of $24,000+ US dollars alone to reach it's... Continue Reading →
"Finally." I sighed in relief and gratitude. 2020 marked the 10th year anniversary since we first opened our doors in March 2010. It was going to be a great year and an even better decade. The beginning months of January and February 2020 was awesome. My family's business (gastropub | restaurant | sports bar) was... Continue Reading →
Navigating Covid-19; the personal struggles of running small family-owned restaurant business
Learning to Deal with My Anxiety during the Uncertain Times of the Global Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic presented significant challenges for the restaurant industry. Having been in this industry for the past decade, learning how to deal with this sort of uncertainty has been quite a challenge. The lockdown shut down the business for a month at a time without real updates or direction on how to manage the... Continue Reading →