So, I have been in a rather pensive mood the past few days. Top most worry is how to transit into a successful career switch now that I've decided to plunge into a fashion online business - an industry that's competitive, cruel and most fails within the first few years.
Thinking back, I've part-timed/interned/worked in a number of organisations, spanning across industries such as F&B, FMCG, photography events company, government agency, fashion, market research. Plenty of choices and exposure, but somehow none seems to retain my fleeting interest. I question myself, how gritty a person I am. Or that I am living in my own lala land, thinking that, one day, I will eventually find a path that's easy and makes a lot of money. I've thought about it. But no. Walking around observing, I'm afraid, afraid of being that insignificant person living in this world. Afraid of living the whole of my life, working for something that I do not personally feel invested in. So, entrepreneurship is a choice I've made and lucky, I've got fashion at my back.
3 months down the road, it isn't easy. Staring at the lack of traffic, and therefore the lack of sales, I constantly plant my minds with negative thoughts. After speaking to many, it became clear that either I was being too impatient, or that I might soon find myself among the many startups corpses. These thoughts are self-destructive and keeps replaying in my mind that I cannot fully focus on improving myself and the company. Lucky I still have A and my friends to keep myself sane all these while. Google has became my best friend, things like "how to start a successful blogshop", "why blogshop fails", "emotions that an entrepreneur has to go through", "traits of a successful entrepreneur" suddenly become common search phrases.
Today is another, I-feel-so-lousy-day. These days, instead of forcing myself to work, which result in terribly low level of productivity, I've decided to give myself some breaks. I know that if I can pull myself together, there's a lot more things that I could do that I have not done.
As a way to start afresh and eliminate all these negative feelings, I've decided to give myself an English name - Skye. It started with letter S as I wanted it to intertwine with the letter S in DeStylez.
Now, let's toast to a new beginning :)
Thank you for reading!
♥ Skye Tham & Kim
♥ Skye Tham & Kim
