25% Pa

I really need to post something about what I do in real life (baka kasi wala, haha) and not just about books and TV series. Of course, I can still laugh right now but deep inside I am a mess. Not emotionally. This is not about existential crisis per se but sometimes it leads to that. So anyway here's what's eating me.

Remember the nail spa? Remember how we were evicted from our original location? And remember how we relocated it in our house extension? Well to cut the long story short, the business isn't doing very good. There were days when we'd only have one client. We recover our operating expenses from our weekend sales which isn't really that much but you see, rent is free and electricity charges are lower compared when we were in the plaza. But I know it's not enough. Even one of my employees stopped coming to work and I'm still mad about that because she didn't stick with me "through thick and thin." But we must always remember that things happen for a reason. Baka nga good riddance na din.

So anyway. My sisters and I are thinking of renting this space along the main street and this space just happens to cost 15K monthly. Hindi kinakaya ng puso ko. As in. Imagine- from 0 rent to 15K monthly. It's a big leap and I'm not sure yet if I can do this- but I wouldn't know until I try, right? I'm 75% decided on relocating to the new spot. I even already withdrew the one month deposit and two months advance on rent. But gaaahd, so much money!!! I can't part with it yet.

Before I was 75% certain, my sister and I talked to my sister's friend's friend who owns a nail spa franchise. Hers is located in a mall so medyo hindi same circumstances but still we were able to get a gist of how the industry works, what are the industry norms and practices, if nail techs are really pasaway, etc. So medyo na-enlighten naman kami and medyo na-inspire and somewhat a little motivated to make this business work. I was actually thisclose to quitting it and concentrating on the scents business pero weder-weder pa rin yun so I think I'll have to make this nail spa biz work. And if I am going to shell out 15K monthly on rent pa lang- I better make it work, by hook or by crook!

I'm praying for it. I'm asking God to give me a sign whether or not to pursue this. When I woke up today, I asked God to give me a definite one, something that will not be misconstrued. And I turned to Pinterest for an answer (HA!) and this is what I got

so I thought to myself, "hmmm, this could be the sign I was asking for," but then thought that it wasn't clear enough. But what got me was the caption which read:

HELLO POSSIBILITIES; JUST BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO FOR IT

so maybe this is it, the sign I've been asking for ☺

Sabi ng mga mentors ko (kahit once pa lang kami nagkita at nagkausap, I will refer to them as my mentors, haha), at first hindi ka makakatulog talaga sa kakaisip at kung hindi ka na talaga makatulog, mag-sleeping pills ka na lang. Oh my. 

So I'm doing this- I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and letting my dreams scare me

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I refuse to believe this before. I thought, why would I want to put myself in an uncomfortable spot? I don't know what made me want to raise the stakes. And oh, my horoscope din pala helped me decide for the relocation. Ngayon ko na maaapply ang naituro sakin ni Subido: "Higher risk, higher return." 

Please pray for me.