Business Notes # 1
Hindi mo ba naiisip minsan na nakakasawa na maging empleyado? Nakakasawa mag-abang ng mag-abang ng payday. Nakakasawa maghintay ng kapiranggot na increase every 6 months (minsan nga wala pa!). Nakakasawa maging dependent sa rise and fall ng kumpanya. Nakakasawa kumayod ng kumayod para payamanin ang iba. Nakakasawa ang forms. Nakakasawa ang panghi-hingi pa ng approval at pirma para makapag-bakasyon. Nakakasawa makulong.
Hindi naman sa kasuka-suka ang trabaho ko. Kung tutuusin, masaya pa nga ako sa halos lahat ng aspeto, bagaman talagang hindi kalakihan ang aking sweldo. Pero magte-28 na ko, at wala man lang akong ipon kahit singkong duling. Wala pa akong napagi-invest-an na kahit ano. I could say that my job is stable, but sabi nga, you can never can tell. Pag nagsara ang kumpanyang ito, yari ako.
Gusto ko ng freedom—financial freedom, freedom to manage my own time, freedom from having countless bosses, at kung ano-ano pang uri ng freedom na imposible para sa isang empleyado.
In short, gusto ko ng negosyo. Negosyong sarili ko. Negosyong akin.
I’ve sworn countless times that I would never go into business with friends. But when Rey and I started discussing business possibilities a couple of days ago, it just felt…right. Na parang this time, you’re just willing to make an exception. That perhaps a business partnership could coincide with friendship as well.
Pinaka-nakakatakot lang sa lahat eh ang pera to get things going and sustain it. Sa totoo lang, wala akong idea kung saan kami hahagilap ng kapital. Bukod pa dito, pareho kaming mahigit limang taon nang empleyado at walang kaalam-alam sa business (although mejo mas knowledgeable na sya ngayon because of his Pakshirt paknership with our friend, Skeeter). But somehow, I feel confident that it would work out—I don’t know how, but I just feel that it would. Besides, I’m confident it’s not just the two of us who will make the business start and flourish. There are friends ready to offer help. And there is a God who is gracious, and generous, and whose undying promise we could always claim. Pray with child-like faith…pray with child-like faith…
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. If you do this, you will experience a kind of peace that is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7)
I am blogging about this para totoong wala nang atrasan. Tsaka para pag dumating ang panahon na tunay na success na ang ideyang ito, may proper documentation at meron tayong munting storyang babalikan.
Maraming bagay na nagsisimula sa lakas ng loob. Sa ngayon, ito lang ang aming tanging kapital. At itong bagong papasukin namin ni Rey ay totally unfamiliar territory for both of us. We’re scared, but we’re just as excited. Kaya natin ‘to, Rey!
Sabi ng batchmate kong si Hannah dati sa akin, “You will never know flight until you jump off and test your wings.”
I’ve never been afraid of heights.
