As I walked back to my apartment, tall drip Starbucks coffee in hand, sun on my face and breeze in my hair, I felt a small surge of pride. How grown up I have become! Having just completed a sit down, to find a web designer for a start up business, all on my own, I patted myself on the back for being so professional.(incidentally, holding a to go cup of coffee with the brand logo kinda cultivates that feeling anyway, asI could've been returning from a finger painting session, and felt that way...) Also, I was wearing bright green flip flops, and I hadn't showered, but that did not negate the sense of accomplishment.
At this moment, making the small steps towards opening a business, I feel very mature. More mature than deciding to take an internship abroad in China, and more so even than how I felt when I returned, mind wide-open from the experience.
But now, as I sit in my apartment, looking at the assortment of stuff I have, and being unable to procure any other great accomplishments and/or reasons why I am so grown up, my ego deflated a bit. Just a bit.
How exciting this opportunity is though! Of course, the foot work has been largely done by my colleague, the founder and owner of this shop, but I'm now included in the process and by the simple act, I feel...honored. Today, I love the idea of opening a bubble tea store, right across the street from where I live. Today, I'm thrilled to think about all the work, the tiny details that need finagling before a door opens to the public. And today, I'm so thankful I have this experience at my fingertips, right there sitting so readily, to be made into something wonderful and bigger than myself.
Here I will continue the euphoric gushings.
This store embodies more than a cup of tea with some flavoring, it means more than somewhere to sit before a movie starts, or while studying for an exam. Selling bubble tea is merely a front for a dream to come true, for the person behind it, to show his family and himself that our American Dream can be his dream too. Success comes from working hard, and believing in what you are doing, and I believe in him, enough to work as hard as I can for his dream.
Today I feel committed and ecstatic to be a part of this process.
Soon the small details will be knit together, then the larger pieces united to make one round and hopefully thorough concept. I cannot wait!
On a side note, I'll admit to having my fair share of caffeine today, and lack of a very stimulating work environment. The effervescent feeling I have now might just burst, and leave me feeling overwhelmed and frightened. As I should probably be feeling...but I've never had very logical emotion timing, so why start now!!
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