2017

2017 has been good. I worked tirelessly on the business, acquired a few retail accounts, a few more customers and sales, increased the brand outreach - it's been a pretty slow climb and the sales figures are pretty meagre, but it's a year of trial and error, and I think I'm on the right track. 2017 - I moved to Seattle, for real. Received my E2 visa at the end of June, packed and settled into our apartment in August. The uphill struggle will be finding ways to reduce expenses, achieve targeted sales goals, pay myself, hire help - finding ways to sustain this little business. Properly lived with G, and reached many points in time when I should have just given up and moved out. I should, I don't have the guts for that yet. The comfort of being in a safe home environment is too dear to me for now. Totally wrong reasons for staying together, and one day I will become a stronger and more confident person. Many things to improve on. Language and communication skills. Analytical skills. Take better care of my health and my body. Learning to divide home and work, learning to see my environment, to care more about things and people around me. Not to be callous, not to be holed up in a bubble, not to take things for granted. I no longer wish to accept rude and harsh remarks unless they push me forward; we move at different paces, and if we can't compromise, then we should simply separate. If you feel that not only do I not have any positive influence on you, I hold you back or slow you down intellectually and in public, then we should simply separate.