Month: December 2023

My favourite moments in 2023

• Talking to Brian (having a crush at the time) (Q1)
• ECF Live (Q1)
• Fun with the VAs in the Philippines (Q2)
• Experiencing the hotel in Thailand (Q2)
• Riding my e-scooter (Q3)
• Playing spikeball and laughing LOTS! (Q3/Q4)
• (Very brief) Encounters with Sid (Q3/Q4)
• Getting a porcelain Frenchie from Bunny (Q4)

Somewhat fun:

• Flowrider in Thailand
• Surfskate
• Cold plunge at Kits beach

My biggest wins / Pivotal events in 2023

• $7M networth from investment!
• $2M USD revenue from biz!
• Hired Bryce/Bena, Kateryna, Paulina, Aref, Madhavi. And Daniel for Google Ads and Harry for Amazon UK and CA. Now have a team of 10 ppl.
• Bought a new Lexus for Mom
• Helped John buy his Porsche
• Completed 11 week cold plunge challenge
• Have been having a commitment coach since July

My favourite new ppl in 2023 and why

• Nicole Yu – fun, sincere, laughs lots, reliable, funny
• Suraj – fun, sincere, laughs lots, reliable, thoughtful, funny
• Sid – funny, playful, flirty, charismatic, attractive
• John from Spikeball – fun, sincere, funny
• Brian – interesting to talk to, funny, seemed interested
• Braedon (Nicole’s bf) – easygoing, kind, sometimes funny
• Ronnie – sincere when I was in Thailand; though seemed to favour Brian when visiting. Didn’t like that.
• Carly – new friend! Successful, likes me.
• David (ECF) – invited me to MDS dinner; can be quite nice and funny

My least fave moments in 2023

• Getting ghosted repeatedly on Bumble
• Feeling insecure about aging
• Losing Brian, Sid, and Alex
• Getting locked out of FB, my laptop, and my apartment
• 7 consecutive issues with Speedy and production
• Scared to travel to ECF Live because of vax status
• 3 consecutive issues with car right after getting it from Mom
• Dale messed up on price change and several other things while I was travelling, and then she asked for a raise.

My biggest challenge in 2023

• My huge price change in March set us back on SEO ranking and sales for a while

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What I want more of

• LOVE
• Friends who adore me and laugh at my jokes
• Smart / interesting / playful / inspiring / funny / loyal / wise / kind friends
• Rizz
• Abs, good skin, toned body, younger face
• Focus
• Energy, vitality
• Fun gatherings at home
• Fun adventures
• New experiences
• High quality crushes (who reciprocate)

What I want less of

• Low mood
• Stress

What I will gain

• A project manager
• A routine that optimizes happiness and productivity
• More SODA
• Momentum
• Add more love when I think about people
• Help people, give more to others

What I will cut out

• Saying non-constructive negative things about people or events
• Thinking negatively of people
• Comparing self to others

 

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Want to do

• Visit Costa Rica
• Go to a surf camp (with Hampton Group)
• Go to a retreat to relax and reset (can be a surfing retreat, or a yoga one, or an all inclusive with flowrider)
• Play spikeball with people I like
• Play volleyball with people I like
• Surf
• Surfskate
• A theme park – Disney? Universal? The one in Japan? Pikachu one or Mario one

Want to have

• More friends that I love that love me, make me happy, energize me.
• Less stress
• 10x biz growth

Action:

1. Study how people maintain good and long lasting friendship and apply it
2. Learn to let go of negativity, stress, frustration by meditating
3. Give myself lots of encouragement, validation, love.
4. Recite my desires and goals daily, many times, with emotions and visualizations
5. Meditate daily for a clear head, less stress, and for more vitality
6. Use the spreadsheet method to track progress of meetings, life, team KPI
7. Establish a very advantageous routine
8. Make time for friends, for social events; use the adventure book
9. Before attending an event, be mindful about what I want to get out of it. e.g MDS – could’ve made more friends! Could’ve asked Kevin about his engraving team.

Want to be

• Good at spikeball, surfskate, volleyball, surfing
• More youthful and toned
• Rizz Goddess

Action:

1. Mindful practice and learning of each sport; goal setting and time blocking
2. Anti-aging routine
3. Workout routine
4. Healthy eating
5. Mindful practice of rizz techniques one at a time

(How I) Want to live

• Sunny and warm
• Good friends
• Great sex life
• Lots of time outdoor, laughing
• Not stressed

Action:

1. Plan trips during cold months
2. Make an effort with existing friends, and make new friends
3. Manifest great sex
4. Actively SODA out stressful tasks
5. Time block rejuvanation time

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Break the year down into 4 quarters (ie. 3-month year)

I’m grateful.

I’m grateful for so many things.

I want to really make the most of my time on this planet.

Be happy. Spread joy. Inspire love.

Live a great life. Amazing moments. Cool experiences. Love love love.

A couple big things on my mind:

1. Is growing Knot Theory the best path forward? Or is there a better way of spending the rest of my life? Or is there a better business to be in? More free time, more money, more location freedom, less stress?
2. How would I grow Knot Theory in the wedding niche?
3. What does my ideal life look like in 5 to 10 years? Potential things of concern? Mom’s health, my apartment, etc

I just realized that my period is starting in 2 days, so that could the be source of grumpiness. Considering how sad I was prior to some other periods, this isn’t so bad!

The GREAT:

1. Stock went up huge recently. My net worth is about $6.8M today
2. Mom’s money under John’s management also went up to $1.47M
3. Sales have been amazing. The past 30 days Knot Theory did $87K + $109K + $21K on Shopify, Amazon US, and Etsy. Plus another $10K or so on Amazon CA + UK. That’s $227K in 30 days! That’s $2.7M a year if we do this every month! In the last 30 days, Shopify is 1.9x last year, Amazon is 1.55x last year.
4. Knot Theory is growing! We did $1.3M in revenue in 2022. In 2023 we’ll do about $2.2M. 1.6x growth.
5. I got a surfskate, and I got a great spot by BC Place to practice. Have only tried it 3 times so far. I feel that it’s harder on my left side. It’s not a balanced sport…will need to learn to push on both sides. I’m getting better already though!
6. Got a new laptop after nearly 11 years!
7. The venous lake on my lip has been gone for at least 2 months now! Don’t know if it’s the cold plunge, but will keep doing cold plunge in case it helps with inflammation overall!
8. More hair growth – been more conscious about scalp massage, minimizing gluten and sugar, using biotin shampoo, and applying hair growth serum or rosemary oil. Also take supplements sometimes.
9. So far have been to every Cold Plunge (10th week today)! Total challenge is 11 weeks!
10. Been nice having free-ish new team members the past 3, 4 months!
11. I can spoil myself and Mom with gifts. Laptop, surfskate, cold plunge tub…these are just a fraction of the stuff I recently bought. My solarium is filled with boxes.
12. I get to live in a place I love. Love my apartment. Love my furniture. Love my robes. Love eating stuff I enjoy eating without worrying about how much they cost. What a life!
13. Being mindful that right now is an amazing time. Both Mom and Dad are healthy and well. My relationship with them, with John, Cyndi, Nicole, and spikeball friends are good. I feel that I need to fend off aging more than ever, but I also know that I’m healthy and young-looking. I have health, wealth, and love. I’m so grateful.

The Not So Great:

1. Wishing I had someone to love, make out with, and make love with, but the chance of finding someone compatible to me seems slim.
2. Low mood sometimes…maybe an aging thing? Feel more low before period than I used to. Also a mindset thing. I can improve on my mindset. Focus on the gain not the gap. Count my blessings not my problems.
3. Stressed out sometimes. As biz grows, stress also grows. Muscle for handling stress needs to grow. And the ability to pre-emptively prevent stress needs to grow.
4. Low motivation sometimes. Maybe from stress, or lack of muscles to deal with stress. Or just being spoiled haha. Having a bigger team now means I don’t have to do stuff I don’t enjoy as often…and when I do have to do something I don’t enjoy, I seem to have less capacity for it now. I dread taxes, meetings, etc
5. Aging. Aging means higher maintenance. I need to spend more time on skin care, fitness, face yoga, face exercise, red light therapy, etc. I’m scared that this is just the beginning of aging and I’m already struggling. I want to make out with young, hot guys! But it seems to be a more and more distant opportunity now. I’m learning to come to terms with being sexless and partnerless. I want a BFF Boyfriend (BBFF? haha) to travel the world and make out and have sex with. But I don’t know many people who do all three with their boyfriends.
6.  Landlord very grumpy and wanting to raise rent.
7. Feeling like I should work on something that is more scalable