I've never told my whole story in one episode. Until now.
This is the one where I go all the way back - the Korean American kid who peed her seat in third grade rather than raise her hand, the Harvard grad who didn't know what to do once she got there, the corporate lawyer who hit a health scare at 31 and finally started asking the question she'd been avoiding for years.
And then: calligraphy. And what happened after that.
The four eras:
3:10 - The "Should" Years (ages 5–30) — straight A's, classical piano, Harvard, NYU Law, corporate law in New York. Doing everything right. Feeling nothing.
12:54 - The Questioning (30–34) — a health scare that changed everything, a leave of absence, two years of trying blogging, knitting, cooking, and creative classes before finally finding calligraphy
18:30 - The Business Jackpot (35–40) — starting Crooked Calligraphy with $0 profit in year one, hitting six figures by year three, landing Dom Perignon and Apolis, going viral on Instagram, and building a course business during the pandemic
23:05 - The Second Questioning (41–now) — burnout, stepping away, coming back, and figuring out what a leaner, more creative, more life-serving business actually looks like at 42
Plus - 20:00 the year-by-year revenue breakdown from 2016–2022. Because I believe in showing the actual numbers.
My mission has always been to give people a sense of what's possible — that a more creative, unconventional life is real and reachable. It's hard and risky and requires confronting every uncomfortable thing about yourself. But it's worth it.
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