*** this is a retro blog from 1/01/2005 – i didn’t really keep a blog back then but kept a brief digital diary in my phone which i just recently discovered.

i’ve been trying to upkeep a diary for a very long time now(approx 15 years) but just never got around to it. this year i’m going to start by actually writing. my first resolution for this year is to not only start but continue writing/logging my life for the years to come. my second resolution is a bit more ambitious. i want to start my own business this year. i’ve been working as consultant at Accenture for the past 4 years now since graduating from college. I’ve had some great times here and have learned so much but I always felt like something was missing and still do. when it comes down to it, i just don’t think working in a corporate environment is for me. basically you work crazy hours and then more crazy hours. when you come home and look back on your long day it really hits home… you just worked a ton of hours, made a ton of money for your company and what do you have to show for yourself? exactly! so i’m going to start up a tea company. why tea? i just got back from a lengthy trip traveling for my consulting gig, i was based out in London consulting for a branch of the British government. there were two reasons why i decided to take on this role abroad; 1) i love women with British accents 2) i love women with British accents. just kidding but not really. so anyways, when a consultant is traveling outside of their home-base (i was based out of the Washington, DC office) we get “fly-backs.” its a beautiful thing! basically you can fly back to your home OR you can fly someone out to you OR you can use that allowance to travel to any place of your choice as long as the ticket price is comparable to the ticket back to your home. i chose the latter and traveled almost every weekend to different countries including, Paris, Turkey, Ireland, Netherlands, Thailand, South Korea, Spain, etc…
many people do not know this but tea is the second most widely consumed beverage in the world following water. the last time i checked it only ranked 6th in the US. this is where i saw market opportunity. As Korean-American, I’ve been raised on tea so there was nothing magical about it. I only realized that tea wasn’t such a house-hold product here in the States until really started to look around.
i wanted to learn more about tea and how to bring it back to the US in the form of a viable business
so i thought it would be a really good idea to start a blog detailing out the transition process from a consultant/9 to 5er to entrepreneur.  i’m going to keep this in my phone for now but publish at some point down the road and share.