The Entrepreneurial Spirit

Fueling the Fire: A Legacy from My Immigrant Parents

Entrepreneurship is often glamorized — sleek branding, viral reels, side hustles turned full-time jobs. But the truth? That fire — that entrepreneurial spirit — is hard to come by, and even harder to hold onto. Especially in a world of constant comparison, where everyone's highlight reel can make you feel like you’re somehow behind.

For me, that drive didn’t come from social media. It came from watching my parents — immigrants who escaped war and death to give their kids a better life in America.

My mom and dad didn’t have a blueprint, brand strategy, or social algorithm. What they had was grit. Resilience. A willingness to do what needed to be done, even when it meant working two jobs, skipping sleep, or starting over and over again. They built our future with calloused hands and unwavering hearts. And that passion — that relentless belief that better is possible — shaped everything about how I move through the world.

The stubbornness my father has — the one where no one can tell him anything — taught me how to listen to my own intuition and forge my own path, even when others doubt you. The persistence my mom has — to keep working at something even when others would've given up — taught me how to think outside the box and keep going even when I fail. Because if you don’t quit, you never truly fail.

It’s why I wake up every day with the urge to create. It’s why I juggle design clients, content creation, my passion for art, my Etsy shop — and more recently, wedding planning. Not because I’m trying to “do it all,” but because I feel the weight and beauty of what was passed down to me.

It’s not pressure.

It’s purpose.

I know how easy it is to feel discouraged in this noisy, curated world. To think you’re not doing enough, growing fast enough, becoming enough. We see it every day — the wins, the highs, the highlight reels. But if you’ve ever felt a fire in your chest — even a small one — to build something of your own, hold onto it. Water it. Feed it. It’s not a trend. It’s a legacy.

I'm a firm believer that what is meant for you will always find you. I’ve discovered that the more I put out the energy I want to have, the more I receive it back — in the form of opportunities, and even more importantly, in friendship and honest support. It’s the law of attraction happening in real time. And once you find that circle of friends who understand you, who share that same passion, you’ll find you can go a lot further.

Good Fortune isn’t just a brand.

It’s my thank-you.

To the sacrifices that were made.

To the dreams that started before I was even born.

To the spirit I carry forward — one design, one post, one moment at a time.

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