December 6, 2020 - I started drafting my annual recap here to this beautiful sunrise:

let’s start from the beginning:

Celebrated Chinese New Year with my New York fam.

This year would’ve sucked A LOT without these two.

Thirteen people I knew died of COVID.

My company in NYC received the PPP & I didn’t have to let anyone go. We bought out of all our retail leases and closed our doors. We have since pivoted and brought revenue back to 2019 levels. We started bringing on new team members and things are trending towards positive cash flow by Sept 2021.

In LA, the freight forwarding business is going well.

I’m still producing a docu-series on e-sports, raising for a few campaigns and NGOs, and doing a little public speaking.

One of the best things about COVID is that I got to spend a lot of time with family.

A quick family trip to SD for my brother’s university.

On my birthday, the fam volunteered to assembly hygiene kits for the homeless.

And all the keynotes looked a little different:

Speaking at the annual BWR Institute from LaGuardia Airport

I don’t share my love life anywhere public so it may come as a surprise that I had rough breakup with someone I consider a very close friend. It was painful but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, amirite?

I started writing the holiday cards around October and a lot has happened since. While we may not have connected this year, if you are reading this, you have inspired to be the best version of myself in one way or another.

I am grateful for your friendship.

And yes, I left the country in mid-November and won’t be back for a while.

Onward,