I’ve PR’d over 20 times since the beginning of the year. From WODs to lifts, I’ve been making crazy strides. Although really cool, it’s not that I care about this. I share that because I want to illustrate a point. And no, it’s not that gym owners should obsess over their snatch 1RM. It’s that …
What does wealth look like to you? A million dollars? A lifetime supply of Chick-fil-A? A family to come home to every night? This answers varies from person to person. For me, wealth means living life on my own terms in the truest, most extreme ways. I left multiple jobs, including a six year stint …
My 6 Pillars of Wealth (They Have Nothing to Do with Money) Read More »
We were at just over 13,000 feet. My friend, Tomas, who had traveled to Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with me, had been coughing all throughout the night. The cough sounded more like a gurgle, and it persisted when we all woke up at 5:30 am to get back on the trail. Reluctantly, he checked in with the …
Basic Human Needs: What Are We Supposed to Do with Them? Read More »
For the past two years at our gym, we’ve run an annual competition in the winter time, and there’s always something about it that utterly exhausts me for weeks, if not months afterward. I’ve chalked it up to different things: dealing with people outside our gym, the seeming unprofitability of such large-scale events, or the fact …
Vulnerability Hangover: What It Is and How It Applies to Gym Owners Read More »
In March of 2018, I was lost. I had quit my job in July 2017 to become a full-time gym owner, hoping that my full-time efforts would result in full-time revenue. It hadn’t. Lee, my boyfriend and partner, had a full-time job, so by the time he came home each night, he was too exhausted …
I’ve always been kind of a misfit. Growing up, I was raised in a strict household, where getting anything but straight A’s and a perfect score on my SAT risked getting me disowned by my family and left outside in below-freezing Korean winters. OK, maybe a hyperbole on the last one, but the rest is …
My Strengths Didn’t Lead Me Here; My Weaknesses Did Read More »
Picking up weights when coach says “3-2-1 go!” helps you finish the WOD first, but picking them up a second beforehand makes you a cheater. Ordering a Pumpkin Spice Latte in October results in the ultimate life satisfaction, but ordering a PSL in the middle of April will leave you with empty hands and an empty heart. Getting …
Quitting Your Job to Go Full-time? 5 Things to Do Today Read More »
I had been doing CrossFit for only 6 months when I convinced my boyfriend of 2 months to entertain buying our gym with me. Yeah, I know… What a terrible idea that was going to be, right? Fortunately, it turned out to be one of the best things that happened to us. But I won’t say …
3 Ways to Combat Impostor Syndrome (And Stop Getting in Your Own Way) Read More »
I read something the other day where a gym owner was talking about “people over profits” as one of her tenets as a gym owner. She talked about paying her staff’s living wages from a retirement account on certain months when they were down on money, and I was dumbfounded. Your finances are in a state …
