Ponno Ponderings — Business
Why I quit (and then returned to) my day job
Business Depression Entrepreneurship Follow Your Dreams Mental Health
Over the years, many have asked me why / how I quit my job at Google and why / how I returned. Here's the story.
2020 and the Year of Refinement
Business Entrepreneurship Follow Your Dreams
Each year I designate a word to be my guiding light for the year.
The PonnoPlace is Happening
Business Entrepreneurship Follow Your Dreams PonnoPlace
This week, I put down a deposit on a storefront rental space! It's just about the cutest thing – 550 square feet of SPACE that will be MINE!
Anxiety and Craft Shows
Business Entrepreneurship Event Mental Health Perfectionism
After set up at every show, panic and anxiety set in.
2018 and the Year of Creativity
Business Entrepreneurship Follow Your Dreams Making Art
Last December, my cousin Alexis proposed that we all (myself, my sister Kim, my Granny) come up with a word to represent the upcoming year. At this time last year, I was pretty lost. I had just moved back to Chicago after quitting my full time tech job in SF. I wasn't working or making any money which was unsettling every month when bills were due (even though it was my intent to take several months off). I was spending my days waking up at varying hours, eating bags of Ruffles for lunch and dinner, and taking art classes without...