log 18: official

mistorchen

I remember the exact moment I thought of the name “mistorchen”. I was sitting in the cafeteria in my high school in Singapore, shout-out to SAS, thinking of a name for my snapchat. I just returned from a week-long trip with other students where we went to the Philippines to teach students. Anyways, I had a crush on a girl and wanted to get right into using this cool new app. And there it was born, the name I would use over and over for naming my accounts. Ten years later, it has officially become the name of my company. Way to go little Alex, you did well. 

These past few days I have finished the basic structure of my app. Now it’s time to double down and work on the money maker, the stuff that makes my stuff unique. It’s really exciting and humbling to be able to work on my dream. I thought about this the other day as I was taking a step back from my project. I did this to get a better perspective of how I’m going to spend my time working on features now. I wanted to make sure that I still had the users/clients in mind before adding a bunch of cool things. But during this brainstorming session, I realized how lucky I am to be working on my dream. Not just part-time, or when I feel like it. But dedicating chunks of my life to building something that I am passionate about. It gives me goosebumps and makes me want to work hard. By signing the papers to finally form my company, I took the leap. But it doesn’t feel like a leap, more of a step. It isn’t overwhelming or worrying that I just crossed the point of no return. Hopefully, that’s good! But on a serious note. Today on April 17, 2023, I started my own company. There is no turning back now.