1. 🍰 About the birthday cake at work
I’m in charge of getting birthday cakes for our team.
It’s not a difficult task, but I have to check whose birthday is coming, buy the cake on the day they come to work, and submit the receipt.
Until now, I always bought the same cake from the same bakery.
But this time, I wanted to try something new.
There’s a bakery near our workplace that’s famous for its fresh strawberry cake.
It’s popular, so you need to wait in line or make a reservation.
This time, I made a reservation a few days in advance and got a cake from there.
It takes more time and effort, but I realized that trying to do better in even a small task is important.
Whether it’s a big job or a small one, I want to keep improving.
Sometimes I think,
“I can do more complicated and important work than this.”
But I’ve come to believe that only those who do their current job well can be trusted with more important ones.
2. 🌸 About recommending perfumes to customers
When I recommend a perfume to a customer without saying much, sometimes they just say,
“That’s not my style.”
But if I say something like,
“I feel like this scent would match you well. It smells clean and fresh—just like your image,”
then they usually take more time to try it and give better feedback.
I’m not making things up.
I look at their outfit, makeup style, and personality, and suggest scents that I think will suit them.
(If there are several, I recommend the one we need to sell first… hehe.)
In the beginning, I memorized all the perfume notes and explained them in detail.
But I noticed that most customers care more about the first impression of the scent than the exact ingredients.
And many people choose a scent that’s similar to themselves.
One time, I recommended a perfume to someone who looked strong and cold but seemed to have a soft heart.
I said,
“At first, the scent feels sharp, but the after-scent is soft and transparent.”
To describe perfumes like that, I realized that you need to understand not only the scent—but also the person.
I still don’t know much about perfume,
but since there’s something called aromatherapy,
I think scents really can help heal our minds.
3. 🌱 About making life decisions
When I had to make big choices in life, I usually didn’t ask anyone.
I just made the decision by myself.
I don’t regret it,
but since I always judged based on what I knew,
I think there could have been better choices if I had more advice.
For example, after I quit my job at the hotel in Macau and came back to Korea,
I had a really hard time.
That’s when I thought,
“Maybe I should have talked to someone before making such a big decision.”
Now I have to choose again:
Should I stay at my current workplace as a contract worker,
or move to another branch for a chance to become a full-time employee faster?
This time, I asked some senior coworkers for advice.
Everyone gave different opinions.
In the end, I still have to decide by myself.
But I felt stronger just by hearing different ideas and thinking more deeply.
To be honest, I still don’t know what I really want yet.
So maybe… it’s not the right time to decide.
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