03/04/2026
Dear Diary: Building While Broke-ish — Entrepreneur Edition
Nobody tells you about this part.
The “almost there but not quite” season.
Where I’m running Di Vegan Yaad Kitchen, applying for jobs, answering emails, fixing problems, and calculating numbers in my head while smiling like everything is smooth.
Entrepreneurship is funny like that.
You can feel grateful and stressed at the same time.
Blessed and tired.
Confident and questioning your entire life plan by 11:47pm.
Some days I feel like a visionary.
Other days I’m checking my bank account like, “Let’s all calm down.”
But here’s what I’m realizing…
This season isn’t failure.
It’s foundation.
It’s the stretch.
It’s the discipline.
It’s the part that builds the version of me that can actually handle what I’m asking for.
So if you’re in your “broke-ish but building” era too — don’t get embarrassed.
Don’t disappear.
We’re not behind.
We’re becoming.
Still building.
