As I’m typing this post, I sit at some corner of SMU, waiting to meet my next client. It’s wonderful how things have evolved over the past few weeks.

I started off my corporate gifts company a while ago, solely for profit reasons. This company was meant as a platform for learning the steps of production and customisation for a wide range of consumer products, as well as a bargaining chip with the OEM manufacturers overseas. With my other trading company as backend logistical support, I reckoned it would be nice to build platforms before pursuing the more fanciful aspects.

One month into official operations from my base office, I’m seeing satisfaction more than mere profits. Profits have phased out from the areas of concern. The joy of not being bounded down to an 8 to 5 office job with strict reporting regimes, the beauty of managing your own time in accordance to your inflow of ideas, the fun of strolling through strange places in search of new conceptual building blocks.

This is truly a rewarding engagement. In a way, it’s what I’ve always longed for. The mobility and freedom of a wanderer, coupled with the endless creative opportunities that come along with the different orders.

And of course, it’s a pretty lucrative business.