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I’m doing a spin-out from a larger company and I’m so excited that things are finally going well for me after two and a half years.

The vast majority of that time, I was trying to spin-out something different with a co-founder. It was awful. I was doing all of the work while he quiet quit but declared himself CEO, and was undermining me at every step. I couldn’t understand why my life was becoming unfathomably harder and harder, but once I found out what he was doing (and not doing), I dropped that shit like a hot potato.

Everyone at the company found out what he was doing too. Not only did he lie to everyone and play all of these ridiculous games, but his behavior caused the entire project to sink like a rock once I left. So the company fired him and dropped it too.

However, everyone saw how hard I worked and I said I’m still really excited about a lot of the ideas we had. So they were more than happy to support me doing my own spin-off, with a different focus and approach. They’re asking their investors to divert the previous spin-off funding to me and are thrilled to be my first investors and partners.

I have internal beta testers set up for the next two weeks and I’m currently working on getting the prototype ready for install and testing.

All of the investors I met for the first spin-off want to get involved too. I couldn’t move forward with them because my co-founder was blocking it, which made everyone sad, but since they really like me, they’re more than happy to see where this new one goes.

I’m just super stoked that I have all of this traction already. This is WAY easier than the previous spin-off because I don’t have some dude who makes me do all of the work while secretly making my life as hard as possible.

I feel like I just came out of the 1000x gravity training gym and these backflips are so easy, wtf

Obviously, there’s a lot of uncertainty and things need to solidify, but I’m just really excited and wanted to share!

So like, I’m at this four-star hotel for ten days in the middle of nowhere in Italy.

I was told that the kitchen can accommodate gluten free. Great! They serve me vegetables and gluten free pasta and it’s all fine and dandy.

Until it’s not.

Cue the vertigo, shits, spaceyness, headache, early period, skin problems, etc etc. I can’t figure out why I’m feeling like this. Did I accidentally have a gluten somewhere? Am I just super tired from the trip? Jet lag?

Today the server handed me a plate, and said “oops! This food has pasta, let me scrape it off.” So he scrapes off the pasta and hands me the rest of my plate.

Guys. I’m trapped in CC hell and I don’t know what to do. I’m here until Tuesday. There’s nowhere else to eat!!!! :((((

I like to joke that moving is my favorite hobby because it must be! I’m constantly doing it, aren’t I? (Spoiler alert: I absolutely hate moving with an undying passion)

Spaces I’ve lived in:

- Pet friendly 100-year-old machiya month to month via Airbnb $$$$

- The cheapest hostel I could find, was actually covered in mold and I immediately moved out $

- A better hostel month to month via Airbnb $$

- Partly serviced 1DK month to month via Airbnb $$

- 2LDK 2 year contract $

- Pet friendly 3SLDK 2 year contract $$$$

- Pet friendly 4SLDK 2 year contract $$$

- Social apartment 1 bedroom shoebox month to month contract $

- Pet friendly 4SLDK 4 year contract (current) $$$

I’m a self-declared moving expert now, so AMA

Edit: lmao ok fine, downvote my every answer to all your questions then. I’m genuinely trying to get my startups going here in Japan and it takes a whole lot of work and sacrifice and change management. I genuinely hate moving but I’m way more interested in following the best opportunities for my three rapidly growing companies. The good news is that all this moving is paying off, so while it’s hella expensive and time consuming, it’s way worth it.

That’s it, that’s the post