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My First Business Depression

 I woke up sad, this isn't something new but unlike other times l know the reason for my pain.

It started yesterday, l made the biggest loss. This was my first time and it's something one never hoped for. 

l got back home from a stressful and annoying adventure and when l went to the shop to get credit card l saw the left-overs and not just the leftover, l got client feedback (the buns have so much groundnut oil in it) and it hurts.

Though l blame me for making more when the market has been shaky, l do send out 50 and they get sold and l and made 40, and 2 remained, and l did 30 and it remained and yesterday l decided to do more and did 38 (28 was sold and 11 were leftovers). That's my biggest loss yet still pray it's the last.

Sequel to the feedback, I've gotten the same feedback from a woman and another who said she liked the oil. It's confusing you know, one person says l like it, and others are saying otherwise and you're making this for them. So which should you do? 

Well, l wanted less oil, because it means l won't need to buy oil every time🤣🤣. I won't spend much and that's what l want.

So every morning when l make buns l try to finger out what doing wrong, do l add too much this or that, could this be the reason? Though l suspect YEAST is the problem, l have this voice that screams it's the YEAST, but l need the yeast, l feel it helped with the round shape and it helped it rise.

But today was different, l made 20, l added very little yeast, the shape isn't as cool as l want it to, I tried not to add more and when l felt I've gotten a shape l can with, l noticed something, the one's l fried latter was taking in more oil.

Not just the buns, one of the girls at the saloon asked "don't l include ginger in my zobo"? I usually put in a right amount and she believes that l should put more ginger but another girl kicked against it. She likes the zobo just the way it is.

Business is breathed-taking. One minute you feel you understand the market and the next everything is crashing down.

I think food business is one of the hardest because people have different taste buds and they want to decide how the food should be prepared (what should be included and taken out). 

16th February.


Finance

Finance, I can never understand how this isn't growing 😅😂, l didn't start with so much money but l can't track if I'm making any gain (but looking at my financial status we can all agree that I'm not)

I'm not mad about this because l expecting to start making money soon but the major problem is "l include personal money into the business and can't track the money, l can't get it out rather l keep putting in personal money. 

Please can someone tell me this will stop soon?

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