Happiness does have a price tag

When people say that money cannot buy happiness they never worked a salary job.

As head chef of a growing corporate restaurant I sacrificed my personal life and every given moment of my life in hopes of a established career with financial gain.

It was the biggest mistake I have ever made. It was on the lines of manipulation and deceit. False promises and hopes and dreams that are far from reality.

I was sold on a life style that was far more glamorous than it was. Let this be an eye opener for all of you out there who think being a career chef is like what they are it seem in the media.

The truth...
You will work hours on end with no break and on your feet.
You will be so busy at times that you might not even get to eat. (Yes as a chef you will cook for others but can't eat your own food or even anything)
You will have to constantly tell people to do a job they should already know how to do.
You will not have a life.
You will be so tired that minutes, hours, days will blend together.


Now this may have been just me but like many of my employees that have come and gone they were in and out as they saw it as how it was.

Money is not everything. But when you give everything you have to make that dollar and to grow and evolve you either get noticed or you don't.

For me, I gave it everything I had and more. I never got anything more than just more responsibility. I wasn't happy with what I was handed but it would have been a great situation for me if the work I was putting in was as financially correct to what I was doing. So... Money does and could have bought me happiness.

Argument will say we always want more. True! But sometimes what we do also has to have an equal or greater outcome. I gave 120% and got 50% back.

All in all happiness comes at a price and for most of us it is money. How many homeless or jobless do you know that are happy with their situation? I don't know any but I do know a lot of well paid people who have a smile ear to ear and no complaints about their job.

Only Their Gain... Not mine or anyone who makes it happen.

Sushi restaurants

With the ever growing popularity of sushi and everything asian it seems more and more people are still new to being exposed to these things. I mean come on folks this shit has been around for ever.

Yes I understand you all are so educated and experienced now since you saw it on Food Chanel. Let's get some stuff straight since they don't show you on tv. Nigiri is fish over rice, sashimi is just the raw fish, maki is rolls. Knowing the basics really helps.

Now the sushi bar, etiquette is very important. Your chef just makes your sushi, drinks and hot food comes from the server. Keep in mind there is 2 kitchens. Also if you are done with your plate don't place it on top of the sushi bar. You chef is not your busboy.

The biggest thing chefs hate is making someone else's special. If you got it at another restaurant then I suggest you go there to get it. There is a reason why there is a menu and some special items that some chef spent time making.

Don't be a douche at the sushi bar.

Fall for your type

We all seem to have a type. For the longest time I thought I had a type. After some careful thought and some medicating, I think I know now.

I always had a weakness for the trendy girl. I think I know why now. Other than the fact that there is the physical attraction to these types and physically I seem to always go for a specific look. It's the over all notion that even if I do date or hook up or what ever we call it I always go for the ones I know will not work out in the long term.

The subconscious mind is seeking the miss right now and not the miss right. Maybe I am avoiding and afraid of commitment. Or possibly the game, chase and conquest of having one of these girls. What ever it maybe after all this thinking I might be ready for miss right.

Maybe I been medicating too much. but definitely messing with all the wrong girls.

Weight of the world

Being the one in charge sometimes In theory sounds like a good thing but at times why is it that it feels like the weight of the world in on my shoulders?

I don't know what is it that it takes to accomplish this task but what ever it is that I'm doing just doest seem like enough. So many people depend on me for guidance but sometimes it is me that needs guidance.

I just can't seem to live up to or meet the expectations of the position. At times it seems like an unrealistic position to fill.

We all know our limits and the extent of how far we can go before you fail.

New Visions and Goals

Well so many things keep popping up in my head. So many ideas and little time or money to implement them. I hope that I can find a balance and figure something out.

So far my fitness goals seem to slowly get further and further out of reach. I'm starting to realize that my job is just too consuming for what I get out of it. We can all talk about the pros and cons but when at the end of the day everything is laid out on the table i'm the only one losing. How does it work out that I make the same money now as before but have to work twice as hard and longer for it? I might as well go and join a communistic state and be drone in their society.