Not everything is always a grand slam. Sometimes the best moments are disguised in the everyday.

For me, happiness is usually in those quiet, in-between times—such as drinking chai while the scent of a cake gradually wafts through my kitchen, or when I'm slowly decorating a plain chocolate cake for a kid's birthday party. It's not necessarily making every everyday something that's "Instagram-worthy," but that gentle happiness in subtle moments of doing what I love, step by step.

When I began my bakery, I believed success was non-stop milestones—increased orders, larger cakes, quicker expansion. But over time, I've understood something key: joy is not necessarily at the finish line. It's not only in the "big wins." It's here, in the process—in the flour mess on the counter, the laugh of a customer who calls to tell me their family adored the cake, or the quiet of seeing batter rise in the oven.

As business owners, we tend to continually pursue the next great thing, believing happiness is somewhere "out there." But the reality is, the journey is more enchanting than the end destination.

Discovering happiness in the mundane isn't just going to make you happier—it imbues meaning into everything you do.