From $15/Hour Sushi Cook to $1,500/Day Interior film Installer

And why I walked away the moment I finally “made it.”

Three days before flying back to Korea,
I was standing inside the Vancouver Korean Consulate —
my final interior-film job in Canada.

Two days of work.
Over $3,000 in labor fees.

Not bad for a guy who, just two years earlier,
was a $15-an-hour sushi cook in a cramped Vancouver kitchen.
Back then, I never imagined I’d reach a point where
I could charge $1,500 a day for my time.

I spent a full year in Korea learning interior-film installation.
Then I came back to Canada and started taking on
both sales and installation jobs.

One year into my interior-film business in Canada —
doing both sales and installation —
contractors were messaging me nonstop:
“Can you do a film job next week?”
Two to three inquiries every single day.

Of course, the first six months were rough.
I was barely making $500 a day.
But after a year, whenever I stepped onto a job site,
I wouldn’t leave for less than $1,000 a day.

And yet—
despite all that momentum,
despite finally breaking into a $1K-a-day skill,
I’m throwing it all away tomorrow
and flying back to Korea.

Why?
Because something insane happened to my face.
My Canadian friends literally called me “the Korean zombie.”
I haven’t looked in the mirror for six months.

When your face collapses like that,
the money doesn’t matter anymore.
A thousand bucks a day?
Who cares. Try living with a face that’s falling apart.

If you read Part 2,
you’ll understand exactly why
I walked away from all this and went home.

And listen—
you don’t have to believe any of this.
Honestly, I wouldn’t believe it either
if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.

I didn’t believe a $1,000 day was even possible
until I met JEFF —
a guy making over $8,000 a month
working just five days.