Daily Life Times Hyon Suk Min
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Hyon Suk Min By: Esther Moon
The everyday life of a hardworking and passionate mother and businesswoman.
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yon Suk Min is a full time businesswoman and mother. She owns a clothing store with her husband and is a mother of two daughters, Stephanie and Tiffany.
EM: How long has it been since HM: My store is inside a large you have owned this clothing supermarket called H mart and store? because of all its appliances and foods, it is always cold in the HM: It has been five years since building. My least favorite part is we have owned this store. the cold and chilly temperature. I always have to bundle up and EM: Where do you reveive come to work because heat is your products from? limited. I also have the heater on whenever I go to work. HM: We order our products from Korea, Seoul, especially from a factory in Daegu. EM: How do you balance both family life and work life? EM: How do you like this business? HM: It can be difficult at times, but my family is always there to HM: Of course every job has support me and help me with its ups and downs and although whatever I need and because my I like my job, waking up at family is there for me, I am able 6am and working until 10pm to balance both my work and is very tiring and difficult. family life. If I had a choice to choose, I would be hesitant on picking EM: How does your family supthis occupation. port your work life? EM: What is your favorite part of your job? HM: My favorite part of my job is that even though the work can be tiring and no matter how hard things can get, I always look back at my daughters and it always inspires me to become an even better worker and mom. EM: What is your least favorite part of your job?
HM: After working 11-12 hours, it gets really tiring so I like to watch some Korean shows or news. I know my husband is already planning for retirement and he has been slowly making an online shopping site for our products. When he has any time to spare, he usually works on the online shopping site and it keeps him busy and happy. EM: What keeps you motivated when you are tired or stressed?
HM: My two daughters, Stephanie and Tiffany, are the most important people that keep me motivated no matter how tired or stressed I am. There is no parent that will not do anything for their children and I, of course, always become motivated when seeing my daughters do well in school HM: My husband does a lot of and are happy and well. the work around the store. He wakes up around 6am to open EM: What are your future plans up and run the business and he for this store? takes on the morning shifts. I then come out in the morning to HM: My husband has been help him. My daughter, Tiffany, slowly planning his retirement also comes out to help us when and he has been making an we are really busy and it is a big online shopping site for our help. products. When we retire, we plan on utilizing the online EM: What are some things you shopping site and shipping our do when you are tired or stressed? products to customers easily. Esther Moon is a 2nd year nursing student at Adelphi University.