A Jar of Pickles

A Jar of Pickles A Jar of Pickles creates playful products to celebrate Asian Appetites. We operate as an all-women AAPI team in the Bay Area, CA.

09/24/2026

We are almost at our capacity of 500 RSVPs! 😳

Steals starting at just $1!! 4 local Bay Area small businesses are coming together to co-host an outdoor Warehouse Sale! Come shop samples, seconds, and clearance inventory at clearance price points.

📆 Sat, Sept 26, 11 AM – 4 PM
📍 Fremont, CA
🎟️ RSVP for your timed-entry tickets (helps us with capacity!)

Visit the link in bio to RSVP.

09/22/2026

It’s not as iconic as the Golden Gate Bridge, yes, but the Bay Bridge connects the peninsula (SF, Foster City, San Mateo) and the East Bay (Oakland, alameda, Walnut Creek) and unites the diversity of the Bay Area! Thank you Maum Market for such a lovely market this past weekend, and thanks to everyone who came by to grab a free sticker or an exclusive SF blind bag!

There is a certain kind of prestige I was taught to chase, but when the burnout became unbearable, I was forced to step ...
09/16/2026

There is a certain kind of prestige I was taught to chase, but when the burnout became unbearable, I was forced to step off the hamster wheel and stop optimizing for what I was told to want. Instead, I started to build a life around work that actually filled me up.

When you step away from the typical success script, you stating seeing tiinnny signs of prroof that it’s doable, not just a fantasy... and then, somehow, 10 yrs later... 🥲 🥲 🥲

topics: bay area small business, small business owner, founders journey, etsy success, business behind the brand, shop small, women owned business, corporate burnout, millennial burnout

Let me guess: Your job has never demanded more of you, and you’ve never been more unhappy in it.5 years ago that was me:...
08/31/2026

Let me guess: Your job has never demanded more of you, and you’ve never been more unhappy in it.

5 years ago that was me: optimizing my whole week around a job that would replace me in a quarter if it needed to. Today, my mid-mornings have yoga, my Thursday has a long coffee date with an out-of-town friend, and my weekend has kids in it, not errands.

When people ask how I got here... I just spent more time on my own creative hobby: my tiny Etsy shop. I didn’t try to make as much money as fast as possible; I just refused to let my corporate job take the absolute best of my creativity while my actual life got the exhausted leftovers.

This isn’t a “quit your job” post ; it’s a “check what you’re actually trading your time for” post.

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topics: corporate burnout / quitting my 9-5 / small business owner / financial freedom

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