Screenshot of my gallery after 2018 Christmas, in 2019
Have you ever said goodbye unawares? If you have, you will relate to this story. I've always talked about how I had to drop out of school because my parents could no longer afford to sponsor my education, but have never talked about how everything happened. Well, I will be doing that in a bit, but before I do, I would just like to add that the feeling never gets old. Remembering how I dropped out, had to survive, came back to school after three years without support whatsoever, made mistakes that would have jeopardized my life, learned from my mistakes and now I'm here looking back at it all alongside every little thing I have achieved in the process and can not help me smile with a heart full of gratitude to God. With all these in mind and without further ado, let me jump right into the story.
On October 27, 2018, I came back home after writing my year 3-second semester exam, reaching the bus stop, my mum came to pick me up, I noticed she would look at me and smile as she drove, but I didn't bother asking why because I knew whatever was making her smile would be something I will find out about soon enough. I also noticed we weren't going in the direction of our house so I told myself everything would become clear later on. Everything became clear later on as I imagined when my mum drove to an uncompleted duplex surrounded by a whole lot of bushes and I saw my siblings coming out of the duplex to welcome me back home. I needed no one to tell me that my dad had sold the old house.
Christmas 2018 pictures with my family
Later that day my mum began to explain things to me and it was more painful because that building was our last property and my dad had already taken another loan and used it as collateral. It was then I realized I wouldn't be going back to school as I didn't trust that anything good would come out of my dad's business. I decided to go in search of a skill, and that was when I met some friends who turned into family. December 2018 was our first Christmas together, but most of all it was the beginning of my journey to self-discovery and purpose. It's easy not to try to discover yourself when you don't have to worry about footing your bills, but when you do, you don't just start searching for self-discovery, you start searching for self-sustenance.
That was how it was for me. It was the first time I came into the online space intending to look for a means of income. I remember it every day because my life's Journey started during the holiday period. I did a lot of marketing online that December after learning WhatsApp marketing from a course I bought and it was that same period I made my first $1000 online. Funny enough I didn't even know what I was doing then, all I wanted to do was make money by any means necessary. Today I smile not because I’ve made all the money, but because I've really come a long way from where I began.
THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE LEARNER'S PROMPT FOR WEEK 93 EPISODE 2
