Getting into university I was pretty confused, I didn’t have a passion and I didn’t grow up wanting to become a doctor or a lawyer like most kids did because all I loved in school as a kid was English, My dad had placed very high importance on speaking properly with good diction and well as a daddy’s girl, I guess I took it to heart and focused all my energy in it.
Now don’t get me wrong, I never failed in school and I always came out with great grades but I passed because I had to and not because I loved or cared about the subjects I was taught.
Things eventually got worse when I had to choose between arts or science and while every teacher knew how great I was in literature and the likes, my mother wanted a doctor not that I blame her though, she felt that I would have better chances at getting a job if I was in the science field and that made up my mind to be a science student against all signs telling me different.
When it got to the time to pick a course and write an examination to get into university, my first choice was pharmacy because for me that was easier than medicine and surgery that my mother wanted but because I didn’t care about anything science, I purposely failed hoping that it would prove some point to my mother, it didn’t. I had to try the next year again and at this point, I was tired and I didn’t mind studying how to dig a grave as long as I could leave my house, and this time I passed.
Not to bore you with my story but I didn’t end up studying pharmacy, I instead moved from microbiology to psychology and graduated with a degree in intelligence and security studies which wasn’t bad.
Whenever people heard about my course of study, they were always in awe but that didn’t mean job hunting in a third world country would be easy, especially with a course that no one knew its importance which shouldn’t be so since we are in the deep of having security challenges.
Two years after graduation, I was still unemployed due to certain factors like the pandemic, working a job that I wasn’t pay salaries, and having to quit, so when I got the offer for my current job, I took it hoping that at least it was something.
This is my third month working the job and I don’t know if there is a nicer way to say “I hate working here”, while being paid about 84 dollars to work 9 hours, 6 days a week, I still sometimes have to work past my closing time with no add-ons and when people ask what my job description is, I would say “whatever they want me to do” because even though I was hired as a front desk officer, I have taken the role as a secretary, account manager, supervisor, idea provider and very soon apparently social media manager.
Why haven’t you quit if you hate it that much if you may ask? Well, my goal is to diversify my income before quitting which I plan on doing before December of 2021 because as much I would love to be rash and quit now, I still have responsibilities that I need to continue doing.
How do I plan of diversifying my income? The plan is to write more on hive and just not touch the money I make for now, start playing blockchain games, learn about cryptocurrencies which I am already doing, and also saving every bit of money I can during this period because I know I will need it. I also hope to get another job which pays better if possible so that is also part of my plans.
In the meantime, while planning, I do hope to be very positive while being open to new opportunities and information so if you have any tips to give to me I would surely appreciate it.
Thank you for opening this box of passion