Disclaimer
This post isn't for those who already know me and my past! I don't expect them to read my boring story again and again! (Expect is a better word than WANT here) I am specifically writing this post for
who I guess is interested to know about my life, I think it's good to write about your past occasionally, not sure about you guys but it's one of the source of extrinsic motivation for me. I sometimes write a little bit about myself in my posts but this one is specifically about all the important events happened in my life! I will try to keep this post as short as possible!My Life - 1987 - 2000
Fortunately, I was born in a rich family, my father did his MBA in 1976, got a job in IDBP (Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan) as a branch manager and he left this lucrative job after three years. The reason I heard from him was he wanted to do his own business and he got an opportunity through his first cousin. They both started a small Pharmaceutical Distribution business in Lahore and in no time, they made it a very successful startup. His cousin had some other plans and he started his own business in Rawalpindi leaving my father alone handle the business. Though it wasn't a big problem for him but he needed some investment in order to grow his business, so one of his brothers entered into the business with some new capital and our business kept on growing. As far as I remember the first event of my life, I was fighting with my brother and little sister. My nickname that my family gave to me was Chotto means a little boy. Some people used to call me Billa means cat, I have green eyes but I never liked this word Billa! I was actually the naughtiest child in my whole family and made some world records in the field of naughtiness! Anyways, I enjoyed my childhood time and I always wish that I could find a rewind button somewhere, press it and go back to that tension-free times!My Life - 2002 to 2012
I was in grade 8 and heard a news one day that my father had lost all of his business, money and everything he had! I won't go into details exactly what happened to his business but there were two main reasons! Laziness of my father for not looking into some important business matters and his own brother deceived him! Again, not going into details but after that financial crises, some strange things started to happen. We saw the real face of our relatives and people around my father, nobody was there to help him. As the business was shut down, my father had no source of income, so he had to sell all the precious things he had like his camera he bought from Dubai, we had to pay the utility bill! Sold some of my mother's jewelry, small fixed assets and when he realized that nobody was going to help him, he decided to open a small pharmacy!
That's why I hate expectations! People give you a feeling that they are gonna help you and they just disappear! This was the first lesson I learned, never to expect from anybody! It's only you that can help you! Don't set expectations from anybody except from yourself!As soon as my father started this small Pharmacy business, I decided to help him along with my studies. I was in grade 10 and here is the summary of my daily routine!
7:00 AM to 12:00 PM - College/University 1:00 PM to 12:00 AM - At my Pharmacy 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM - Self-study like preparation for tests, exams, quizzes and making assignments!I never wanted this life, I remember all my friends used to go on College/University trips and I was the only one who was missing in their memorable pictures! I had no money to bear these expensive trips and at the same time, I couldn't afford being absent from my Pharmacy business. My father was around 50 at that time when he opened the Pharmacy and he relied on me for most of the Pharmacy matters, so yes, I missed many enjoyable momeents! Despite working so hard, we couldn't achieve the objective, to meet our monthly expenses, we had to take loans from people around us to keep the circle going and this continued for the next 7 years. There were many reasons why our business didn't go well, first we had a small investment and second, there were some big fish in the market that exploit and stop you to grow using some cheap tactics.
Yes, there are whales and dolphins outside the Steemit Planet as well that instead of helping you, find ways of hurting through their so called EXPERIENCE!
My Life - 2012 to 2018
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM - First Job6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Home tuition8:00 PM to 3:00 AM - Second JobWhy I did this could be explained with the help of following equation!
(Salary of First Job + Salary of Second Job + Home Tuition Income) - Monthly Expenses = SavingsThis time, my plan worked! I managed to save some bucks that I spent on my sister's marriage and to buy some basic necessities for my parents like AC, TV etc. But I was ignoring one fact, my physical and mental health! I was barely sleeping 4 hours a day and I realized this thing in September, 2017. I didn't sleep for a single minute for almost a week in October just because there were so many thoughts wandering in my mind. Questions like
Will I be working 18 hours a day for the rest of my life?
What is my future? I see my friends getting married and promotions just because they had some strong financial support from their father, what will happen to me? I have no financial support except for these two jobs and a home tuition!
Thinking this day and night made me a psychiatric patient and I had to consult a psychiatrists. I didn't tell anyone about my condition except for some close friends of mine and my family still doesn't know the fact that I went through such so called mental disorder! Anyways, during my treatment, I decided another thing! I planned to start my own business and wrote two resignation letters one day! I learned digital marketing like SEO, Facebook Marketing, Google AdWords, Analytics etc. 6 months ago so I decided to start my own online digital marketing training institute after I quit from my jobs! Again in short, I failed. Didn't earn a single penny in three months, infact I had to borrow money from my friends for Facebook advertising and to meet some household expenses! Some random thoughts again came in my mind and I saw darkness everywhere. I called my manager, asked him to re-hire me which he did immediately and I was back where I came from! With so much frustration and depression, I again search on Google
How can I earn online?
And then I found Steemit. I first thought that this could be the best platform to make some quick money but it took me around two weeks to understand this community. Since then, I have been working here with consistency along with one job and learning some programming stuff. The idea is to enhance my IT skills and at the same time, I want to develop an application on Steem Blockchain like DTube, DLive etc. and for this, I need to work really really hard! It's not an easy job but it becomes easy once you get your hands dirty with writing some complicated and sophisticated programs!
In short, I want to be a self-made man, want to build my own empire, don't want to become a filthy rich person but somewhere in the middle!
So this is me till 1-12-2018, 2:50 AM PST!
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