The journey to independence through steemit

This is just a little story about my journey so far before joining steemit, The changes it has done in my personal life, my projects for other women and how happy I am in using one stone to kill hundred birds.

After my diploma study on nutrition and dietetics, my plan was that after the study as a dietitian on the diploma level that I will enroll into the university to get a degree on it and start my life proper. After my one year internship I tried enrolling into the university but I was denied admission , I was so badly hurt knowing that I did excellently well in my previous academic pursuit.

My plans were threatened and shattered and I was frustrated. After spending some months at home doing nothing I decided that I was going to get a job because the idea of doing nothing wasn’t my style. I went online searched the internet for job opportunities, some I travelled for but still I got nothing.

I was running out of finances and I was depending so much on my family which didn’t go down so well with me. For so many months came by and passed, I thought of what to do with my life but still all efforts proved abortive.

With my ideas on food processing I coined up ideas on how to start my own food processing business, but trust me there was no way about anything without financial backing which I didn’t have. I became more frustrated and was going down health wise.

I wanted so badly to be a woman of my own, I wanted so much to be independent, to be able to provide for the little ones around me but guess what… I couldn’t as much as I wanted to.
After so many months of sleepless nights, caused by unemployment, denied admission and the idea of sitting at home doing nothing. There came this wonderful gift which brought back huge amount of happiness into my life.

I was just in my own world wallowing in some wild thought when @ehiboss called and asked, “You can write right?” I replied him saying yes. Then he told me that there is where I can write to keep myself busy since I was literally not doing anything at the moment. I had mixed feelings about this but I told him I needed to be cleared more on this which he was able to do to some extent. I was excited about it and I told my mum too about it, though always busy at work but she picked interest too.

Steemit became the new gold. I had the mind set of writing in order to kill boredom and to keep sane because I was beginning to lose it out of depression, and maybe earn through it if my readers love my write-ups while wait for another enrollment in the university.

With that energy I channelled it all into steemit, I was determined of being an independent woman through hard work, consistency and respect for the people I was going to meet. Now all my sleepless nights on thoughts have been replaced with making research, reading, and writing and making sure I deliver something concrete and nice. Above all, I have made friends here, and have also learnt so much from each person I came in contact with.

The benefits so far

Steemit has in one way or the other made countless of people self-sufficient and independent. Although am not yet making it big yet but I can now relate with being independent which was what I have always wanted.

Now everything has changed, I now see steemit as something that will keep me in check even when I eventually gain admission this year. I see a lot of opportunities already and it’s something am willing to patiently explore. Also so many people have discovered their inner self and talent. I mean, with steemit a lot of people have discovered their gifts of writing. Personally I enjoy writing, motivating and encouraging people but I can now do that on a wider range to a lot of people at the same time.

The challenges

Nothing good comes easy; sometimes we need to go through some tough time before hitting it big. I believe with hard works, patience and the right attitude I can go a long way here. Well no one said it was going to be easy but the challenges at some points make it more fun.

The message

What is life without happiness, without peace and sufficiency? With steemit some of these questions have been able to be answered. Punch line is, no matter what has been the situation in the past there is always something that will make up if not all but to some extent what have been missing in one’s life.

I am on my way to be financially independent and at the same time doing what gives me joy, it’s like using one stone to kill hundred birds. I can find my true self and communicate with people just the way I want to. All thanks to steemit for making this possible and come to reality.

I know there are so many women who are facing the same problem just like I did here in Africa most especially. That is why I have decided to go into a project of getting more women to join in order to promote independency and self-sufficiency among women. It’s not going to be easy but a lot can be achieved through optimistic and good mind-set. I have not forgotten my food processing business either and I am looking forward to set that up in the nearest future.

Like I always say, never give up but continue to hope that everything will get better and surely it will. Always remember that once there is life, there is hope. It can only get better!

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