Burnsteem25 || Steemit Engagement Chalenge, season 2- Week 4 || My Occupation/Job || @huzaifanaveed1 || Club100
Things are getting so expensive here in Pakistan lately, that a person who's doing a single job is not able to afford basic necessities of life. Inflation has hit us all like a Tornado recently and I'm sure it's not inly in Pakistan, but the most of the countries out there. Quite recently, I read a comment on my post by a Venezuelan user who told me that it's the same condition in their country as well.
A person who I know, recently did a breakdown of prices. The monthly basic, necessary fixed expenses without which you won't be able to do anything in your life. Let me present it to you:
Necessities | PKR | Steem |
---|---|---|
Monthly Feul | 10,000 | 200 |
Milk | 7,000 | 140 |
Vegetables | 5000 | 100 |
Grocery | 15,000 | 300 |
Electricity/Gas/Water bills | 20,000 | 400 |
House rent | 25,000 | 500 |
Miscellaneous expenses | 20,000 | 400 |
Total | 102,000 | 2,000+ |
I swear I am not exaggerating it a bit. Inflation is so high that it's impossible for people who are doing a Single job, like security guards, riders, labours etc, to have a chance at life. And I have not even mentioned the other expenses such as self maintenance, car/bike maintenance etc.
The reason of mentioning this information above to let you all know how hard it is getting day by day. Imagine a worker earning Pkr 25,000(500) how difficult it would be for him to survive in this world? This is one of the reasons why suicide rates have increased drastically.
It's almost impossible to survive with a single job and that is a reason why people have opted for more than one jobs. Lets say,one active job and one passive job. Side hustles, business, Startups and whatnot. These all are need of the hour.
In this contest we have to write about our Jobs/Business. I am doing both of them and that's why I'll write about both. Let's list my profession/Business:
Dentist
Businessman
I'll talk about both of them seperately. Lets start with my main profession and that is:
DENTIST
I'm an aspiring Dental Surgeon and with God's will and my commitment, I'll be one of the best Dental Surgeons in Pakistan and InshaAllah all over the world. Let me tell you how fate works.
Few years ago, when I was preparing for my Medical School entry test, I visited the university (that I am currently studying in) there I was sitting with my elder brother's friends. My elder brother is a dentist as well. There I was sitting with his friends and we were having a conversation on my future. I remember vividly what I said to them:
That's where I learned my lesson, that words do come to haunt you. Two months after that I got admission into the BDS degree.
I didn't like it at first, but as time passed, I developed a liking for it and now I am totally engaged in it. It's my job, my occupation and my passion. Since the past 5 months, I have started working as a general dentist, in which I diagnose people. Check their oral health, deal with oral complications and much more. It has been a fun ride till now and I'm sure I'll get to learn and work a lot more with the passage of time. Let me show you a sneak peak into my Work Life.
That's what I do as a dentist and I love doing it. I'll be posting a lot of snaps of Dental Surgery from next week and I'll be playing my part in entertaining you and teaching you whatever I can.
Being a young dentist isn't sufficient for me as I have only started working in a clinic. I'm on my early stages so it's not paying my bills yet, though I get a lot of exposure and experience, which is enough for me at the moment. So how do I pay my bills? Well I have a business of my own as well, and that is:
I AM A HONEY SELLER (SOGHAAT E HUNZA)
Honey King, is what my friends call me. It started two years back, accidentally when I got into the honey business. In June 2020, I received a call from a honey vendor in Hunza(Pakistan) who I met last year during the Pakistan tour. He had my number and look, how it helped him.
He called me out of despair. The vendor told me that due to this ban on tourism after COVID-19 there were no tourists who would buy honey from him. Moreover, he also mentioned how he was not even able to provide two meals at his home.
I consoled him and reassured him that I will in my best capabilities try to help him. Meanwhile, my brother told him to send 20-kg honey to us. We paid him for the honey and he was really grateful to us.
We distributed that honey in our relatives and friends circle for free in the beginning. Our only intention was to help that poor vendor. Fortunately, they loved the honey soo much that in no time they asked for more.
At that moment, my brother (who is also a medical student) and I thought that why shouldn’t we have a startup of our own.
Therefore, on June 17, 2020, we started this journey. We kept the profit margin as low as possible.
We delivered door-to-door in Karachi. Besides, we also stepped out of our comfort zone and explored the real world out there. Whether it is scorching heat or heavy rainfall, we stayed committed to our cause. In no time, our business started to flourish. Moreover, we received orders from all over Karachi, as well as, other cities of Pakistan. People absolutely loved our product. It all started with circulating my messages on whats app, Instagram and Facebook. I was so adamant on doing something on my own. I spread my posts o my fb and instagram accounts.
After giving away the honey for free, we started selling it and my first income was rupees 12,000. Now what did I do with it? unlike other people who would've spent the money I invested it further in my business and with my sheer dedication hard work and God's help I flourished. Nothing is possible without God's help. Literally nothing. I did everything I could do and then left it all on God. He was my partner. My constant Helper.
A thing which started off as a gesture of help to someone turned into a startup. We invested a little amount and carried on with this.
Selling the product, in the beginning, came off as a hard thing to do. People didn’t really trust the quality of the product and obviously why should they? Why should anyone trust any person? We struggled, worked hard, and got in this position that we sold all the honey.
Now, this business is not a side hustle anymore, but a full time business that I manage with my dental career. My brother and I look after this business on our own. We have hired workers who manage our social media handles, do Marketing and other related stuff. This business is where I get my monthly savings and InshaAllah, I will expand it even further.
There was an article published on me in Pakistan by one of the biggest magazines. You can read it here:
Meet Huzaifa – This Medical Student Proudly Sells Honey To Help A Needy Vendor In Hunza
I have also expanded my business to Steemit as well, and have got customers on this Platform as well. If you want to order my honey, you can either comment below or just directly contact me on Discord.
- huzaifa naveed#3023
I'll now post the prices of my products:
TYPE (PER KG) | PRICE |
---|---|
SIDR(BERI) HONEY | 20 STEEM |
FIG(ANJEER) HONEY | 20 STEEM |
WALNUT HONEY | 20 STEEM |
APRICOT HONEY | 25 STEEM |
CHERRY HONEY | 30 STEEM |
OLIVE HONEY | 45 STEEM |
KALONJI HONEY | 45 STEEM |
KHAJOOR (DATE) HONEY | 55 STEEM |
CONCLUSION
That's it from my side. I hope you all had a good read. I'll now head onto posts from other users and read about their professions. Before that I'd like to tag my friends from all over the world as I would love to read about their jobs. Lets start with my friend from Nigeria @reminiscence01, from Cameroon @fombae, from Turkey @enveng from South Africa, @patjewell, from Indonesia @nadiaturrina and from Pakistan, @wajihasheikh. I'm waiting for all of your posts.
Regards
Wow! What a post!! I applaud you not one for the post but for what you have achieved.
This is by far my favorite of your post! You are believing in yourself and by doing that you are already a winner.
Congratulations!
Ps. Thank you for the invite. Herewith my entry;
https://steemit.com/hive-181136/@patjewell/my-job-occupation-steemit-participation-challenge-week-4-by-patjewell
A tip for you. When you participate in a contest always use the #contest tag (•ิ‿•ิ)
@patjewell - just for reference it is best to only use the #contest tag on contest announcement posts, rather than on all contest entries. That makes it easier for people looking for contests to enter to find them - and for @disconnect !
cc @huzaifanaveed1
Got it.
Thank you for the feedback.
#contest "for launching new contest and entries"
We curate both. A suggestion would be to maybe have two separate tags.
@disconnect
@huzaifanaveed1
Yes - #contest for all contest announcements so people can find new contests.
And individual contest entry tags for each contest so organizers can find their entries.
Since we are starting from this week in the #steemgrowth theme how about we integrate this from July?
For example, we'll curate the #contest tag for all contest announcements and a new tag, ie,
#contestentry for contest entries.
In this way, we'll be able to widen our reach of curation and be able to motivate people with more SC07 votes. What say you?
cc: @patjewell
@steemcurator01
In terms of 'Steem Growth' it is the Contests themselves you should be curating and rewarding not the entries.
The Steem Growth comes from people organizing contests.
cc @huzaifanaveed1 @patjewell
It is true that we have to support organizers more because they put more effort into organizing, curating, and giving away prizes for winners. But I believe entries should also be considered in a certain percentage for the curation support for these reasons.
Nowadays most contest organizers are using booming support as the prize for their contests. Without an attractive prize, users simply ignore participating in contests. There was a time when I could find 100+ contests that give away 2000+ STEEM prize pool weekly. But sadly, now this amount has decreased drastically. In my opinion, booming should be some kind of a bonus for quality content than a reward for winners.
I believe both these parties are interconnected to what they do, hence without an active group of participants organizers won't survive. Only if the participants are active enough the contests will be interesting and last long.
No support for entries may give suggestions to the users that they should also organize the contest in order to get support. There will be more contests but fewer participants and less engagement.
Contests always go for the same format when it continues. Without novelty or creativity curators might have an issue choosing the best of the day.
Now for my curating experience for the past 04 months, I’ve been giving priority to the contest organizers. We as a team curated 160+ posts which average 20 to 25 posts per day. Mathematically, we can curate all the contests published for a certain day and still go for some quality entries without any issue. Because for the past 390 days, the contests that I could add to the #contestalerts ranged from 3 to 32. On an average day, it always stays somewhere around 10-15.
Please reconsider your thoughts in this matter and allow SC07 to support entries as well.
@steemcurator01
sc07 is for supporting Steem Growth - and that means to support contest organizers.
It should give the biggest votes to those people who run original and creative contests with good prizes.
Understandable. We'll then just be curating the contests and the contests' results announcement posts.
Perfect!
Thank you @patjewell for your kind comment. Indeed, having belief in oneself is the best thing that you could do to yourself. I learned this slowly but surely. Used to doubt myself a lot, then just one day it hit me that I could be the best, or better, I am the best. I read it somewhere that if you want to be rich, you have to behave like a rich person. Be a generous person. It's the law of attraction.
Ummm yes, you're right. I just added the tag. Maybe my post is good enough for a nomination hahaha 🌚🌚
I'll read your post right away.
Greetings
Such wise words!
I'll be holding thumbs for that vote (•ิ‿•ิ)
Falling in love with work is a very pleasant thing. Apart from working to earn an income, there is also pleasure in it. Continue to be grateful for that. Because out there are many who are burdened with work. Thanks for inviting me to the contest. I will try to take a part of the contest.
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Thank you nadia for reading my post. I'll be waiting for your entry as well.
Your words are very true. It's truly a blessing if you like what you do, because then, you don't feel burdened by the work. Indeed one should be grateful of all the blessings that he has been bestowed with
Your work as a dentist is a fine occupation, a big boy profession but still, you couldn't help but venture into business, you sell honey and this is the first time I see that there are different types of honey, are there different types of bees because I know that it is only honey that produces honey
Greeting and blessing
A comment on my publication would be appreciated
https://steemit.com/hive-147599/@olabillions/steemit-engagement-challenge-season-2-or-or-my-dream-about-steemit-in-my-country-or-or-burnsteem25
Thank you ola for going through my post. Yes Even I didn't know about all the types of honeys untill and unless I stepped into this business. Now, I am an expert in it.
I'll read your post. Very excited about it.
You are welcome
His work as a dentist is fabulous, you can appreciate the passion with which he performs it.
His work as a honey seller is very important, it has allowed him to develop as an entrepreneur and the diversification of his income.
Indeed it is. It gave me the much needed exposure. Thank you for reviewing my post.
I enjoyed reading your post friend.The cost of living which is caused by inflation is so high even here in Nigeria.
Your profession as a dentist fits you well,you are helping patients to take care of their teeth and also suggest Medical help to them.I hope to hear one day that @huzaifanaveed1 is the greatest dental surgeon in the world.I like honey too.
Thank you friend for going through my post.
I can understand the struggle. The lower class and the middle class are people are the ones most affected by it. Day by day, the situation is getting worst.
Your words motivate me a lot. I hope a day comes when I am the best dental surgeon.
Thank you once again for reviewing my post.
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Hola amigo, la verdad que en Venezuela pasamos una situación similar pero nos tenemos que reinventar para cubrir los gastos.
Que hermosa carrera es la odontología, que al principio no te gustaba pero termino enamorándose de la carrera.
Espero que su negocio con la miel le vaya muy bien .
Saludos
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Brother Huzaifa, your work is very good because I have seen in the past that you are a very good dentist and you do this work with a lot of dedication and hard work. You know a lot about this and I have seen many times that you are treating your patients very well. Also your business selling honey is very good and honey is a very useful thing and it is very beneficial for our health. I would like to ask you if you sell it all over Pakistan or only in Karachi City. Because I'm crazy about honey and I want to taste your honey.
Thank you for sharing your business and dental jobs with us. I wish you best of luck. I request you to come and visit my post and know about my future job. Thanks....
Greetings 🇵🇰
JazaqAllah brother for your kind words. I sell it all over Pakistan and if you want to order you can let me know.
This is no longer a joke. The current rate of inflation is affecting the worlds economy and there are no signs of recovery. The average man is struggling to meet their basic needs. Only God will save us during this period.
I never knew you were a dentist. Indeed fate works and our words really end up hunting us. I had similar experience when chosing a course to study in school. I will share my story soon on how i started my journey as a mechanical engineer.
I enjoyed reading your entry brother and thank you for inviting me to participate in this contest.
It indeed is not a joke anymore bro. It's getting harder day by day to make ends meet.
I'll be waiting for your entry. Do remember to tag me in it.