@Esthery97 14 February 2022 edited

The Journey So Far

Lead image from my gallery At first, I was scared to quit my salary job for handwork but sometimes when God is doing good we as a human will assume He's been wicked towards us. I hope it is not too late to say good morning because it's 11:57 am already and happy Valentine to you all my lovely people all over the world. In the year 2019 I stopped working at Dangote Noodles where I worked for the past 7yearsbecause I was sick and I was battling with a very serious back pain, then I could sit I can't stand as well all I can do is to sleep flat on my bed because my back hurt so bad so I went to the HR department to complain so that I can get sick leave. It was then I realized that our company does not value the life of anyone working for them because the management told me to take just a day to get rest and resume back to work which I did because I do not have another means of surviving then and I was still in school so if I stop I won't be able to finish up my education. I resumed back to work and keep managing myself but after 3 days I couldn't hold it together because the pain got worse so I just closed my eyes and told myself: I quit. I off my uniform and gave it to my supervisor then went out in tears with the hope that I can't last long before I run back to the factory that was my thought because I have seen so many people that quit but they came back when they couldn't get another job. When I got home my sister wasn't even angry with my decision because she knows that when it comes to work am not lazy that's why she respect my decision but then she asked me what my next plan is then I told her I will think about it when am fully recovered. I spent 3 months on the sickbed without anything because the company doesn't pay my last salary but then my fiance stood by me all through even though he doesn't have much then but the fact that he's always there keeps me strong. When I finally get back on my feet I decided to go for handwork so I told my fiance and he gave me half of the training fee while my sister took it up from there but along the lines, my sister lost her job in the year 2020 that was when everything gets so hard like as if am going to die before finishing up my training but my fiance still stood up for me and I now became his full responsibility because I have no one to turn to and I don't want to do what all my mates are doing to survive. This is so easy to write but then it was like a hell for me and my fiance because he has siblings to take care of too and I added to his problem but then what choice do I have? this made me stay so focused at work even my boss always ask me if I don't get tired at all but deep within me I know how hard it is for me so I can't suffer for nothing. Some times ago I made a post on how hard it is to learn work it was so easy saying it but in real life, it wasn't as easy as it sounds because I always do practical (learning new hair) every Friday sometimes I won't eat for a whole day because am saving up for the practical while some of my seniors there will laugh at me for being too serious and now I left them at my boss place while am done with my training. I am not mocking them all am saying is that sometimes if you don't know what you are doing you will definitely be left behind while I was hustling up and down to get a shop I do go to people's houses to make hair for them and some won't even pay me good morning but still, I never let that pull me down while sometimes for a whole week I might not see anyone ask me to come and make hair for them but I stay strong as well because that was really depressing back then.

But here I am now a boss of my own because I now own a shop with all my appliances that I need the shop is ready now.

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What more can I say than to keep thanking God for this good thing this year is really a great year for me because on January 1st I got engaged and not my shop is here who knows maybe I can even get married this year as well lol 🤣that's God's will I guess but I don't mind if all that happens this year because from the beginning of this year I have seen the sign of goodness. Thanks for reading.