@Glez 26 September 2021 more from that month

Work Wise not Harder

Ang artikulo na ito ay base sa salitang Filipino-English or in our own words TagLish. I want to see if how would this get attention by my co-Filipino writers and readers. Anyway, this article would be much more of a learning.

Nung di pa ako naka-graduate it was always been a thought that I have to work harder so I could reach my dreams. Pero ano nga ba ang pangarap ko? Madami ako masyadong pangarap pero hindi para sa sarili ko kundi para sa mga kapatid at buong pamilya. When I graduated I worked way harder. I got hired as a call center then whenever there is an overtime being offered I would grab it even if I would work 10 days straight without rest day just to make sure I can help my family further. But then these only made me sick. Yung immune system ko di ko namamalayan na bumaba ng bumaba until such time bigla parang namamaga yung kamay ko at I feel na pagka naglalakad ako ng malayo nahihingal na ako tapos nagiging mataba na ako. Pero unusual na taba eh kasi bigla nalang yun tapos iba sya sa mataba lang kasi pagka hinihingal ako sa paglalakad lumalaki yung sa may neck ko at mukha. Then until such time I got a high fever and then my hands became so swollen. For 1 week I had that fever and I was absent from work. Then when we went to the doctor I was then advise to be hospitalized. Then I had an XRAY. The result is I had a pneumonia.

I had to have a tube inserted on my right side I believe in between my rib cages just to drain the water inside as through the XRAY it does not show any right lungs anymore. At doon ko mas na realize that we have limits. Our body can only endure so much and we have to enjoy life because it is not forever. But then my cavalry did not just stop from there. I got pregnant. It was unplanned plus I had all the morning sickness that makes me feel so weak and leads me to absent on my work because I just really can't do it. I was too tired to even do anything. Since I was a breadwinner it really caused a great impact to my family. My brother, 3rd of us 4 would have to stop from school so he can just help looking for a source of income. My other brother who was already in College would have to budget $1 per day at school for whole day while we only eat during dinner after finding people to lend us some money. My partner that time was employed but his $6 per day won't be enough and I just cannot turn back to my Mom and siblings who by that time does not have any income and depends on me. It was the darkest part of my life but what kept me going was the thought that I have a lovely being in my womb who depended on me so much. And so just January I found Bitcoin Cash and realize I needed not to work harder but work wiser. This is when I earn and save. BCH saved me a lot of troubles from food to my baby's milk. Then I found a lot of good things about working online and realize there are so much in the web that I have not found and maybe if I have found it way earlier I may have a better life. So ngayon I may have my work but I do side hustle to prepare for my kids future and that to plan things out of how can I go out of being a *corporate slave.* It is also best to keep ourselves informed. I was once afraid with changes but then I came to realize it is great when we ask questions and be curious with things as it can lead us to discover that we can showcase more than that we already know.

...end thoughts... I cannot say I am successful nor rich but I know that I am better than who I was last year. Thanks to BCH and to the people behind this. Also thanks to those who I became friends here.