SEC17 WK:#4: the effects of economic hardships on families
I've often had these thoughts times without number, "Are the people online not part of this economy because why do things seem they are living on a different planet with the lifestyle they seem to portray?"
Then I remember that the grass is not always greener on the other side.
Everyone is feeling the heat. It becomes worse by the day with the weather not helping lessen the blow.
You go out every day with no idea which you are feeling the most, the heat of the economy or the heat from the scorching sun burning down one's skin.
The hardship is really hard. Even when you want to make sense of the things happening you just can't because you keep wondering how did things get so bad.
When it hit me that this has reached my side was 5 years ago when my mom who is a pensioner which already made things difficult, wasn't paid her pension for 18 months, can you imagine that? I thought the government couldn't do worse but after that time, it kept getting worse by the day, now we are not surprised by the way things keep getting worse by the day.
Fortunately for my mom, she had previously started a small vegetable garden in our backyard, so that helped ease the load of finding food to eat. When you're well-fed, you can have the sanity to think of the way forward.
This was happening during my penultimate year in school, where I had to pay for school fees and other bills and no money was forthcoming, I was lost.
In Nigeria lingua, we would say e choke
(meaning when something has gotten to you and you are overwhelmed.)
God being God, I was able to raise some money to sort them but one can't truly solve money problems at all, right?
To help out, my older siblings proceeded to send money to the house to ease the load on my Mom and helped sort out my school issues.
I had to get creative with ways of how to start making money for myself because right now, you can't depend on anyone which prompted me to get to work
- By learning content writing, which enables me to write social media content for businesses and individuals.
- I learned copywriting by writing advertising copy which they use on Whatsapp, Facebook, and Instagram.
- I became a social media manager, helping my businesses connect and engage with their customers even when they are not there.
- By working on my personal brand on LinkedIn, which has helped me built an authority and gain visibility in my field and also more work ok the table.
These skills have made me earn some income to get through the hard times.
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Some time I wander why our government is so wicked that they can't pay the worker their entitlement mostly the retired ones.
My dear I don't know when this our country will get better again. But let keep hope alive I know one day it gonna be fine.
Muy buena tu entrada y de verdad eres con muchas habilidades de salir adelante, gracias a Dios te embolviste en el munfo de la tecnologia rn donde te brindaron ingresos para solucionar algunos problrmas economicos te deseo suerte en tu publicación.
It is so true: desperate times lead to desperate measurements. It is in difficult times that you learn that if you want to survive, you have to make a plan no matter what, and it is often also then that you realize how little you actually need to make a living.
I salute your mom! A mother always thinks ahead.
Good luck with the contest.
She is indeed a strong woman, I've seen her bounce back time after time. This has shaped my mindset and perspective on life.
Thank you very much 🙏 Ma
Pleasure! 🎕
I am happy that you have learnt so many skills to deal with situation, online trend is going viral and you have opt social media to generate income which is commendable job. This time people should do smart work neither hard work then only they will survive in this economy crises time
You made reading your work a lot easier for me. So many funny lines I came across but they are the truth. The scorching sun won't allow one to focus on the real deal of the economy. It makes one look foolish out there given the loss of concentration it comes with.
However, you are getting along very well by those alternative means of staying monetized. Government at this point has fakled us and the unfortunate scenario is that, there is no solution in view yet.
Thank you very much Sir, the time we are in is not one where we depend solely on the government. We will just be disappointed.
That's the difference between a developing and a developed country. Situations like this entail that government should respond and produce solutions that should alleviate this long suffering but in our case where it is either politicized or asking us to wait endlessly isn't encouraging. Who knows for how long this continue? I hope it doesn't get to a stage where dog now eats dog.
I would like to tell you one thing that our economic conditions in Pakistan have become worse because of unemployment. The one who is to blame for all these situations is our government because it is right in their hands, they have the power in their hands to do something for their poor and in this I would only like to say that we should Help the poor and provide the better-off with things that can help them in their daily lives.
It annoys me a lot to hear that the government that should be helping out is not doing anything at all. You are doing great in the midst of it all.