Right after graduation from the university, I was stuck in between a rock and a hard place. I did not want to go back home until maybe like a few weeks before serving the country so I decided to stay back, search for a job hoping to improve myself one way or another. However, nothing was going according to plan. All the available jobs were either too far from my area of residence or the pay extremely low which meant I would not be able to settle my basic needs and save at the same time.
After three months of wasted effort, I decided it was time to head back home and give teaching a try. I got one close by but it was still not enough as I was overworked and underpaid because the school owners felt I had to prove my worth before something substantial came my way. While I was still teaching, a friend of mine told me about Hive for the first time but I found it hard to believe that there was actually a platform where I was allowed to express myself to the fullest and still get financial benefits to it. However I decided to give it a try as I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. She connected me with an onboarder in December last year and by January, I was educated about the blockchain, scrutinized and thus marking the very beginning of this beautiful journey.
I remember when I started this year, everything felt new and extremely difficult. For someone who always believed that writing was a skill meant for the blessed, I was thrown into a lion's den with sticks to defend myself. Constructing write ups was a nightmare and even when I had the ideas, it was really difficult to produce something worth reading. Nevertheless, as I continued putting in effort, I discovered I was slowly improving in ways I never thought possible and it was all thanks to the block chain. I may not be where I want to be right now, but I am not where I used to be and that's massive progress in my books.
The blockchain also gave me the confidence I needed to put my videos out there without fear of being criticized. I appreciate my looks every time I make a video and that low self esteem I used to have about my image is slowly fading away one video at a time so this is an improvement i will forever remain grateful for.
I have always been a novice when it comes to the world of crypto but for the first time in my entire life, I indulged in a p2p crypto trading to change my HBD into the local currency of my country and ever since then that particular realm doesn't feel like an alien language anymore, it is something I indulge in regularly going as far as buying and trading with other coins as well...... Who do I have to thank for all of this???? THE HIVE BLOCKCHAIN..
Sometimes I find myself wishing I had discovered this platform way earlier as it would have been super helpful and resulted in chain reactions of positive growth. But still i am grateful I learnt about it regardless of the timing. My learning journey is not over yet, I will still keep growing, learning and thanks to the blockchain and the beautiful friends I have made here, i know there is still more to come
Thank you all.
All pictures are mine