Getting into content creation, I never for once saw it as an easy thing to do.
I'd recall that I started writing with a pencil twenty two years ago. From there, I advanced to writing with pen and so on...until I got to the stage of typing letters on a keyboard.
Nonetheless, the first time I heard about earning by writing and publishing stuff in places like this, my heart skipped multiple beats in a minute. I was unsure of my abilities. To be more specific, I was pretty sure that I'm not good enough.
I also didn't have many options at the time. I was spending 24/7 at my single room self-contained apartment in the northern part of my country where I was posted to serve my country for a year. All thanks to the pandemic and lockdown, I spent 70% of my service year at my apartment.
As if that's not enough, my financial position was getting wrecked because I was spending without earning. After doing my addition and subtraction, I thought to myself, 'how bad can it be?'
That's exactly what I had in mind the first time I joined a site where I'm supposed to make money through writing.
I was not good enough, but I always try my best in everything I set my mind on. Getting into content creation was not any different. I got in, met good humans, interacted with better content creators and subsequently got an opportunity to learn about content creation. I started from the basics and I learned from a whole lot of people.
Do recall that money was one of the stuff that set me on this journey.
I needed money, but the first 6 months I spent as a writer was without any reasonable earning. Yeah, I got some tokens which I was faithfully HODLing like others, but the site crashed and I lost EVERYTHING.
That's a red flag. Isn't it?
It took a huge toll on many of us who were 'loyal' to the site. Some of my colleagues who faced this same issue, couldn't carry-on. The trauma was unreal.
In my case, this would have been a good excuse to use and run away. It was like a clear warning that I have been wasting time. I had a lot of stuff running through my mind after that incident. I was unemployed and I'm the first child in my immediate family who Dreems of raising my fams to a higher level ~ You know how it is.
My observation from that incident is that whenever there is an obstacle,
There are people who are wise enough to call it quits.
There are people who overlook the obstacle, only to regret it later.
There are people who move forward until they get a favourable result.
I'm a bit of a laid back guy so, I can be either of these people in some situations. It's all about choice. Life is basically where we make a choice and assume that we are right until we see the result of our choice.
Thankfully, I decided to take a chance and continue matching forward as a writer. That decision led me to this spot.
The funny thing about this whole stuff is that life is filled with many dramatic twists.
I probably would have also been living well if I called it quits back in April/May when I faced that obstacle. On the other hand, I can't help but appreciate the fact that I continued this journey. I've learned a lot and I've become more of a visionary than I ever imagined.
I've already selected two online courses which I will get into from January next year and it's all part of the greater plan I have for myself.
Seems like I've said enough for now. I'd hope that I was able to cheer you up and lift your spirit.
You might be facing an obstacle on your journey and you can decide to run away. Nobody has the right to stop you. On the other hand, I want you to know that there certainly are people who do not run from obstacles.
May we always make the best choice ✌️
Thanks For Not Missing Any Full-stop Or Comma
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