Hi everyone, this another great weekend and opportunity to share our thoughts, stories and daily life activities to the world. Good work from the @galenkp, and @curangel for the support shown to the subscribers, and lastly I'd like to commend theweekend community for their ceaseless efforts in trying to lift this platform to its peak.
HOW IT STARTED; BEING AN INDEPENDENT PERSON
Everything happened as if it was planned from the onset or by me but honestly speaking it wasn't and I'm grateful to God it turned out that way.
It was my last year in college and everything for me then was so tight and rough to the extent that I couldn't even fend for myself. Nothing was going the way I wanted it at that moment, so I said to myself maybe it's normal for things to be like this, ' funny me trying to console myself'. This is the exact feeling I used to have then whenever things are going the wrong way, I'm always trying to motivate myself and be calm cause I felt it's just a matter of time that everything will eventually work out for me and it did.
So, there's this Christian gathering I use to attend back then, it was always an interesting and productive gathering, the pastors, the committees and the congregation are sets of wonderful people.
THE PROCESS
In one of the gatherings the senior pastor i.e my spiritual leader came on board and share some vital announcement about people seeking for jobs. He mentioned then that there's an opening in one of the biggest hotels in town "conference hotel". he proceeded by saying it's a new hotel and they are recruiting new staffs.
After the whole announcement, I went home had a serious thoughts about it with my roommate and my girlfriend who is now my ex, we had the conversation together and we all agreed on me taking the job in order to solve my financial issues in college. I literally applied and I got employed and not quite long everything started working the way I have always wanted.
Though, hospitality is not my thing and not my dream job, I wasn't having or didn't have any passion for it as much as I'd like to develop interest in it but, I just needed it then to sort out myself cause my parents aren't financially buoyant enough to assist me when I was in college.
Months passed by I started noticing that I wasn't lacking money and I was beginning to stand on my own and I noticed I wasn't calling or waiting on anyone to help me financially. You know working in an hospitality industry can be very hectic most times but you'll certainly go home with something tangible with lots of tips and foods stuff at the end of the day. My roommate and I began to enjoy the benefits of me working in an hotel. We both had hard times together and I made sure he wasn't left out when the money start coming in.
After graduating from college, I said to myself that I can't return home and become a liability to my parents and besides if I have to return home back then I'd have to resigned at my place of work, of course you know that wouldn't be an option for me.
My rent got expired later that year, my roommate and I packed our belongings and moved out of the house, we then headed to one of our friend's place. he was a close friend to us and he was also our course mate back then in college.
Personally for me I didn't planned on squatting with him for long cause I was already in search of an apartment and luckily for me I got it within a month of relentless research.
My desires were coming to reality gradually after all my achievement then and I was fully independent, financially stable, materially okay and most importantly I was ready mentally.
I was able to fend for myself and my siblings at home. So you see I didn't even go back home after college, I just stayed back and resided in the same city with my college. Leaving independently hasn't been an easy journey for me since then obvious reason because I now get to be responsible for myself and my folks as well. The bills are increasingly more higher than I thought.
Things were becoming tight, so many bills were rushing on my door and I started getting scared about the whole being independent person. Of course everything was kinda tough but I survived every hardships that came my way through the help of God and some little investment I made then.
Its really fun being alone, getting things done by myself and the idea of not sharing personal home stuffs like toilet and any other thing that requires to be use by a single person. I'd say those are the major reasons i like about living alone and being independent, that's the fun for me and I really love it that way.
THE FEELINGS I GOT FOR BEING AN INDEPENDENT PERSON;
It was like a dream come through for me and of course my parents were also happy about my progress cause they were eager to reap the fruits of their labour and how far I have gone in trying to make a better future for myself and my siblings. And I love the fact that I was able to withstand every difficulties and hardships that came my way.
That's how I got to be independently okay and I'd like to say it's indeed a challenging journey for me so far. As a young boy and focused person this has been my desire, to be financially stable and staying buoyant independently.
I want to also use this medium to appreciate the relentless efforts of the admins of this community.