Imiete:
Guy my own worst pass your own
Is like them curse me sef, after sec school I never get anything good apart from second hand tecno k7, na only 2 clothes,two short Nika and one trouser I dey manage.

Me don give up, na village I dey now dey cultivate cassava dey fry garri dey sell.
But my story no mean say mke you give up.
Me I don tire na why I choose dis village life

Nairalandmonika:

Is cassava not lucrative?

Maybe u should try increasing the scale of ur cassava business, also learn a skill join ur business.

Imiete:
Guy, e sweet as you talk am o
But I wish u where in my shoes
Life nor easy

Imiete:
Guy my own worst pass your own
Is like them curse me sef, after sec school I never get anything good apart from second hand tecno k7, na only 2 clothes,two short Nika and one trouser I dey manage.

Me don give up, na village I dey now dey cultivate cassava dey fry garri dey sell.
But my story no mean say mke you give up.
Me I don tire na why I choose dis village life

Acidosis:
I think the problems started when you choose business over tertiary education at the age of 18 because of money.

Again, at 25, you still feel you have failed and somehow you feel that everyone is better because of money.

Truth is, you will ALWAYS feel this way for as long as MONEY remains your alpha and omega. You obviously don't believe in growth and the saying that there's time for everything.

N1m in the hands of a 25 year old man with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science is more valuable than N1m in the hands of an 18 year old boy.


Going back to school after you have lost over a million naira and waiting to graduate and earn N18k NYSC alawee will always demotivate you. Right now, it will take a special grace and endurance for you to finish your education especially now that you're surrounded by money conscious friends and your yahoo yahoo younger brother.

Oldoinyolengai:
But what is it with firstborns?

Since the beginning of the time to the present na fruitless struggles.....OP continue to hold on.

Pray with faith and always focus on your goals.... one day obstacles will surrender to your strength.

mariahAngel:
How about going back to that your uncle who wanted to help you and apologize to him.
You were young and in a hurry to start living the life, you made the wrong decision.
When you make a mistake(s) in your life, you retrace your steps to know where you got it wrong and correct it/them.
Did you act ungrateful?
Go back to him and make amends. Even if it means I gba oso ahia .
There's still time for you.

Supreme145:


I think you gat me there bro,but dropping out of school is never an option....I have decided to let things happen naturally, my do and die warfare towards prosperity haven't gotten me anywhere

fykes:

This is a good advice... I once had issues with my wealthy relative while working for him.. I left bcoz I wanted to pursue a masters & d work na everyday til Saturday. He was seeing me as ungrateful... Yeah I didn't get more money after I left, I did become better as a person, more matured and focused after I left the job, but sometime I went back to apologize for resigning even though I won't take back the job for anything.
He was happy that I realised that I hurt him, we still chat on whatsapp, hes more interested in my life and progress than when I worked for him, I am happier and relieved that I apologised

jesmond3945:
I understand your pains brother. If orji uzor kalu was to come to your market, will you leave your shop to go and hail him?

mariahAngel:


Yeah. I believe things may begin to work out for him again when he does.

By the way, I'm sorry for insulting you on that other thread, but next time, please try not to generalize to avoid offending a lot of people.

Acidosis:


Good one. I like the fact that you're determined to prosper however focus on growth and development as much as you need the money. At 25, you still have a lot of learning to do.

fykes:

Wow.. I didn't notice... I hardly take comments here serious...
Every mallam with his kettle o

Imiete:
Guy my own worst pass your own
Is like them curse me sef, after sec school I never get anything good apart from second hand tecno k7, na only 2 clothes,two short Nika and one trouser I dey manage.

Me don give up, na village I dey now dey cultivate cassava dey fry garri dey sell.
But my story no mean say mke you give up.
Me I don tire na why I choose dis village life

Supreme145:
Good day folks,I have been a visitor on nairaland for a while now so far I have really learnt a lot from here,I had to register so as to share my worries here because I know that I can get useful contributions. Please ignore my grammatical blunders,I'm not really good at writing.

I graduated from secondary school in 2010 at the age of 18 and 10 years later I seem to be moving around in circles. After secondary school I was given two options of going to the university or doing business, I chose business without thinking twice I needed money so school can wait.
Two of my uncles raised the sum of 150,000 for me after I was done learning a trade with the condition that I will pay back at the end of the year without interest. Then the ports were closed so I would travel to cotonu to buy male jeans and sold in Nigeria in wholesale. Business was moving well,I tripled my capital that same year by the age of 20 I had already counted my first million,I felt on top of the world,I spent on my family helped in paying house rent and my siblings school fees(I'm the first child),then tragedy struck.

After the second year my uncle whom I was staying with and contributed majority of my capital asked for an account of how I had been running the business which I gave him,I had already returned the other uncle's money by then. After the audit my uncle said he's going to add another money to my capital then after four years he would settle me,I refused citing that apprenticeship wasn't our agreement initially, the mother caused a big issue to the extent it had to be settled in the village. I had to leave my uncle's house to my parents since we couldn't reach a compromise, as for his capital over the years I had borrowed him money on several occasions which was already more than what he gave me as my capital, I forgot the balance and left.

Three months after I left my uncle, my goods was intercepted by customs in Benin, my agent which coincidentally happened to be that my uncle put my goods ( and that of others) in a vehicle carrying second hand tyres from Lagos to the east and everything in the vehicle was confiscated. We spent 5months trying to get the goods back spending the remaining savings I had,it was released after six months but most of the goods was either stolen or sold by customs, I got only around 10% of my seized goods back. I was back to square one.

After all my attempts to raise another capital proved abortive I gave up and started doing menial jobs to survive,my mom would always encourage me that I'm still young and would rise again. Two years after nothing tangible was fort coming, I was dead broke and depressed, I started feeling pressure at home when I couldn't bear it I relocated to port Harcourt in search of greener pastures. I slept in parks and slums till I managed to get a security job with a 15k salary then,I worked for some years and discovered that I wasn't making any progress in life,I wasn't saving anything and was still stagnant. I decided to venture into education, even though it wasn't my first choice at least I would have a certificate to be proud of after some years.

I got admission in the federal university in Benue in 2017 at the age of 25 to study statistics/computer science (bsc ed) it wasn't my choice but time was not on my side , most of my mates then had graduated and even working. My year one was hell, I resumed school with just my bag of cloths, no accommodation nor food stuffs, I slept in lecture halls and sometimes went for lectures without bathing,one time I called my dad and he said if I can't bear it I should abandon the school and come back,I later managed to get someone to squat me in the hostel, I got home during nuga break to meet the news that my dad just bought a land,so this man had money to buy land and allowed me to suffer in school ( he mind sha ).

Fast forward 3 years later and I'm stuck in 300 level not knowing what to do with my life,just being in school is not enough for me, I need to earn money because I became independent at a young age and depending on my parents now is serious giving me a cause for concern. I stayed back in school during the lockdown so I could think about my life, after reading some threads on nairaland I decided to go into programming since I had a semi abacus laptop on it's last legs,I got links to free courses on udemy and also enrolled for free courses on Alison and pirple.

Learning programming brought my joy back,I loved the critical thinking involved and realized I hated it before because of the way it was taught by our lecturers,I started with web development (HTML and CSS) and I observed I was grabbing it quit fast. Data was a problem but I managed the mid night subscription each time I manage to get airtime. I was happy once more cause I could code for hours on an empty stomach and I wouldn't care then tragedy struck again.

My system developed a fault, vertical lines appeared on the screen and it started having difficulty in booting,it finally gave up the ghost a few days later. I tried to improvise by using my phone to code but it was a horrible experience and I gave up. back to square one again,I had to go home and I haven't gotten myself ever since.

How do I break free from this poverty since I came back I have looked for job without luck, I haven't earned a dime since this year since I parted ways with my boss whom I learnt interlocking and concrete stamping under,the man was using me like a slave. Motivational speakers would say there's light at the end of the tunnel but mine looks like a maze/roundabout tunnel. I got home and yahoo is the trending stuff in the area even my younger ones has joined, my younger brother nearly picked 7million before the aza was killed in the dying minute (whatever he means by that), I seem to be the only one among my set that's still broke, I can't even remember the last time I got anything for my self, now I wear my younger brothers cloths and they recharge my phone for me,how long will I continue like this?? ..... I don't want to follow the yahoo band wagon, I'm beginning to lose hope.

Pls I need your comments and advice

fykes:
Op lemme give u a little advice that works for me. I have come to see life as a circle.... Whatever u are going through now, someone else has gone through it and won... Another has gone through it and gave up. U are making a known journey, d destination however is ur choice.
My advice.... I am a God fearing man, and I see u trust in making an Honest living so my secret is use ur night seasons.
It always works for me... Whenever u need doors to open, opportunity and destiny helpers, task ur nights. U see that time between 12midnight and 4am... Sacrifice it to God in prayer, cry if u get tired of praying wholeheartedly.
It won't be long, u will sleep well.

TransAtlanticEx:
Smuggling business and its tribulations.
The thing don frustrate many men sha!
If you go Aba meet people weh tell you wetin this thing don do them ehn,you go cry
But where you failed is;
1)Giving your goods to agents to load for you.Really nigga?
Upon say you never get money,you dey give agent goods.Feeling like a boss already untop nothing
Imagine if you load your goods yourself,would you have put it in a truck carrying full contraband or put under big luxury bus carriage?
2)Any goods that waka sotey and enter custom yard,forget about it.You will be a very big fool to spend any money to retrieve it because they must have stolen almost everything before it is released to you.Every negotiation with customs should end on the road and settled immediately and not allowed to enter dock yard,else e don be for you
But how would you have settled it,when you(his royal highness) is at home with his legs crossed on the table smoking cigar and drinking champagne,waiting for his agent to bring his imaginary goods home
3)Smugglers never quit!
You lose big today,you lose even bigger tomorrow and next and you cash out on the subsequent!
That is the mindset of a great trafficker,not to start crying foul and wasting money at hand for a lost cause such as retrieving seized goods from customs.
That money you spent should have been used to start over again on a smaller scale.
When you do all these and beat all odds and grow,that time you will be the one to control customs.
Go back to your business if you can and forget school,it is the biggest nonsense I have ever seen in my life,especially for poor children like us.
Even the yahoo weh you dey talk sef is not guaranteed,I get guys weh never pick since them start.
If you get sense better find your way back to smuggling,afterall it is what you already know.
Goodluck!

mariahAngel:


Hook the guy up na?

TransAtlanticEx:
Na so them dey just hook person up?