Overcoming Hard Times: The Journey Of A Fresh Graduate
As adults, people face one problem or the other. They try to become bigger in life, while the space gets smaller. They start with nothing to loose, but when they grow bigger, they have a lot of things to lose.
Each and everyone have their different source of income. Some persons love what they do for work, while some don't. They just work to put food on the table and thats all.
There are many challenges I have faced in life. Ranging from my day to day hustle and bustle, to the silent emotional wars I fight with myself every now and then. To some persons, Harris is emotionless, and cold hearted, but the truth is, when you have passed through a lot of experience from a young age, you would get to see the world through a different perspective. Life is not just bees, flowers and sweet perfumes, it encompasses that.
There are times when I stay alone in my room, at 2am in the morning, battling my biggest fears. I would love to share with people, but it seems like nobody can relate and give a good advice. So, sometimes I wonder where to go - to the left where nothing seems to be right, or, to the right where there is nobody left to actually understand what I fell.
One of the many silent struggles I have been through is when I became a fresh graduate. I thought life after school was all good, however, nobody told me that its as difficult as it can be.
Fresh out of school, I thought that I would get a job very fast because of the mindset they sold to me as a student nurse. I was told that - "male nurses are hot cake. When you graduate, hospitals will beg you to come work for them." I thought that was how it is, until I finally graduated.
The thing is, there were job everywhere, but the pay is as poor as hell. Some private hospitals wanted to pay me 40 thousand Naira which is equals about 29 US dollars per month. I felt insulted by the offer. I felt really insulted. I left the place without saying anything to them.
After that incident, I decided to relocate to Port Harcourt for greener pastures. I have an uncle and aunty in Port Harcourt, but it was as if I had no one. The room I was given to stay is smaller than a child's tree house. It was in a church, where they packed equipment that was not in use. I thought i would be staying with my single uncle, but he refused.
I had no money to rent a hotel room as it was really expensive, so, I decided to manage myself for one week at least. During that week, I desperately submitted my resume in every hospital I could find. My aim was to get a job and hope it comes with an accomodation. I got called for interviews, but they had no accomodation and I can't keep living in that space i was given, so, I had to go back to where I came from.
I went back home, I thought of my life. The thought of everything was slowly eating at me. I became easily agitated, as I could not figure out where to go from here. After all said and gone, I decided to leave everything, and just come to the city I currently reside in. I wanted here to serve as a base for me, while I distance myself from everyone, most especially my uncle who could not help me when I needed it the most.
I began living here, and I forgot literally everything that has to do with job hunting because the pay is not favorable. I went into something else that could fetch me money. After a while, I saw that the government was hiring contract staffs, so, i reluctantly decided to apply. I got the job, and after one year, I saw another advertisement where the same government were hiring permanent stay, but this time, for a different ministry. I applied, and I got the job also. I had to resign from the contract, and continue with the permanent job which is where i'm currently working.
It was a rollercoaster of ups and downs, but i'm glad that it all ended well.
Thank you for reading.
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