Everyday I'm hustling

I can actually attest to this...

Since I was about 13/14 years old I have been styling people's hair.
As a result people reward me with a lil moola you know for hooking them up.
It isn't however anything to sing home about...
Which means that as soon as I got my NI no# (social security code) I went out in search of a job.

Recently my mate told me to read a book he had recently finished reading.
My mum had it in her library and I usually find it easy to delve into a good read, but this however has me profoundly lost.

I can't seem to get into it.
Personally I think it's because she wrote all over it like a diary and when I read her notes they throw me off track.

Anyways the book is called 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad'

It's described as what the rich teach their children that the poor don't.

It's all about the rat race that we all conform to and become part of for the duration of our lives..
And despite the fact I haven't got into it I am already questioning what my future holds and whether I will too conform or break the norm.

Sad thing is I have already kinda conformed..

Society today is structured so that you prepare yourself from secondary education.


1st - you decide whether or not school and the traditional route to success is for you

2nd - you either go into work after compulsory school leaving age or into college or sixth form, you even have the choice to become an apprentice

3rd - you either drop out, complete the course, become redundant, stay stagnant, Get a promotion or go onto further education

BY NOW, life should have thrown you some stones, rocks in fact that you had to dodge like Tomb raider or move out of your way like a heavy weight champion.
At this point if your family don't have your back, you don't have backbone or a support unit you are more than likely to take the so called stupid choice and bail out of it all... The nanny state (welfare system) has your back.

They will house you, pay your rent, give you money to feed, if you do your part an populate the world they make the benefits look even better for you, you know kinda like a crazy package - those all inclusive holidays at nuts prices type deals.

Now if you have a persuasive family who have a long list of professions they need to tick Off and degrees they would like to brag to friends about , it's likely you will take heed to all the advice that has been shoved down your throat.

After The gratification you receive on graduation day, in kicks the realisation that you are more than likely to join what they call the rat race...

Waking up at the crack of Dawn, commuting into town or out daily for months on end to near enough pay for your bills, indulge in one or two luxuries a month and maybe even paying for extra-curricular activities for the kids what left do you have. Oh did I mention the debt in which you are in at this point.
And the monthly repayments which the loan company take out of your pay check.

kmt... Just thinking about it angers me.

Not everyone is business minded, an after a chat with another friend I recently realised that not everyone is made to be a leader or a business owner.

So what stance do I take on this? Do I continue my average hustle an work for an hourly wage and maybe in a few years a salary with a benefits package that I can COPE with or do I reject mediocrity and start a business that could be my road to success or my downfall... Who knows?

Disaster

Is anybody else really touched by what is going on in Eastern Africa, a mass of people are seeking refuge in a large refugee camp in Kenya.
People walking for miles, not fleeing war but a dry terrain in which nothing has substance and there are no trees to bear any fruit.
No water... No rain, NOTHING!

The news portrays starving children, weak and lifeless, clutching on to life in make shift hospitals.
Land used as a burial site for those who simply cannot take it anymore.

Livestock with as much meat as is on dying children.
In essence, a dying nation.
And the news are still calling it a drought.
When half the refugee camp is 6 feet under they will most likely then decide to call it a famine.

Really, they need foreign aid and loads of it.

It's not anybody's fault it's just the region.
Living in arid desert like situations come with a huge downsides.

Either way, there is no time to blame.
Just keep the people of eastern africa in your thoughts and prayers.

Sweet Nothings Are Still Something

I without a shadow of a doubt am one of those girls who loves to be wined and dined, showed off to peers, family and the general public.

I don't like being in hiding and I hate being a secret.

I can cope with it don't get me wrong, but I don't actually like it one bit.

I love spontaneity, it pulls me in.

I think I kinda like feeling like I am in one of those feel good movies...

Who doesn't like hearing sweet things from a partner or love interest its all part of the initial run up to something that could potentially be "THE ONE", lol.

Jokes aside, the majority of things said are meant.

So why despise everything or hold words against someone (unless of course they LIED)?

No point really, counteract the good with the bad and you will see it was all worth it, even if it did end with you lying in bed all night eyes open, thoughts on what you did wrong rather than right.

Its an experience and likelihood is it meant SOMETHING to you and them.

Just learn from it, but don't let it ruin your future.

Not Easy

Life has never been easy,
not even as a child if you are honest with yourself.
Even fighting for life with two tiny lungs just after being delivered is a task and a half.

Talkless of trying to learn how to walk then having to run in order to keep up with the pace of the adult responsible for your welfare.

Oh and then learning how to talk, write, read - It has never been easy.

Socialising in school, HARD.

As we grow older however we realise just how simple these things were to achieve and start to associate the term easy with them, forgetting just how hard it was at the time.

My point, before I start rambling on, nothing is ever as it seems, you have to give it some time, thought and dedication to get it.

Yesterday a friend informed me she got a job I referred her to.
And I could not be more happier for her, because being idle really sucks.
Extra money comes in handy too.

Now in the spirit of always trying to better ones self I set out trying to look for another job last night.

I was up till 4am filling out application forms, online questionnaires and aptitude tests.

It is a long and almost daunting experience searching for a job, because you know that there are 100 odd other people applying to and for the same position as you.

But you keep trying as hard as it seems.
And when you finally get a job, you forget how hard and long it was and remember how easily you got the job.

Never give up, ever.

I want

A DSLR...

badly

like real bad

like Michael Jackson bad.

like I really wanna do outfit posts on my other blog but I dont even have a camera, like not even a standard digital

damn...