For those who don’t know me personally, I live in a small town called Hastings where I was born and grew up for the majority of my life. There was a period wherein I was living in London for 2 years studying at University. I dropped out 3 months in and started working for about 10 months before moving back to Hastings. The move wasn’t willingly, if I could have remained in London, I would have. That was back in 2016, my aim was to move back to London as I enjoyed my time there and had plans to move there permanently. Unfortunately, my plans weren’t going accordingly, and I could not find a job in London.
Fast forward a few years to 2018 I was working in Hastings and the thought of going to London had slipped my mind. I guess I was busy with life that I stopped caring and gave up since my efforts were wasted. In late 2018 I was made redundant, leaving me jobless yet again. I’m glad it did because this is when I re-kindled my desire to become a Londoner. My job search began, applying for 100s of jobs in London, ready to start a career and move up in the professional world.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Out of all of the jobs I applied for, I only had 1 failed interview. So, I had CV experts critique my CV and even they questioned how I was still unemployed.
I once again gave up, maybe it was a sign from God telling me to not leave my friends and family. I listened and looked for a retail job in Hastings. After a year of searching, I landed a temporary part-time retail job. Not what I wanted, but the job wasn’t bad. A few months later I left for another retail position as they offered me a permanent role. At this point in my life, it’s 2020; the greatest year of my life. I started investing in the stock market and was introduced to the world of marketing while working part-time. I wasn’t making a lot of money, but I was happy. My life was moving forward, and I knew the path I wanted to embark on but moving to London wasn’t one of them.
Until I left my retail job because they decided to change my contracted days and move me into a department I wasn’t happy with. However, this time was different, I was so convicted to do well for myself regardless of the odds. And that’s exactly what happened, I had opened a dropshipping store that made great money, the stock market was booming, and I was flourishing. Late 2020 and the majority of 2021 were an amazing year financially, achieving goals I never thought I could achieve, I had a paradigm shift.
By this time, I had many ups and downs kind of like the graphic below.
I didn’t realise it but I had peaked to a level I’d never thought I would have reached.
The next graphic is 2022 in a nutshell.
The comical part is that I just found this on google but it represents 2022 perfectly. I closed my drop shipping store, and the stock market took a huge nosedive that I wasn’t prepared for. I lost tons of money, nothing to fall back on, and started to doubt my future.
The past few months have been bearable although the market is bleeding and I’m jobless and money-less, things are looking better. I’m planning to move to London (again) as soon as possible and my aim there is to get into the world of sales while supplementing it as a marketing freelancer. My goal originally wasn’t to get into sales but after having been rejected countless times, I’m sick of looking for an apprenticeship or a reputable company. I see rejection as a blessing, sales is one of the best ways to progress in the world of business, I know I’ll find great connections as I learn and experience new avenues.
2020 to 2022 have been the most eye-opening years. In a matter of 2 years, I’ve learned a lot and made plenty of mistakes. It’s now time to repeat the process but with the newfound knowledge I’ve attained.
I’m only 4 years away from turning 30 and there is much to do within a short span of time. This is a reminder to myself to show how far I’ve come and that it’s time to tackle new challenges in another city. Remember to turn up every day even if nothing seems to work, consistency pays well, I can’t put a date on success. People start biographies when they’re successful, this is the beginning, I’m looking forward to accountability and documenting my struggles, wins, and epiphanies. I see too many wins on the internet and not enough journeys, so here’s mine.