The hard stuff about Hard stuff
I was nine years old when I first went to the Post office. Well at least it was first work visit. Post office was right next to my house and everyone in that post office knew me. This happens when you live in a small town and when your mom regularly treats staff members with tea-biscuits. I had been to that post office countless times before. Staff was kind they would let me play with papers, ink stamp, sometimes appoint me to even sort the dispatch. It was fun. Work visit was obviously to do dad's work, which my brother used to do earlier. Any work that could happen without my dad/mom visiting in person to Post office since then was done either by my brother or me. It was fun.
I was 12 years old when I first went to the Bank. Dad took me with him, explained me Deposits/Withdrawal, counters and introduced me to few people. Unlike post office not everyone knew me, staff was lets say, less friendly. It was 90's, it was a public sector bank and still known for their staff's (un)friendliness. Same visit was arranged for my brother 3 years earlier. Any work that could happen without my dad/mom visiting in person to bank since then was done by either my brother or me. We both visited bank a lot. Our friends in school/college made so much fun about my bro/me going to bank so often. It was less fun.
I was seven years old when I first went to the shop and bought candy. My brother took me with him. Well, it wasn't like candy shopping. My mom had sent my brother to get some groceries and asked to buy two candies from leftover change. Once returned my brother explained the whole balance sheet. Since then Grocery Shopper has always been a job we both proudly held. It is always fun.
I am fortunate to have most loving, trusting and encouraging parents. Whatever work we did in post office, bank or candy shopping was not much, but it taught me how things work, how to talk to people, understand things and more importantly manage money. #Opportunities
A lot has changed since 90's. Forget that, a lot has changed since January 2020. Loss of jobs, loss of loved ones, loss of confidence, loss of peace of mind, loss of known normalcy of life. Help offering or seeking, talking to someone in grief, talking to someone about your worries. These are hard things and no one teaches you how to handle hard stuff. There is no ONE answer. There is no RIGHT answer. You have to learn on your own. And it is possible to learn. #Learning can be fun or less fun but it will always be worth it. #Opportunities
Among seeking help posts/messages for job opportunities, few I came across where people had 5-12 years of experience. These were call out from financially distressed situation. Losing a job is unfortunate, can happen to anyone and most of the times due to situations you don't control. But there are things which you can control when you have a job. Manage Money. Manage it well. Manage it to best of your ability. Save. Invest. Two years in the job no one expects you to build fortune in any job, but after some steady years into a job you need to have emergency fund lasting at least 6 months of your expenses. Maybe you had financial responsibilities for others, you had education loan, maybe salary wasn't enough to start saving, maybe you had fun/entertainment goals to fulfil, maybe you never thought you will get into any trouble, maybe you weren't aware of what is saving, investing. But now you are, now you can start. There are so many resources, tools, people available now to help you understand money. #OnlineLearning has drastically shifted things we can learn, how, when and by whom. I just love at the possibilities available today for learning.
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