Hello beautiful soul. Yes, I am referring to you. I really want to seize this opportunity to say thank you for always visiting my blog. It's such an encouragement to do more and I sure not going to disappoint.
Now, back to this fascinating topic. "THAT ONE SKILL" . Choosing a skill was one of the biggest choice I had to make while growing up. Infact, I found myself good at almost everything as a child, to the amazement of many. I began to make some stitches with the sawing machine when I was eight and before my final year in highschool, I had started breading hair - using most of my classmates as my models. But saddle, I was never given a chance to undergo appropriate training and gaining professionalism in any of this skills. Mum was also more concerned about my formal education so. I must always come out with excellent grades. That was her priority!
I had lost my father when I was just three months so, I don't know if Dad would have agreed to my decision of acquiring any skill. I only had to keep battling with mum and my battles all were loosed ones.
As I kept growing, my passion grow along. I fell in love with music and was all out to learn any musical instrument but I've got to always go to school and not joke with my studies. Mum monitored my every move. I had to always sneak out of the house to go for rehearsals. That's why I know how to play something a little bit meaningful with the keyboard, saxophone and even the drums.
Unfortunately, I never perfected my training in any of the musical instruments too. I had to be good at something else, not just academics and what could this be?
Soon, began college. With this development, I lost hopes on getting any skills and began to focus on getting a certified. I was in a Teacher Training College and was sure going to be a teacher so, I had to be excellent. As a student of English, I began to write. I will always write my daily experiences in school, I also began to write short stories, poems and plays.
Never did it occur to me that I was beginning to do well in writing until I was commended in church over a drama I scripted. Wow! I was overjoyed when the drama director mentioned that I script was really excellent.
My next accolades was from our neighbour who jokingly asked me to write a speech for him cause he had a function he was to be the chairman. To my dismay, when he returned from the function, he gave me a token of Five Hundred Naira for helping him with the writing. So, writing pays? I never knew.
From the on, I make use of every opportunity to write down something and since I had nowhere else to post some of my writings, I will always make a weekly post on Facebook. Fortunately, that attracted my correct boss. I write for him and he pays me per word. Isn't that amazing?
Right now, I can bite me hand on my chest to say that I have a skill and it's paying too. I am still learning the act of writing cause I am looking forward to making the most of this skills I have discovered in me. Fortunately, I do not have to pay for it nor do I have to sneak out to learn it either. I only have to keep developing myself and I am doing just that.
Hey world, I've got a skill now and am ready to take it to the next level. Who is ready to ride with me?
My name is @mharvis and I write.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I love youuuu
Hive is that place where you can improve your writing skill, stick to the platform and you will now regret it.
Sure, I am doing my best to always be involved with the platform and definitely, I am liking it.
Thats nice haviñg something that can give you extra income is rewarding.
Yeah, I feel so good about it.
Yeah, I feel so good about it.
This is a bit shocking to me. In my opinion, any parent would be happy to see their child learning as many skills as possible.
Where I come from, when you reach the age of 18 and become a grown up, you make your own luck and give yourself the chance you need. So I'm afraid I don't quit understand who should have given you the chance. Have you been denied at those study or training courses?
My mum wasn't in support of skill acquisition with formal education at the same time so, I had to concentrate on schooling and now, it looks like it's late for me.
Never too late.
Of course writing pays.No skill is ever waste.
Every skill pays if you put in maximum effort for good results.
Yeah, you are right. I am seeing how useful my writing has been to me. Thanks for engaging.
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To be good in almost everything means you are indeed gifted. Sometimes we lose certain skills all because we don't get mentors or people that can truly inspire us. It's good to know what you've achieved with your writing skill and glad that you are on Hive making the most of it. Keep writing!
Thank you very much for the encouragement. I really appreciate.