A change of focus on difficulties can make big differences

[yol26]

It has been passed several years since our country (Venezuela) is in a deep economic and social crisis, which has been causing many of the citizens a deep discouragement and much apathy.

In the days that are running it is normal to notice despair in the faces of people on the street or listen to conversations anywhere about how bad the situation is, that is why I decided to write this article in which, perhaps, through words, can have a positive impact on people who, like me, are living in the midst of this deep crisis from which we often lose hope of escape and believe me that everything I will write is from the point of view and from the experience of someone who has gone through the same despair that many may be feeling, not only in Venezuela but anywhere in the world that goes through a similar situation.

So friends I invite you to spend five minutes of your time to read these words since they are not intended to get votes, but simply to influence people who read it a bit and maybe change a little the perspective they have of the current situation, after all you never know who can give us that help and that motivation we need in difficult times.

A bit of my story.

First of all I want to briefly tell you a little about my story so that you know me a little more and can notice how the situations have occurred and thus make a critical judgment of what I mention. Well, I was born in 1991 in a neighborhood of Los Teques, Miranda State, my parents worked in a kiosk where they sold fruits and thanks to this they could raise my two brothers and me. All my life I studied in public schools because although the sale of fruits generated something, we were never a wealthy family to pay for private schools, but education was always very good, awakening in me a great love for the knowledge .

Seeing so much sacrifice made by my parents during my childhood and adolescence I decided (what at that time I thought was the best decision) that no matter how difficult it was I was not going to abandon my studies , on the contrary, I had to finish a university degree in order to give my family a better future. And so I did, graduating in 2011 in Chemical Processes .Before that I worked in temporary jobs while I graduated since I felt that I should collaborate as much as I could at home, at least with the little I could buy with the salaries I received. / div>

Graduation arrived

That's how the long-awaited graduation day came, so I was ready to look for work with my career. But that didn't happen that way, but I ended up working on cleaning in the streets since it was the only job I got. I do not complain at all about that time since I learned many things and made other friends while doing this type of work however my goal was to work with the career. So after a while I got my first job with the career in which I did not have a high salary but the situation in my country was relatively stable economically and allowed me to dream and make plans that with effort and dedication I would be able to get everything I proposed myself as a home of my own and a vehicle (I think everyone dreams of this when they leave university).

However, after a few months the madness broke out and the country began to destabilize in every way, which forced me to look for a second job parallel to that of my career, so I started working too as an innkeeper or kitchen assistant at parties and events to try to get a little more money to continue collaborating in my house and continue to pursue my goals. From that combination of work and effort I bought an old vehicle that needed a lot of repairs, but that for me was the best in the world. But the purpose of this vehicle was to generate more money, so I put him to work as a taxi while I continued working in the other jobs that I had. Well to make the story shorter, it turns out that the vehicle was damaged and the economic situation worsened more and more, leaving me far from meeting the goals I had set. So I went through several jobs until I achieved to enter the main industry in the country where I once again believed that I could solve all my economic problems.

And 2019 is here

Then we arrive at the year 2019 in which the situation continues to aggravate to the point that I work for free since the salary I earn specifically reaches for the payment of the ticket and for a little food far from covering a basic basket, but nothing more Forgetting outings, clothes, and many other things was normal for us. Due to the aforementioned my mood was getting worse and worse, to the point that it no longer caused me to attend work or continue studying, or anything at all, because according to my way of seeing things it was no longer worth it because it would never come out of the crisis no matter how hard he tried. So cheerfully the year 2019 was the worst for me, full of constant depressions.
Until finally, in the middle of a day of reflection and almost ending 2019, I realized the mistakes I was making and asking myself who was hurting, I realized that the only one affected was myself.

Here are the things that I realized:

1- I wasn't learning anything else

I had stopped because of a situation that although it affected me was alien to me as an individual, when the ideal is to continue training with the resources that are available, since knowledge is what will remain with us wherever we go and you never know what doors can be opened if we own it. But if instead we choose to stop we will always remain in the same place no matter what we do.

2- I was not being creative or looking for other alternatives to generate income.
I had only stayed in the complaint and assumed that the only way I could get some income was waiting for my fortnightly check when I had to look for other alternatives such as buying and selling things that would help me get a little more money.

3- The most affected was myself
And at this point I speak of health since the depression that comes with the accumulation of negative feelings only affects the person who carries them, and not the politicians who often do not know that we exist, or any other person, but to ourselves.

For these three reasons I decided to change a little this 2020 and although the economic situation remains I have tried to maintain a positive attitude as much as possible, without letting events that I cannot control affect me in a serious way. In the economic aspect I have looked for alternatives traveling to other states and reselling products a little below the prices that are in my locality and in the academic aspect, I have returned to retake my language courses to which so much dedication I previously gave them in addition of proposing to learn other chemical analysis techniques available in my workplace that I have not yet mastered and finally I plan to continue with studies related to my career that may in the medium term open up other opportunities if not here, elsewhere.

For all the above, my message to everyone who reads this article is that despite all the difficulties we are facing, do not stop in your own learning and continue preparing that you may not see the fruits in the short term but if in the medium already long term since it is not known that the future holds for us and if at any time things change, what you have learned could be your best cover letter.
I hope this article will inspire you and as fuel for me as I did, try to improve your current situation

NOTE: Excuse me if sometimes my english is not very clear but all that I have learned of English have been by myself.

credits for the images:

https://noticias.universia.com.ar/cultura/noticia/2017/03/16/1150565/regla-5-horas-estrategia-constantemente-aprendiendo.html

https://www.tn8.tv/salud/454742-senales-advierten-infarto-desde-mes-antes/

https://www.haikudeck.com/en-tiempos-difciles-uncategorized-presentation-KxGiAicHyx

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