ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴀɴ

‎Studentship is a wild journey. For me, I was always on the run, I'm not sure if I was being chased by something but I knew what I was chasing after. I have always admired financial independence, it was almost everything to me. I just enjoy the idea of having my own money, my own business and having to do with it as I please, kind of following the principle of my life; my rules.
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‎While I was in school, I was skillful. When it comes to getting things done, I learn things a lot faster than most people and the moment I get hold of it, I look for ways to monetize it. I have always had the ability but school made it a lot easier for to know how far I can go with it.
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‎Being a student is not a black and White journey, it is the survival of he fittest. One of the things that threatens students survival the most is finance. School is built in a way that sucks every penny out of a student, without having enough resources to keep things under control, life becomes unbearable for a student, especially those without strong support system.
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‎The best solution is side hustle; learn and earn. It is a simple strategy. For me, it started with getting assignments done, I mean printable assignment, anything written is not my thing, my handwriting is terrible. I always have a cybercafe as a friend, where I am easily run to print my documents without staying on the queue.
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‎But after my national diploma, I discovered hive.io, then the concept of side hustle took a different turn. At first, I didn't take it seriously. It was a lot complex than I imagined, especially the crypto aspect, so I bailed. It took me about a year to return back to hive, I call it the long break. By the time I applied for my higher national diploma, I had returned back to hive. So hive also served as a side hustle.
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‎While hustling in hive, I was also in writing of research project and proposals, it was a profitable business in school. Well, with the advent of AI, I have no idea what the business will look like now.
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_{This write-up was inspired by weekly prompt "‎‎side hustle that helped me survive school" in hive student connect community.}

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