How far will you be if you take hive as serious as your main job?
I know that this question might not make sense to some people as even the top earners on hive earn within the range of 1200-2000$ per month.
This amount does not seem that much but in developing countries like my country and some African countries, it puts you in the middle to high income class.
This reflects the state of my country and some Aftican countries.
I was talking to a colleague yesterday and he was so angry with the way things were in our country. He happens to be a young man who just married a year ago and the country happens to be denying him a lot of things.
Currently, Doctors in the country have not been paid for 6 months and most of them are either in debt or they are almost marginally red. Yet they come to work, give their best, help patients get better, get insulted by their bosses and still go home to their family tired with nothing to show for it.
A few days ago I saw a post by @taskmaster4450. In the post, an interesting stat was put forward as to how 4% of young Americans retired from their jobs as a result of crypto providing them with a fortune. If you think about it 4% is a lot and I feel this will be a trend as time goes on.
Places like Nigeria will be the ones leading as a result of the inadequacy and corruption being faced by the citizens of the country.
This made me think of a lot of things. Although I have thought of stopping my job a lot of times. In fact, I can't count the number of times I have thought about it, I just talk to myself and then continue. Some of the reasons I give myself include an additional source of income, saving lives, more skill in the bag and the likes.
I guess this happens to be the cycle of most people in jobs. They do what they are not happy doing just to get paid.
Another interesting thing also entered my head.
I asked myself this question
what if I took hive as serious as I took my job?
When I thought of the answer to this question, I discovered that the answer was multidimensional.
Taking hive as serious as my day job?
I go to work as early as 7:30 am and come back as late as 8 pm on average. After spending this time at work, most times I am still not able to finish the work for the day.
I come back very tired and exhausted from working and trying to make sure patients are fine.
How much am I being paid? Well, most house officers are paid between 330 dollars to 350dollars every month for working about 80hours a week. This translates to 1 dollar/hour. The registrars, that is a cadre above me earn about 437 dollars a month and they also get to work for at least 80 hours a week.
This translates also to 1.3 dollars/ hour.
Isn't this sad?
All I think of when I am free is going to sleep so I can have energy for another day's job.
But is there anything like free time?
When I get to work in the morning, I might be shouted at, insulted for something that is not my fault and yes who can be blamed if not the youngest in the team.
The hospital is understaffed and yet I try to give my best. I work overtime without getting paid for working overtime.
Is all this worth my time?
What if I go on hive as early as 7:30 am and give as much or half as much the time?
What if I put in the energy I put at work on hive?
These questions are eye-opening questions. I thought of it this way. Every morning, I am pressured to consistently go to work no matter how I feel and I still do a lot.
If I decide to translate that energy on hive or most of the side hustles I partake in, I will be happy and more rewarded.
I won't be owed by the government. The programmed system of being paid every 7 days doesn't change on hive.
I could also earn more than 1 dollar/ hour if I am on hive.
The value given will definitely be proportional to the reward gotten. This alone is inspiring. The toxicity is way less on hive.
Financially, I will earn way more than what I am earning at my current job.
Relationship wise, I will be happy as I will be able to have time for my family.
I can't remember the last time I talked to my mother over the phone before yesterday. I can't remember the last time I had the time to relax and have a good talk and moment with my girlfriend.
Finally, if I give in as much time as I do with my job, I would have time to invest in myself.
It's sad when you have to pause a lot of things for something that does not make you happy.
What can I do?
Well, for most of it, I have to talk to myself about how I can chase the things that make me happy. A lot of people try to do so much and forget the things that make them happy in the light of pursuing a job.
I also have to make plans to leave my country as fast as I can. Outside my country, a lot of doctors are being paid way more than what I receive. It can be as much as 10 times more and test they still rest and have time for other things.
I also intend not to waste my time counting down and not learning anything.
I intend to learn as much as I can despite the busy schedule of having to work without actually learning things that will help in the future or when I get out of the country.
Anyways, I hope to look back and be grateful but currently, all I want to do is finish up this whole thing and go back to my life.
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