Re-Inventing Yourself
A long while ago, I was working on a project,
Then one of the principal funders reneged on their commitment, which led to financial problems.
The managers decided to retrench some staff to keep the project alive, and I was tasked with delivering the sack letters.
It was one of the most difficult things I had to do.
One of them in particular was a mess when the letter was sent to her.
She called me in the middle of the night, crying..
I was so disturbed and hurt. I felt she was going to hurt herself too, judging by her reactions.
In the subsequent days, she kept sending me multiple messages, asking me to do something as she couldn’t lose that source of income.
Her family was in financial distress, and that job kept things moving.
It was very sad for me; she was so vulnerable at that point,
She’s older than me, but she didn’t know that she was losing herself in my presence.
I had to pray for her and turn my eyes away, as I couldn’t help.
It was a distressing situation.
After a while, I touched base with her family through a third party.
I was still afraid to talk to her directly.
I heard some of the best news ever.
She had a craft, but it was one of those popular crafts an average person out there can do.
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It’s one of those crafts where you barely sell 10 products in 6 months unless you get a souvenir contract.
After her dismissal, she reinvented herself
Learned to create more products from her craft
Prior to that time, her husband also learnt some tech skills; interestingly, AI was new and fresh, so her husband learnt that too.
He developed a website for her and created a new social media campaign.
She started posting aggressively.
She won a grant too
Her new products created new markets for her business
Rebranded the business.
My goodness, she changed her life in one year
I have goosebumps writing this.
The fearful and vulnerable woman, the one who thought she was plunged into a hellish situation sveral months ago, turned it around in one year.
I am not sure what inspired her.
Every now and then, I go to her pages to see our tremendous progress.
I want you to know that irrespective of where you are right now, the distance between your present and immediate future is your decisions and actions.
Not your feelings, cries, or emotions, but your decisions and actions.
You can turn anything around.
God relies on your informed decisions and actions, and grace is supplied unto you.
So, get up and start taking informed choices and actions — this is wisdom.
Paul Ademujimi.
