#3. THE ONE ABOUT- "THINGS SOMETIMES DO WORK OUT".

I felt I had to share this because sometimes things can feel so discouraging when you're in the thick of things. When you're worried about whether or not things will get better. Especially after reading last week's story.

When I finished uni, I remember feeling so anxious about whether or not I would get a job. There were barely any jobs being advertised at the time. I was scared and worried about ending up being unemployed for years. It didn't help that people in my industry looked like they were doing so well online. I felt like I was behind and no one was coming to save me. I didn't have rich parents to keep supporting me, or parents with connections to help me get a job.

I remember my relatives telling me to send them my CV in hopes of them looking for something for me, but they would go silent after.

The anxiety was finishing me let me tell you. I was not okay.

But then, somewhere at the back of my mind, I kept thinking "maybe I can start a business". But I had watched people in my family walk the entrepreneurship path and it didn't look easy. So I had made a silent vow to never become an entrepreneur.

I pushed away that idea for about a year, even when I was still not getting any job prospects. I was willing to die on the hill of employment.

But a whole year passed, and this idea kept nagging me. I would think about it all the time. I was even fantasizing about how it would look like, what I would name it, so..... maybe that was a sign?

One day, at the beginning of yet another year of unemployment, I decided to take the feeling seriously. I started doing my research, enrolled in a short course to help me understand what I was getting myself into, and I said a little prayer - "Lord, the only way I can do this is if I tell my parents and they are supportive".

I mastered up the courage and told my parents. I was living at home at the time, so telling them what I'm doing with my life was a must.

Guess what? When I told them, they were so excited for me I couldn't believe their reaction. I didn't expect it. They were so encouraging, I knew that was the last sign I needed to start.

But I was still scared. So I made a vow to myself - I will take the leap but only for that year. If it doesn't work out, I will find another job in another industry.

So I did it. I took the leap. It's been eight years and I have never looked back. I am so far from when I started, I can't imagine what my life would look like if I never started.

Things have worked out beyond my wildest expectations. Yes, entrepreneurship is not easy, but it's very rewarding and it affords me the life I live now.

This one experience that has changed the trajectory of my life has taught me that things sometimes do work out even when you're scared- petrified- that they won't.

Things can actually go well. And they can go well beyond even your expectations.

So sometimes instead of asking "what if it doesn't work out?", maybe ask - "what if it actually works out?"