Poor ? Dont Wana Study?

My life completely changed in this decade from not having proper food and living in a small house like this to being able to take care of my family.

I am from a lower-middle-class family where meeting basic needs like Food, Shelter, Education, Clothes was a big challenge.

Life was tough for me but deep down I realized that only education could help me out, my struggles itself gave me a lot of motivation for me to do something and get rid of this financial crisis.

After passing my 10th I was planning to join ITI Fitter or Electrician so that I could easily get a job but somehow ended up in the Science stream as I got a seat in a Government junior college.

In 2010 when I was in the 12th standard I wanted to go for IIT coaching but could not afford so I had to go for local classes, side by side I was also taking private classes to school students to meet daily needs and expenses.

In 2011 after 12th results came out I wanted to join B.Sc mathematics or computer science as we could not afford Engineering in private college but somehow admissions in newly opened Government Engineering College in my hometown. I never thought that I would get a seat in the govt Engineering college in unreserved category but cut off rank for computer science was like 5500 but I had secured some 5000. It was one of the happiest day of my life, the fees were nominal like some 25k per annum so we borrowed money as usual from money lenders and got admitted.

During my 3rd year, my father lost his job and it was very tough to pay fees and all; However, I had some good friends who used to feed my hunger and some of our relatives used to help with rations and all.

In 2015 I completed my B.Tech but our college did not have campus placement so after attending some 5–7 off-campus drives got placed in a reputed service-based MNC.

I had got a job but did not have money to travel buy clothes for the office and take care of accommodation for one month until the first salary. This time my best friend helped me with 10k and my maternal uncle gave some 5k and a few other friends helped me to get there.

I had brought my first smartphone Redmi in 2016 until now all my friends had a nice smartphone, but I got it after so much of struggling and my first bike Honda Shine in 2017 which gives me so much satisfaction as I am a nature lover and love long rides.

I started getting around 25k which improved my family’s life a lot than before but I was never satisfied with my job as It was not what I wanted.

In 2017 decided to leave the job and prepare for Government jobs but I could not afford it so prepared for Developer positions after some struggle switched two company in 2018 and more than doubled the salary.

Now I am able to take care of my parents, afford my sister’s education, saving money for their marriage living a peaceful and happy life.

This is happy me in 2019 at Viazg beach.

It's sometimes really tough due to many responsibilities but I slowly learned how to handle stress and overcome challenges and ultimately be happy. In life, there are ups and down’s which I learned to accept.

To conclude life has really changed a lot in this decade where the people who used to criticize and boycott our family due to poor financial status are now asking carrier advice for their children.

Road trip to Medak with my roommates:

Still, we don’t have our first house or car because I love driving and exploring natural places, not for luxury and support my sisters till they get a job but I think I have achieved a lot and will get all this done patiently.

-Pavan