Choosing Risks Wisely

Last year was fairly good for me, although filled with ups and downs. Generally, the year was a good one, especially when compared to the previous ones. I achieved some significant milestones and built upon them. I saw myself grow significantly last year while also positioning myself for better opportunities this year.

Earlier last year, I saw an opportunity come to me in my comfort zone, at the same time I got an offer in a distant place for a salary job.
The opportunity I got close-by was not guaranteed to work but if it did, I would earn significantly higher than the salary. On the other hand, the distant offer was guaranteed but the pay was not much.

I was sort of in a difficult situation and to make matters worse, my feeding and other expenses depended on me so I needed to make the right choice as soon as possible for my survival.
The friend who would put me through this opportunity promised that he would teach me virtually via WhatsApp if I took the salary work. This gave me confidence to try and go for the distant offer with the hope of learning how to utilise the other opportunity virtually.
This would later prove to be a bad idea, which I regret.

The friend who was to teach me could not fulfill his promise and as a result, I was not able to carry out the plan. I was now stuck with the offer which did not pay well.

As time went by, it became obvious that even though I had assess to money constantly, it was not enough. I needed more and hence I began to regret not trying the opportunity which was at home for several reasons. At least I will be around friends and family while trying unlike now that I am mostly surrounded by strangers who don't understand what I am going through.

If I found myself in a similar situation, I would choose the bigger opportunity even though it comes with some uncertainty.
To be honest, I will personally pursue the same opportunity this year, hopefully, it is not yet late.

I am now more willing to take risks. Life in itself is a risk, not taking risks is a big risk too and that was the risk I took.

In the coming year, I would focus more on uncertain tasks that have a possibility of yielding huge returns. At least when they go through, I will have a very broad smile instead of feeding from hand to mouth, month in month out. It gets tiring and boring.

That's the dangerous thing about salary. It is consistent but never enough to meet your needs. It is just enough to get you going averagely every month.
Then any month you make a significant unexpected expense, it's all over. It sets you back financially by almost 5 months and it becomes increasingly difficult to get by.