avatarPushpender Yadav

Summary

The author discusses the challenges of managing financial difficulties while working on a startup, reflecting on the complexities of receiving help from others and the importance of self-reliance.

Abstract

The author shares personal experiences about the financial strain of running a startup, "SchoolOkay," and the disparity between promises of support and actual assistance received during tough times. Despite being a generous helper to others, the author faces a reality check when those offered help are nowhere to be found. This situation leads to introspection about the value of helping others and the necessity of self-sufficiency. The author emphasizes the importance of believing in oneself, managing expenses, and the significance of support from true believers in one's vision. The article concludes with the author's commitment to continue working on the startup and writing about the emotional journey and financial management strategies.

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How do I handle my broke daytime

We all, at some point in our life, feel this thing.

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I have been experiencing this lately. There are certain things that I have noticed that happen to us in our empty pocket days.

An empty pocket doesn’t always mean that you are totally out of money, but it means you’re earning a little less than your expenditures. I am working on my startup, “SchoolOkay”, day and night, and the expenditures are quite high because of the tool subscriptions and employee salaries.

All of these expenditures led me towards a lack of money. I have been spending a lot lately and could not make that much. All these things were draining my money later; my expenses were higher than my earnings, and I was not able to manage these expenses, so I realised that now I needed to ask for money from people I used to help. Some of my friends said they would help me with my startup if I ever needed any help.

“If you ever need help, let me know.” These are some of the golden words that feel so great when someone utters them from their mouth and stimulates your head.

You feel like you have at least one person who believes in your work, and someday, when you need their help, they are ready to help you in many ways.

These things sound good, but they only sometimes turn out to be good because people change or people change their statements when you really ask them about the things they have said to you.

What happens when you really ask for help?

I think it must be common for everyone to want to help when you don’t need help, but when you really need help, no one wants to show up or help you for any reason.

They will have money to cover their expenditure and live their luxurious lives, but they will not have money to support you genuinely. They will say that their money is stuck somewhere and they don’t have money right now. You could have asked earlier; I had money last month, and now that money is gone, and 1000+ other reasons that you might not have heard of or must be familiar with if you ever asked someone for help.

If I talk about myself, I am the kind of person who always helps people, even if sometimes I end up losing my side.

Why do I do that?

Basically, I believe in one theory, i.e. there is nothing permanent in this world, so you must help each other in order to live in this world peacefully.

That’s why I tend to help people without thinking about the consequences.

So it has nothing to do with the people I help or something else, but there are times when I feel like if no one wants to help me, then why do I keep helping others?

Let’s leave this here, but you must remember times like these always make you question yourself and your decisions in life.

What have I learned in my broke days?

  • People do not help you.
  • Those who help you respect them and their dignity.
  • People do not keep their promises. They just whine about their problems and why they were not supporting you.
  • People will show their true colours to you.
  • People say things like you never imagined about yourself. As I said, he/she will not succeed. He is just a fake person or something else.
  • There are other kinds of similar things happening.
  • You yourself start questioning your decisions.

I don’t know how to deal with these days, but I am constantly doing so. I do this because I have realised that I can not compromise on my dream because whenever I think about compromising on my dream, I keep getting the same thought why did I start in the first place?

So my inner voice wants me to continue even if there is no hope. Or I don’t know what is going to happen next in the row.

Things need to do in your broke days?

It’s funny, but you should understand the only person who can support you is you and the people who believe in you. There are always going to be people who will believe in you.

These might be able to help with money or financially, but these people are always going to be around you to support you mentally and raise your confidence. They can be anyone: your brother or friend or somebody else.

So trust these people find ways to come out of this situation, and this situation is just a face-off to the reality that you are the only one who has your back; the rest of them are just hanging around because of their personal motives, nothing else.

Try to manage your expenses. If there are some places where you’re losing any sort of funds, you should try to stop these sources because these small expenses hurt your pocket.

Most importantly, believe in yourself and focus on your goal because your inner self knows why you started in the first place, why you’re in such a condition and how you can overcome such a condition.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more. Sorry for the late articles. Most of my time goes into working on my startup and working with the team. But Lately, I have been thinking about writing regularly and sharing how my emotional progress is going on while working on my startup and how I am managing all my situations

So try to respond to my articles if you want me to write more and you relate with me.

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