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Making changes vol. 1

  • Writer: Avuyile Diko
    Avuyile Diko
  • May 14, 2020
  • 3 min read

Updated: May 18, 2020


So as I said in my intro for this blog I quit my job after I had a nervous breakdown four years ago, wow! I can't believe it was so long ago.

Anyways, I found that I had a lot of time because my eldest son was in school the whole day and I was staying with the little one.

But I kept feeling like there is something I need to do to make money, mostly I felt guilty for putting so much pressure on my partner financially.


So I started cooking meals and sold them to offices, honestly it was not fun. Imagine a person who had no background in business forging their way into catering which is a very competitive industry already.

I continued for about three months but I was not making any profits.


I used to come back with most of the food and we would eat it for supper, I know right! But, as I continued to wake up everyday, preparing my son for school while baking and cooking simultaneously, I got exhausted emotionally.


This was not working out for me. I had an 18 month old who needed my full attention, I had to let my Nanny go because I was not going to afford her anymore. Also, can I just say I have the utmost respect for Nannies because Wow! house work is rough.


I panicked thinking about other things that I could do to make money. I was determined to do what I could to help in my family.

So in the midst of that, I got a call from a friend telling me there was a vacant Cafe in town that I could use for my food business. Being impulsive as I am person that I am took a leap of faith and used the Cafe.

I had no money to rent the place so I took a loan from my mom, No, I haven't paid her yet.

I bought food for the menu and for about three months it was going well. But the smell of the food in an office building was not everybody's favorite, so we had to close the Cafe.


I knew that this whole thing of selling food was not my talent, so I had to make changes and go back to the drawing board.

I love cooking, people did like the food I sold or at least they looked like they enjoyed it.


Lesson learned was that I needed to focus on my strengths and stop being so impulsive.

I sold all my kitchen stuff and closed that chapter of being a restaurant owner. Honestly it was not my dream, I did it because I thought it was what I needed to do.

But having said that, I do not regret it, it helped me to think carefully about what I want.

I also developed a thick skin because I faced a lot of opposition throughout the entire experience.


I am grateful for every experience I got from that. I also didn't have another nervous breakdown, that would have been a dramatic situation altogether.


What I want to say to all rookies out there is that, things we experience make us batter humans, we grow and end up encouraging others who find themselves in such situations.


Would I ever open a restaurant again? well yes I would but I would first do a business course and save a lot of money, then I would also pay my mom because she has been waiting for so long already. -Avuyile Mngxitama-Diko

 
 
 

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