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Poverty Followed Me Everywhere, Until I Discovered The Secret To Breaking Free
For as long as I can remember, my life felt like a long series of financial disasters. I grew up in a struggling household, and when I finally became an adult, I promised myself things would be different. But no matter how hard I worked, it seemed poverty had made me its permanent companion.
I was always behind on rent, borrowing money from friends, and watching my dreams slip further out of reach.
The worst moment was when my landlord threw my belongings out because I couldn’t pay three months’ arrears. That day, sitting by the roadside with everything I owned in a heap, I broke down and wondered if I was cursed.
It wasn’t for lack of effort I had two side hustles in addition to my day job, yet my salary always disappeared before the month ended. My small business, which I had hoped would turn things around, collapsed after just six months.
Every time I tried to save, an emergency would wipe out my account. It felt like the universe was determined to keep me broke. My friends began to avoid me because I always had financial problems. Even relatives started whispering that I must have bad luck or a dark cloud following me.
I knew something was wrong beyond normal hardship. I was working harder than most people I knew, yet they were thriving and I was sinking deeper into poverty. This realization pushed me to start looking for solutions beyond the usual advice of budgeting and cutting expenses because I had tried all that and still, nothing changed. To continue reading, click here.
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