Hello fellow Steemians

My name is Ghassen, I live in a small country in africa. 3 years ago I embarqued on a journey of self development which started with me being sosick and tired of my current situation. I was 20 years old and I didn't have many friends ( barely 4), and that was due to the place where i lived, it was an isolated house far from schools and civilization. We didn't have any neighbours, We were basically surrounded by trees from all corners.

                     

so for 20 years I only had contact with people when i went to school (few hours a day). I spent the rest of my life alone in my room, we weren't much of a close family. 

All I wanted was some friends to play with, to talk  to. Growing in that envirement and having strict and severe parents made me a shy person and I couldn't socialize at school. I hated it, and I hated my house. I hated everything, so I started looking for solutions online to help me get out of my situation..I came across some self development books that literally saved my life, so I started reading and raeding and practicing the exercices,  (It's a long story, we'll save it for next time, stay tuned) .

                                     

My life changed dramatically, I became a new person, a better one. I now think differently, I now love my life, I'm still improving it, but I had to accept it and love it in the proccess. 

After taking care of my social life, I had a new goal : taking care of my financial situation, I come from a middle class family, and I in particular wasn't "spoiled". I was so determined to make money to get out of this place, so I can improve my life, so I can live my life to the fullest. I ate bread loafs to save the 2$ I was given per day,  I never wasted money on beverages, restaurents or fun activities. I saved money and invested it in materials to make bracelets and sell them. That was the 1st business that I started, and it was pretty successful, I was making bracelets, selling them and saving money,

Even though I was making some money from the bracelets, the financial situation was getting worse, and I was so sick and tired of it, I knew I could do more, I could have a better life, so I dropped college (on master's degree) and focused solely on my financial freedom.

I spent the next 5 months inside my room, designing and marketing t shirts. At first, it wasn't easy, but I managed to break through and started selling lately.

 Overall, I'm so proud of myself and how i transformed my life completely.

I'm passionate about video games, especially survival horror genre, The best game I've played in my life was Resident Evil 4

                            

I also love reading self develompent and business books for : Robert Green, Grant Cardone, Gary Vee, Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar...

Annnd you'll be seeing cats around my posts, because I adore them.

 

I'm getting closer to my goals now, One of them is to show people that you can make it in life no matter where you start, and never take your upbringing as an excuse to live a mediocre life, and I'm hoping to get even closer  to my goals through this platform, that I absolutely fell in love with, this platform unites all kinds of people, the doctor, the scientist, the entrepreneur, the photographer ,the chef... All expressing themselves and their passion. Everybody is friendly  and help each other here, unlike other platforms where you find haters and negative people..

I'm really happy and so proud to be part of this awesome community.

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