Getting What I Deserve

 Hello again dear readers, how is it going with y’all? I am all set to kickstart this week with a bang and that is exactly what I plan to do in this blog of mine. Over the days I have been talking about my ambitions and aspirations and how we must always strive for the best. In this blog, I want to expand on the same lines.

I am sure that most of you would agree that more often than not there are times we are at crossroads with our own thoughts, and a majority of it has to do with us blaming ourselves and oftentimes second-guessing. I would also say that most of the time in our lives we often settle down for much less, and worse, we do not even know what our real worth in the market is.

We make compromises and mostly try to just ordinarily “settle” for any petty job that we are assigned, and hardly ever speak up for ourselves or try to get what we really deserve. We can begin by saying or at least knowing about our own worth, and not be determined by what the world, our boss, or the bank account states.

I believe that it’s high time that we remind ourselves of our real worth and never ever settle for anything less than that. It is important for every individual to assess themselves and make no compromises there. I would like to keep reminding to everyone, especially women as these folks must know how to get a seat for themselves at the table. And, in the absence of that, they must know how to build their own table.

I also guess that a lot of these things happen and begin within the mind itself. I guess we must get used to repeating to ourselves that we deserve better than what our current situation is, and no matter what we must know how to fetch it for ourselves. I’d like to share an anecdote here, from my life and this just happened two years ago.

You know I always wanted to be engaged in an international publication and wanted to write for the international audience, and it happened to me two years ago right after COVID struck. I bagged an offer from a Singaporean organisation and was more than happy to be working there. They did ask for my salary expectations and I mentioned an amount which was much lesser than what I expected, and they paid me that exact same amount.

I was overjoyed and talked to my friends and family about this new offer and learned that they were making a lot more than what I was making. I was appalled and began wondering where I went wrong, and this was when I realised that I was compensated so poorly because I never made an effort to ask for my real worth, which is why I remained underpaid.

You see, what I am talking about, I am talking about that attitude, an attitude of ignorance that resulted in me getting underpaid throughout life. This is what I hate and I should have taken measures to curb it.

Now, that I have started to think of establishing my values I believe that is what must define me, and I must always cater to that and so must you. 

Happy weekend!

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