Hi guys, I’m a 28-year-old lady. I’m a fashion designer, but things are not going well for me at all. At the early stage of my life, things weren’t this hard, but ever since I started this fashion designing work, I’ve been working hand to mouth. The struggle is too much. Things are so hard that I can’t boast of N10k in my account. It’s that hard. Being the first born, I’m beginning to see myself as a failure. To afford basic amenities, I’ll have to struggle and save. I have customers; they come and go, and it’s not that I don’t sew good clothes. Most of them always like and compliment my work, and they even refer customers to me, but it’s still not enough. I don’t know how. I can’t dash someone N10k as I am. To buy cream of N6k I use, I’ll have to struggle and save to be able to buy it. I don’t have people to help or support me. I’m a very hardworking person because even despite how hard it is, I joined a thrift where we pay N7,500 weekly. I share struggle to do it. Sometimes I don’t meet up. At the end, I packed N150k thereabouts.
So, I started selling fabrics. I buy it for N1,500 per yard and resell for N2k per yard. I’ll post and post before I see someone buy—maybe two people a week. Now, the business has run down because I use everything to eat, not that I want to. There won’t be money to eat at times; I’ll eat from there. I don’t even buy. All through last year, I could only buy a bag of N12k for myself. I’m tired of being broke. I beg you, in the name of God, if anybody knows what I can do to start earning more money, please help me. I’ve been su**idal so many times. I’ve even thought of selling my machines and using the money to start something else. If there’s any advice you can give me, I’ll be glad.
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