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Welcome to Amina's Musings!!

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  Amina's Musings is my weekly podcast that focuses on my life's journey. Being jobless, self-employed and starting a business.  Click here to listen to the podcast. Feel free to follow me in the available channels for updates when I post. I promise to walk you through an enlightening journey that will be filled with aha moments, inspiration and great lessons. 

Ask and You Shall Receive!

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It is true, my friends. Ask, and it shall be given to you! Let me share with you some of the good news I received during the pandemic. It hasn't all been doom and gloom. I have been out of work for a year due to this pandemic. I went through many emotions during this time (still am), but I have been coping in my own way. (I went into how I cope in a  previous article .) Well, I have some great news to share. I am not just using words to motivate you, but I want to share the good things that I have received because of the pandemic.  I have been trying my hand at a few things to earn money. I started my own business, Amina Digital Solutions (I'll leave details at the end if you would like to know more). I have joined online merchandising platforms (I will share once I get to master this), online surveys, online entrepreneurship and more. I went through so many webinars that promised great money once I did some great work. Well, I learnt a lot from the webinars for sure. The only

I'm Broke and I want out

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We have all been there, broke and in need of a way out. A vicious pattern we can not seem to shake.   I have been there, well, who am I trying to kid. I am still there. Trying everyday to figure if out. So if you are just like me, take this journey of financial freedom with me. But first, let me introduce myself.  I am Amina aka Miamicia :),  a young lady that is trying to make it in this concrete jungle. A lady that believed so much in the words of our parents and the motivational songs they sang to us. A song that comes to mind " Someni vijana.... mpate kazi nzuri... "  I don't quite remember the song but someone who does can share and take us down memory lane. Okay,  I digress! I knew for a fact that all I had to do was study hard ( there was nothing like study smart back then. If you know, you know ) and the rest would fall in place. Like a great job with good, actually, great pay. I'd live in a furnished apartment that would overlook the Nairobi skyline and all