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I got my first job when I was 19. It was at a grocery store where I made pizzas, sandwiches, and sometimes worked the register. I think I earned around eight or nine dollars an hour.

The reason I took that job wasn’t really about money. In my second year of university, I had to give a presentation in accounting class, and I completely froze. I couldn’t say a word. That’s when it hit me — I had been living in Canada for years but hardly spoke English. So I decided to throw myself into something uncomfortable, and that’s how I ended up working there.

I met all kinds of people, many of them immigrants working hard to build a new life. We would have lunch together, and as I listened to their stories, I realized how lucky I was and how much I had taken for granted. That job changed how I saw everything.

It became a turning point for me, the moment I stopped just thinking about grades or jobs and started thinking about who I wanted to become. Since then, there have been plenty of ups and downs, but that experience taught me something I’ve never forgotten.

Money isn’t just something you earn. It reflects your time, effort, and growth. And when you invest in yourself first, everything else eventually follows.

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What I Learned

It’s not about how much you make.
It’s about how much you learn while earning it.