Hustle zijipe!!

I've been seeing posts za mapenzi left right and centre and I've remembered, heartbreasks nimewai pata ile proper, or genuine happiness I ever got was from hustling si from mapenzi.

I've really tried kuhustle, not that it means anything, I'm just looking back.

I did onion farming, round one kukanyesha mvua ya come and see, dam ikapasuka seedlings zangu kwa nursery zikazama. On the bright side though, tulipata cabbages, carrots, tomatoes, na fish zimeletwa na maji. I still remember vyenye hiyo meal ilislap. Nimewaambia ata kuni zililetwa na maji btw?🤣🤣

Round two, kitunguu ikakuwa excess, nilitafuta shamba ya pili place kulikuwa na leopard tulikuwa tunaomba asubuhi kwanza kabla tuingie shambani. Zenye zilibaki nilipeana kwa wanakijiji nikipita nilikuwa nasalimiwa, "Waitūngūru!!!"" Ningevie kuwa MCA ningeingia round ya nominations.

Nimesema kitunguu ya kwanza niliuza 18bob per kg after kitunguu ya TZ kuingia Kenya? That time I had used almost 40 bob to produce that one kg🤦🤦🤦.

Kitunguu ya pili niliuza 25 bob, but still😭😭. I later tried wheat, hiyo ndio ilikuwa inanipeleka kwa baba sasa. I had even seen the pear gates start opening. I later tried cabbages, hizo zilibaki kwa shamba. Zilikuwa zimekuwa nyingi ulikuwa unapatia ng'ombe inakuangalia, inatingiza kichwa ni kama inajiuliza kati yako na hizo cabbage nani ndio mboga?

Farming was so hard, I had 46 Kgs, nilikuwa navaa gumboots nisibebwe na hiyo maji ya mvua kukinyesha. Time ya jua nilikiwa nabeba bag imejaa vitabu otherwise ningeenda na upepo.

I tried selling eggs and samosas. Siku ya kwanza niliuza mayai mbili na samosa moja. Nikakula zenye zilibaki zote 18. Nilikuwa nabelch nzi wanatoroka kwa nyumba. Saa hizo unatoka kwa nyumba 6 unazunguka mpaka 10pm.

Saa hii ata chakula siezi kaanga juu ya masaibu ya farming onions. Cabbages ata siezi guza kupelekea ng'ombe, huwa naona kama zitanipiga tena. Mayai ni story tu na kachumbari huwa siguzi kwa sherehe.

Employment is good lakini haina freedom. But peace of mind inasaidia at least mtu ananona huzungushi mshipi twice kwa waist.

What is it that you have done to eke a living? And how are you now compared to then?