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Harmony Koko Nigeria
CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST (IN TRAINING) @ TD AFRICA (TECHERDEMY)
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One More Squeeze
<p><strong>One More Squeeze</strong></p><p>I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve picked up a tube of toothpaste, convinced there was nothing left.</p><p>Still, almost out of habit, I’d give it one more squeeze.</p><p>And somehow, there was always enough for one more brush.</p><p>Maybe life is like that too.</p><p>Earlier today, I sat down to prepare my budget for the month. I went over the figures again and again, hoping I’d find something I could remove. Something unnecessary. Something I could live without.</p><p>I found none.<br/><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/pexels-ann-h-45017-38473092.jpg"/></p><p>Every line was a responsibility.</p><p>I stared at the numbers for a while, hoping they would somehow make more sense the second or third time around.</p><p>They didn’t.</p><p>A tear slipped down my face</p><p>Alright... maybe more than one.</p><p>Not because I couldn’t do the maths, but because I couldn’t understand how so many necessary things had become too much for one income to carry.</p><p>I found myself asking:</p><p>Why is this so hard?</p><p>Will it always be like this?</p><p>Then something shifted.</p><p>I realized I had been squeezing the wrong thing.</p><p>I had spent all my energy trying to reduce my expenses, hoping that if I trimmed enough, everything would finally fit.</p><p>But what if the answer wasn’t another cut?</p><p>What if the answer was another stream?<br/><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/pexels-thngocbich-636246.jpg"/></p><p>I stopped looking for another expense to remove and started looking for another way to earn.</p><p>The numbers on my budget didn’t change.</p><p>But my perspective did.</p><p>The problem hadn’t disappeared, but the heaviness had.</p><p>Hope quietly found its way back into the room.</p><p>Maybe that’s what one more squeeze really means.</p><p>Before you convince yourself, there’s nothing left, pause for a moment.</p><p>Perhaps it’s your creativity.</p><p>Your courage.</p><p>Your willingness to begin again.</p><p>Sometimes, you don’t need a better answer.</p><p>You just need to try a different path.</p><p>So, the next time you pick up a tube of toothpaste and think it’s empty, don’t be too quick to throw it away.</p><p>There might still be something left.</p><p>Sometimes...</p><p>All it takes is one more squeeze.</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/pexels-rdne-7491011.jpg"/></p>

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