CAN YOU SHARE ONE OF YOUR CHALLENGES IN LIFE AND HOW DID YOU OVERCOME IT?
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I HAD TO OVERCOME WAS WHEN I HAD EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY MASTERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND AFTER THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS WITH MY FAMILY, I DECIDED TO LEAVE MY JOB BACK THEN TO PURSUE MY EDUCATION. AT THE TIME, MY FIRST BORN WAS AROUND 3 YEARS OLD AND SECOND CHILD WAS 6 MONTHS. I WAS TO START A NEW CHAPTER AND TRAVELLED TO NEW YORK WHICH WAS RENOWNED FOR BEING ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE WORLD, SO I LEFT MY JOB IN OMAN AND HAD TO MANAGE ABROAD WITH A TIGHT BUDGET. THE JOURNEY WAS FAR FROM EASY, I HAD TO METICULOUSLY PLAN MY FINANCES, QUICKLY FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH THE CITY AND ITS COMPLEX METRO SYSTEMS, AND OFTEN RESORTED TO COVERING SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCES ON FOOT, AVERAGING 10 TO 15 KILOMETERS EACH DAY. MY INTENTION EARLY ON WAS TO TAKE MY KIDS WITH ME AND EVEN FOUND A SCHOOL FOR THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I LIVED, HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND, STRONGLY INSISTED ON KEEPING THEM IN OMAN. HE ASSURED ME, SAYING, "IT'S ONLY TWO YEARS. I'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM. YOU GO, PURSUE YOUR STUDIES, AND RETURN SAFELY, IN SHAA ALLAH." WITH HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE MY GOAL, I WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE MY EDUCATION AND WALKED ACROSS THE GRADUATION STAGE WITH MY SON BY MY SIDE. THE CHEERS OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING MY HUSBAND, MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE IN THE END.
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