This will dictate if you will make it big in Canada 🇨🇦 or not
“Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.”
Today, I want to talk to those of you who are juggling multiple shifts and grabbing every extra hour you can get in your minimum-wage job.
You do that to make some extra cash to support your family back in India or even pay down your debt faster.
I get it. But let me ask you something...
Till when are you going to keep this up?
It’s a genuine question.
You haven’t even considered what your life will look like in the next 5 years if you keep doing what you are currently doing.
Let me paint you a picture:
⚠️ You're still living pay-check to pay-check, but now the stakes are higher.
⚠️ Your parents are getting old, and they want to visit you. They need your support, but on your salary, you can barely support yourself.
⚠️ Your body aches constantly from years of physical labor.
⚠️ Vacations? You can barely pay rent after all the expenses. The last time you saw India was at your cousin's wedding 3 years ago.
⚠️You're juggling 2-3 part-time jobs now just to make ends meet. No benefits, no job security, always on edge about the next shift.
⚠️ You can't even think about buying a house in Canada. Property prices are higher than ever, while your wages have barely budged.
⚠️ Worst of all? The regret. It gnaws at you every single day.
🛑"If only I had made a change back then," you think. "If only I had aimed higher."
This isn't some far-fetched nightmare.
This is the reality for countless immigrants who never break out of the minimum wage cycle.
Is this the future you want? Is this why you came to Canada?
Your minimum-wage job might be keeping you afloat now.
But think about the time when you want to get married, have kids, buy your first home in Canada.
That minimum wage pay-check won't cut it then.
The next 5 years of your life will shape everything that comes after.
And those 5 years? They depend entirely on the decisions you make today.
Your field job isn't just about a bigger pay-check. It’s about…
✅ Setting yourself up for the life you want 5, 10, 20 years down the line.
✅ Being able to spend quality time with your family instead of working double shifts.
✅ Having the means to give your future kids the opportunities you dreamed of.
✅ Finally being able to buy that house and put down roots in Canada.
All of this comes with getting your first field job!
And that comes with the choices you make today.
Concluding with Ishank’s line here: "Shi jagah mehnat karoge toh zindagi badalte der nhi lagti."
Change your life while you can. The alternative is full of regrets.
Keep Blooming,
Bani Singh