{"id":1424,"date":"2021-02-12T05:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T03:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2021-02-12T05:02:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T03:02:33","slug":"imstaying-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/articles\/startups\/imstaying-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#ImStaying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>#ImStaying when I lost my job due to COVID-19 I had to move back home. I was hurt and devastated so my Dad asked me why I do not do what I am good at, \u201cFarming &#8221; Even though I never studied it. I took my last money and bought a pocket of potatoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-masonry aligncenter blockspare-blocks blockspare-masonry-wrapper blockspare-original\"><div class=\"has-gutter\"><ul class=\"has-grid-lrg has-gutter-10\"><li class=\"blockspare-gallery-item\"><figure class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134237262_1504278649764124_8768064768509162312_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1426\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/?attachment_id=1426\" class=\"wp-image-1426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134237262_1504278649764124_8768064768509162312_o.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134237262_1504278649764124_8768064768509162312_o-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134237262_1504278649764124_8768064768509162312_o-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134237262_1504278649764124_8768064768509162312_o-600x279.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blockspare-gallery-item\"><figure class=\"blockspare-gallery-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134438620_1504278533097469_2200914209251851966_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1427\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/?attachment_id=1427\" class=\"wp-image-1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134438620_1504278533097469_2200914209251851966_o.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134438620_1504278533097469_2200914209251851966_o-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134438620_1504278533097469_2200914209251851966_o-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134438620_1504278533097469_2200914209251851966_o-600x292.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I planted them with no equipment, but I manage. Yesterday I harvested my potatoes. It was the best feeling. Me being unemployed has reminded me of my Gift. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/imstaying?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUAjw1_JnqClKss4FEKqtCb5T1LF2x7X1hnhQLzKpXWw9ygPs44Jd4U9HSgwUn8Du7eiJxnfXEr4odbiM-XeFlbGx6Kp831qBpOy2hyPeEu1YzZpEu7ieLpwHRjn3KZLRTBHRR4q8nqHWRAOPgMRHbD&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#ImStaying<\/a> A proud Village girl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Mbilana Entle Mbalentle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#ImStaying when I lost my job due to COVID-19 I had to move back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulars","category-startups"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg",1000,750,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-768x576.jpg",640,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg",640,480,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg",1000,750,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg",1000,750,false],"magazine-7-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg",1000,750,false],"magazine-7-slider-center":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-936x750.jpg",936,750,true],"magazine-7-featured":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o.jpg",1000,750,false],"magazine-7-medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-720x380.jpg",720,380,true],"magazine-7-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/134078270_1504278586430797_9164651291254630382_o-675x450.jpg",675,450,true]},"author_info":{"info":["TheLife Team"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/category\/regulars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Regulars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/category\/articles\/startups\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Start Ups<\/a>","tag_info":"Start Ups","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424\/revisions\/1428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}