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How to Receive A Raise On Your Paycheck!

Why Having A Home Based Business Is A Must!

By Tanya Evans-BarnesPublished 5 years ago 7 min read
You COULD Pay More...but Why?

BEFORE TRAVORIUM: I've worked a J.O.B(Just Over Broke) since I was 14 years old. My first job was painting a church for a summer work job. I was always taught to get good grades, go to college, get a good job, and I would be successful. I've done fast food, to watching children at a daycare in order to make extra money. After high school, I joined the Air Force, and thought that I'd be travelling around the world, making all this money...little did I know, I was actually setting myself up for failure. I ended up getting married, having children, and working two jobs just to be able to take care of the two children that I had; and even that wasn't enough! It seemed like the more money we made, the less money we had after all the bills were taken care of...and that put a financial strain on my marriage, on top of other things, so it ended quicker than it began.

Now I was divorced, with two children, and no support. Year after year, I worked hundreds of hours at a job I didn't like, and not having enough time to spend with my children was the worst. They were growing up so fast, and I missed it. I was always at work, or when I wasn't working, I would take a hour or two to go karaoke...a song always tame the savage beast. Everyday seemed like a repeat cycle... Get up, get kids breakfast and off to school/daycare, go to work, come home, help kids with schoolwork, make dinner, get kids bathed, get my bath, go to sleep... only to wake up to do it all over again. In between all of that, dead end relationships, and more dead end jobs.

At the age of 26, the unexpected happened; it would be a day that I would never forget. January 23, 2005; it was a snowy day on the Eastside of Cleveland, Ohio. I was in my bed, asleep, when I was awaken by a loud bang. I got out the bed, looked out the upstairs bedroom window and looked around. I didn't see anything, so I went into my sons room and when I saw that they wasn't there, I remembered that they stayed the night over my mom's house, so I went back to bed. A few minutes later, I heard another loud bang, but this time, it sounded a lot closer. I thought to myself, "That sounds like gunshots". The house was empty, it was only me and my boyfriend inside the house and now the second sound was so loud, it woke him up. We got back in the bed, and I asked him, "What if someone is outside shooting, and one of the bullets hit one of us?" No sooner than I said that, I heard a voice that said, "BRACE YOURSELF"! I remember thinking, "Brace myself for what?" Next thing you know, I felt pressure and heat on the entire right side of my body, and I jumped over my boyfriend, onto the floor, and started crawling low to the floor on my belly, like I learned in the military, and I was yelling, "I'm Hit, I'm Hit!"

My boyfriend must have thought I was joking because he said, "QUIT PLAYING"! But soon realize that I wasn't because as I was crawling away, the blanket and covers on the bed followed. Once I got myself out the room, I could hear my boyfriend on the phone calling 911, and he was in my son's room to look out their windows to see if he could see anyone. I sat up and tried to take the blanket and covers off, but it was stuck to my leg... someone shot me! I was taken by ambulance to Metro Health hospital, where I was tortured even more when they were trying to drain the blood and fluid out of my leg. There weren't able to locate the bullet, so they gave me a prescription of antibiotics, and 15 Percocet; put a piece of gauze on the entry of the wound, put my right leg into a leg immobilizer, and told me to come back on Monday...I was shot on a Wednesday.

I left that hospital, and my boyfriend took me straight to Cleveland Clinic where I had to be rushed into emergency surgery because the bullet had now travelled up my leg, and lodged itself in my hip. The doctors stated that I may not walk again due to the damage of the nerves in my leg. The bullet shattered my right kneecap and part of my femur bone. I was in therapy for almost 3 years, it's extremely painful to do, but I can walk. Thank you Jesus for that! I ended up losing my job, and everything else after that. It was just so frustrating! How would I be able to take care of my kids, if I can't work? I didn't want to get on public assistance, and the money that I was getting in for child support wasn't gonna be enough for nothing. What was I gonna do?

I ended up moving to North Carolina and starting over with my two sons; who was now 9 and 8 years old. As soon as I got to North Carolina, within two weeks, I found a job, a place, and I even met a young man; I thought things were looking up for me, so I decided to stay. The first job didn't last, and now, I found myself in a state where I have no family, no friends...but I was determined not to go back, I was going to make a life here with my children. The first summer in NC, I took my sons to Cleveland to spend the summer with my mom, and I went back to NC to work and not have to worry about them. None of these things that I did made me successful, stressed, but not successful. I finally took a job on Fort Bragg as a cook; and I really thought things were going to get better; it was a really good job, with great pay, and awesome benefits. I would work there for the next 10 years, not knowing that life would take another jab at me.

My baby brother was murdered November 18, 2012, I asked for time off to go home to say goodbye, and my job told me that I couldn't have time off because the company was downsizing and there we going to be layoffs in the company. To make a long story short, when I came back to work from my brother's homegoing, I was greeted with a pink slip. March 4, 2013 I decided I would never allow a job to run my life. I didn't punch a clock for awhile after that. I decided that I would change my story, and with God's help, I can do ALL things! I started pursuing my passion; Singing and Comedy. I started performing locally, and even though I LOVED it, it wasn't paying the bills. I knew that was what I really wanted to do, so I decided I would travel to different states and cities, do some open mics, etc...but that would require me to have money...and I didn't have much of that going around either.

Then came TRAVORIUM! It was like a breath of fresh air! A friend of the family came by and mentioned that he had some information that he wanted to share with me. He wouldn't tell me anything but, "Watch all the videos, take the survey, and then we'll talk." I thought was simple enough, so I did. After watching the videos, so many thoughts ran through my mind. Things like, "This is a scam, or, this is too good to be true!" Then I started thinking, "I'm not going to be able to start a business, I'm not smart enough!" At this point in my life, I've tried all types of things to get me where I want to go...which is I want to become Financially WEALTHLY! I thought this was another get rich quick scheme, but boy, how wrong I was!

The integrity of the CEO/Founders, David and Adella Hart; I call them the people with HUGE Hearts! This would be the BEST decision that I would ever make in my life! My entire LIFESTLYE has done a 360! Never in a million years did I think I would actually come across an opportunity, that I thought was too good to be true...until I partnered with Travorium! I've travelled more in this pandemic than I've ever travelled before! The compensation plan is like NO OTHER out here! Period! I've enjoyed numerous different vacations in 2020 alone; paying less than $100, and some even being FREE! I thank God for the visionaries of this business. This is business is not only about money, it's about LIIFESTYLE! Take a look and see what we have to offer, I'm so blessed to be apart of this business; I already see my multi-millionaire status changing. Come along and enjoy this ride with me. You can so by simply going to www.Travorium.com/JubileeEscapes. If you want instant saving on hotels, please become one of my customers by creating a free vacation account! There you can earn travel points every time you book your travel. You can even share your replicated site that you will receive; that way, when other's use your replicated site, they will receive travel points, and you will receive travel points...EVERYONE WINS!

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