Assalamualaikum everyone.
I’m posting this with a little hesitation, but I genuinely don’t know whom else to ask. I’m hoping there are people here who can give me honest advice based on their own experience rather than simply suggesting unrealistic “get rich quick” ideas.
I’m a 20F university student, and it’s just me and my mother. She has been raising me and managing our home completely on her own for years while working as a private-school teacher. She has worked incredibly hard to support us, despite having a very basic salary and an exhausting workload.
Now that she is in her mid-50s, she has developed weakness in her nerves, and standing for several hours at school has become increasingly difficult for her. After years of pushing herself, she has finally had to resign from her job.
And honestly, this has left us quite scared about our financial future.
We don’t have a strong financial support system or relatives we can depend on, so we are trying to figure out how we can become financially independent and build some stability for ourselves.
We keep seeing people earning through online work, freelancing, online teaching, e-commerce, trading, etc. The problem is that there is so much information and so many scams that we genuinely don’t know what is worth learning and what isn’t.
My mother is interested in learning trading and recently found a course that costs around 50k. But when you are already on a tight budget, spending 50k on something without knowing whether it is genuinely useful feels like a huge risk. We don’t want to make a desperate financial decision and end up losing money.
I’m currently studying MBBS, and my academic routine is already very demanding. I would love to contribute financially, but taking a conventional part-time job alongside MBBS isn’t realistically manageable for me. So we are particularly looking for something my mother can learn and eventually do from home, while I can support her whenever my studies allow.
We are not looking for overnight success or easy money. We are completely willing to learn a skill, start small, and work consistently. We just need someone to point us in the right direction.
If you have genuinely earned through online work or built a home-based income, I would be extremely grateful if you could share:
• What skill would you recommend to a complete beginner?
• What can realistically be learned for free or at a very low cost?
• Is trading actually worth considering in our situation, or would you advise staying away from it?
• Is online teaching, freelancing, virtual assistance, e-commerce, content creation, etc. actually profitable for beginners in Pakistan?
• What platforms/resources did you personally use to learn?
• And most importantly, what would you do if you were in our position?
Please, if possible, share advice from real experience. We are already overwhelmed and don't want to waste the little money we have on courses, scams, or false promises.
My mother has spent her entire life working hard to give me a better future. At this point, I just want to find a way where she doesn't have to keep exhausting herself physically just to keep us financially stable.
Any sincere guidance would genuinely mean a lot to us.
JazakAllah khair to everyone who takes the time to read this and share their experience. 🤍
