It has been a while since my last post on steemit, almost a week now, longest time I have been absent from the community and I want to apologize for that, I have always maintained that there is a disparity between steemit and the real life. The lucky ones are those that are able to pair their everyday living with their posting habits but for those of us with mundane and uninteresting lives, it is up to our imaginations to create valuable content in the community.
Taking a moment to reminisce, I would say that my steemit journey has been very enlightening as I have met different and amazing people from all over the world, like everybody else that discovered this platform, I was enticed by the prospects of making some money while blogging, as time went by, my interest gradually morphed into a journey of self-discovery as I spent each day trying to create and share something new and enjoyable. This helped my creativity to flourish and grow as I discovered hidden talents I had possessed or kept idle all the prior years .
Although I had romanticized the idea of making some dough by just sharing my creativity online, I knew there would come a time when I would have to choose between my part-time schooling, my job, real-life and steemit, juggling the all of them has been quite a feat as I have maintained posting an average of once a day until last week when real-life came calling, I believe that, in life, there will come a point when you will have to face your life-defining moment and one of those moments is standing tall before me.
What I mean by "The man" got me - is an euphemism for the system, the financial banking system to be exact, for one week now I have been locked out of my bank account, due to a protocol(BVN) that was initiated in my country 3 years ago. it was a major issue for everyone at that time as bank accounts were threatened with closure if it doesn't have a BVN, it was even more dire for Nigerians in the diaspora like me but I managed to fulfil and enrolled successfully but 3 years later I get a mail telling me that there was a mismatch in my account and the information I submitted 3 freaking years ago, and now my account has been suspended indefinitely, I have been battling the issue with several calls but no headway yet. now I know I am not wrong in this case, if I was, their system would have picked it at least a week after my enrollment and account linkage with BVN not 3 years later, also, my account is not blocked from receiving funds, only withdrawal, how convenient.
That is the reason why I have been absent from the community, I must admit that this situation caught me like slow poison, each day I kept thinking I would solve the issue, while procrastinating my steemit activities, It first started with a declined transaction, thankfully the old man at the cashier is a gentle soul that let me buy my stuffs on credit and now it is becoming more serious as my fiat cash keeps dwindling, This issue has really opened my eyes to how I am truly powerless when it comes to my finance.
Apart from calling customer care and fighting with my bank issue, I have spent most of my time looking for a suitable bitcoin debit card, but it seems "The man" got to most of them also, as most of the bitcoin physical card has stopped service or still pending due to VISA, STRIPE and other financial power house cracking down on any crypto related services, the only method I found to be secure and long-lasting is by using my SKRILL account and pairing it with VIRWOX.
I do hope I can reach a resolution, I won't lie by saying I'm not depressed and lacking motivation to even post on steemit like before, I will try my best to keep posting although it might be irregular. I could even post tomorrow but my posting habits could be uncertain like my present predicament, my greatest fear on steemit is being forgotten, I do hope my account doesn't end up in that route.
Thanks for reading, I just felt I should let my steemit peeps know what I've been up to. peace and love :-)
