The last couple of months has been so crazy and hectic in so many ways. Life has been playing a lot of mind games with not just me but also with the people around me. The likes of my friends in the tertiary institution and i have been living mainly from hands to mouth for as long as I can remember. I don’t even think any of us has that which many people out there call SAVINGS at this point in time. This is to tell you how crazy it is over here, each and every penny we receive or make is literally going to settlement of bills and other expenses, all of which includes eating, transportation and other major areas like manual and textbook purchases…
I thought things would get better with time, but right now i doubt if anything will get better at all. Until those leading us don’t get taken down, nothing is going to improve, which means we are in this for a long time. When we talk about the cost of living right now, this same cost of living is about to kill the living. There is inflation everywhere, prices of everything including goods and transportation cost has increased drastically. At this rate, don’t be surprised when these people come asking for our necks, especially when we don’t have anything to offer anymore. Our blood is about to be dried out…
The craziest part of this whole situation is the fact that one of the things which has been keeping us alive, strong and going, even amidst this tough times has been raised to the bar. Oh yes, the cost of our internet 🛜 subscription has been raised to the bar, everything has been altered, the price has been inflated. At this rate, we might have to pack our bags to head back to the village soon…
The area i am right now happens to be a student area, over here the cost of things is double the amount i spend back home, it is fair to say being at home is better than being in school. The traders and retailers over here has turned us to ATMs, they don’t miss any opportunity to milk us, especially the retailers within the four walls of our institution. These sellers sell their goods at 2x the price of what is being sold outside the school premises, while those outside the school premises sell at a lesser price, but it’s still quite high than the amount it costs at home. At-least it’s better and much preferable than the price placed on these goods by those within the school premises…
The bitter truth is that we don’t have any other option than to buy at such inflated prices. I stopped calculating the amount i spend a day since i became a tertiary institution student, i don’t even know how it happens, in a twinkle of an eye the cash i withdrew a day ago has finished and before i know it i am withdrawing another. I just don’t know how i spend them. Transportation, petty bills and feeding just takes my money away nowadays, and for the sake of my sanity i decided to stop calculating my daily expenses…
I have decided to live the way my situation demands, in as much as i keep working hard to earn every penny I spend, i will definitely be okay, the only thing i hope for is that one day everything will much better, but deep down i don’t believe that it is, that’s just the reality of everything…
Honestly, I can’t say for sure if things would be much better if I changed location, i think each and every country has that one area where they fall short and need to improve on, the cost of living in my country might be less compared to other countries, but then the only thing that is causing so much havoc for us here is the fact that there is no increment in salaries and wages to combat the inflation on these areas. I think other countries are doing better in this regard than us, at-least there is a stable source of income to combat any inflation over there…
In summary, the only thing that will make life a bit easier for me is deflation, let everything go back to its initial price, at least there will be higher chances of survival, but I doubt if that can ever happen…
In conclusion, the goal right now is to never stop earning because there’s more to come from where this came from and before it gets any more difficult, i better start getting prepared. I just know it won’t catch me unaware this time around. Fingers crossed 🤞…
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THANKS FOR READING…