In the day in which the judgement of Sapa cometh, thou shalt remember those days in which thou spendest thy resources frivolously. - Book of Sapa.
I know you must be laughing right now, as I am wondering how this came to my headđ đ
You there reading this if youâre still wondering what sapa means then youâre probably not in a public university in Nigeria or a youngster that follows what goes on with the trend on twitter.
The word âSapaâ means the absence of sufficient resources needed to survive. At one point or the other you must have experienced sapa, this means you must have gone through times where, you didnât have enough money to pay for the basic necessities of life or you didnât have resources to cater for an urgent need.
What brings sapa(want/need) is most times as a result of our laissez-a-faire attitude to our spending lifestyle and finances. Many of us as soon as we receive a certain amount of money, in our heads how to spend it has already been constructed with very little regard for the days where we wonât have much.
Steps to take to avoid Sapa
- Never spend above your means:
Most often, there is always this urge within us to splurge our money on things we canât afford just to show off to our friends that we have arrived and massage our ego.
This is a big trap that can invite the enemy called sapa.
- Take records on how much you spend each day:
This is a very difficult thing to do, even for me writing this post, as one cannot determine or predict how much he or she is going to spend per day, but if at the end of the day you take records of how much you spent and what you bought, it helps keep track of your finances and control your spending to a certain level.
- Cultivate the habit of delayed gratification:
Hmm, when it comes to this, many of us fault badly. Delayed gratification, in my own terms, means denying yourself the opportunity to purchase something you want but you donât need urgently, even though you might have the money, till you actually have more than that amount. It helps to build a certain level of self-control. I have personally developed this habit of not making any unnecessary purchase until I have about 2-3 times the amount of the item I want to purchase. If you canât afford to do this, work with something that suits you.
- Save to Invest:
When you earn a very large sum of money, I would advice after removing money for your basic necessities, invest the rest like, you can invest the money in cryptocurrencies like hive where you would actually make a profit and let your money work for you. This advice I got from 
There are many more ways that can prevent sapa from visiting your doorsteps, but with these steps outlined above, you should be able to control your spendings and avoid sapa for a long time while also making money.