I realised something about life last year and I had to change my approach towards life. I was among those who got locked in a world, almost unreachable by parents just because I felt I needed to make money first before showing up so that I would have enough to give to them because it appeared like a shame for not making it already at this stage of my life. But I had to realise that we don't need to distance ourselves from people because we want to focus mainly on chasing money.

After we got the money, what's next? By then we've realised that we've lost a lot already. What if in the period of snubbing parents to look for money, the parents die? What would become the worth of money?

There's no manual for this life because what works for you might not work for me, but then, we just need to do everything possible to be at peace with oneself, family and friends even as we go about hunting for money. There’s absolutely no need to be at war with yourself, your family, or your friends just because you have a target to meet. Mingling with these people won’t set you back. No, no, no, there’s no need for that.

Are we on earth to chase money?

If you think about how we are so eager to make money, you'll just conclude that we are born into this world to make money. Yeah, that's how it looks but that's not actually how it's supposed to be. But now, everything has been capitalized on money. We just have to balance things up and even if we can't give attention to everything equally, we just have to try our best.

Look at this;

*In the city where I reside, most of the shops have the habit of closing late at night. I always wonder how they keep up with families for the ones who have families and how they attend to their other parts of life. The single ones, I always wonder how they get to make their food and eat good food, most of them settle on buying cooked foods or junks from roadside eateries. They want everyone to adopt that style of hunting for money but as for me, I've decided not to follow them. I am not married, I'm a guy who needs to hang out with friends once in a while and build relationships. I don't like settling for junks, so I make my food. If I were to dedicate all the time of the day to 10pm every day to chase money, how would I be able to put a meaningful relationship in my life?

That's why I've decided to lock my shop from 6:30pm to 7pm and go home to have a little me time because everything is not about work, work, and money.*

Thanks for reading.

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