Holidays are always the best time in the life of a person. You don't get to bother too much about work, school, etc. It's a time I always want to enjoy all the days of my life. Only if wishes were horses, then I think I'll be enjoying the holiday season all my life.
The holiday is completely over now, but then, the whole fun time is still yet to leave my body fully. Take me back to when I was a little kid who didn't have to bother about anything. Gone are the days when holidays had nothing on me. You don't even know what it means to say bye-bye to holidays.
Adulthood is really a big scam! Gone are the days when I just sat at home doing nothing as a young promising boy with my dad, mom, and siblings. But it's no longer like that. Now you really have to face reality. Which has been a thing** many find hard to stick to their head. I remember when I was still in my secondary school days that year; I usually wanted to run away whenever we were about to go back to our city where I was schooling then.
Because the pain of letting go of my siblings again is a big pain in the ass. It was quite unfortunate for me that I turned out to be very stubborn that year as a kid, and because of that, my dad will never let me go stay with my siblings because he already concluded in his mind that they won't be able to have full charge of me.
And that impression alone has given him the feelings that I'll end up becoming a wayward child. And for that reason, he refused to let me stay there with them. I was staying with him and my mom that year. And trust me when I say I only get to see my siblings 4-5 times a year.
Which was crazy and had a way of making me miss them more and always want to be with them because I was the only child missing out and it was just so unfair on me because I was really just a chill guy that year🤭😌. But then, my dad wouldn't believe that, and therefore, he decided to hold me in his custody.
I remembered all of that after crossing over to the new year and just laughed so hard because I realized that I now have more access with my siblings and friends, which wasn't a thing I used to do before. I was sincerely able to realize that life is just a stage that we'd have to work hard to pass.
Now That There's Freedom, What Next?
Now that I no longer stay with my parents, I just wonder what's really next, and I sometimes miss those days when I was really just a chill guy. Now, you just have to face reality always and stick to doing whatever thing you're supposed to do after the whole break.
Adulthood alone is something that's not for the weak. Now that the whole celebration is over, you low-key have to start fighting for your dear life and future. They don't tell a person twice. When you get to some stage where it's just you against the world, you'll realize more why you need to come back on track after the whole celebration.
It can be tiring to get back on track after a holiday. You realizing the whole fun time you've had will be off for a while, you also realizing the money you've spent and how bad you've got to recover, merging school and businesses together, etc.
It really can be so hard to recover from something sometimes, but then, the truth is that if you do all of this for yourself, then who's going to do it for you? No one!! Not even your parents will be there to save you by encouraging you to do better or something.
It's you against the world again, man. I just had to tell myself the truth, which was that if I don't do it for myself, no one will. There's always going to be holidays, and if you do accomplish what plan you've got for this year, then it'll be tough for you to celebrate yourself when the next holiday is here. This wakes me up always and helps bring me back on track.
Achieving my goals is something that brings me back on track most of the time. I'm so glad to see how things are beginning to fall into place for me from the beginning of the new year. I really can't explain how happy I am seeing myself fulfilling the plans I've got this year little by little.
Thank you for taking the time to go through my content. It's a pleasure to have you stop by, and I hope you've learned lots of lessons from the community's weekly prompt. This post is in response to the #Hivenaija weekly contest, edition 81.