Don't call yourself righteous until you are financially buoyant enough to accommodate any lifestyle. My father always told me that doing the right and being poor are not always synonymous because the reason a lot of poor people are regarded as being good is because they don't have the capacity to do otherwise. At first it all seemed like "Business as usual" which is my dad being philosophical about literally anything but as I looked way past the simplicity of how it all sounded, I discovered it was nothing more than the gospel truth after also becoming a living testimony to its Tenets.
There are countless habits we exhibit or things we do that are detrimental to the body and mind yet we keep on doing them even though we are aware of their consequences. It gets extremely worse when you can access these so-called pleasures at will despite the cost. For some it is alcohol, others it might be cigarettes, any form of high, constant partying and the list goes on. Mine is nothing life threatening at the moment but regardless of this it is still an addiction that needs to be contained before it turns into a massive problem health wise.
The year 2023 was one of the best I have ever experienced as an adult. I was still an undergraduate then but felt untouchable for one significant reason, I had more than enough cash to sustain throughout the entire session due to the fact that I had enough time to work my butt off thanks to the 8 months of academic strike that kick started two weeks after the previous semester. During this particular period, I birth a new conviction to go all in towards building a chiseled physique at the gym. The training was super demanding with me ending every session exhausted and burnt out. To boost my energy for the rest of the activities I had through the remaining hours of the day, I decided to start taking energy drinks to work its magic. What started off as just a harmless choice to add my shortcomings slowly transformed into a mistake that I am still struggling to rectify to this very day.
From taking just one bottle daily, it evolved to five. It got so bad that whenever I was thirsty the first thing that came to my mind was getting my favorite energy drink brand - FEARLESS. The very product I ran to for physical support became an addiction that I could hardly control. This continued for over a year until I hit my broke phase where I could not even afford these little things. The crazy thing about this whole phase is that I was not even able to keep it under control despite trying. It took being pocket pregnant to keep it to the bare minimum.
Mind you I still take Fearless atleast once or twice a week but it is still better than what it was. Maybe I am not trying hard enough but who knows? I know Fearless is bad for the liver, I even did back then yet I still gulped bottles of it like my life depended on it. One day I'll definitely overcome this so called "necessity" but it won't be anytime soon.
P.s. All images are mine
