Cleanliness is next to godliness, as the popular saying goes. This is because even the Almighty God is a God of order.
When it comes to the issue of a person's cleanliness and hygiene, it is more of a personal issue and a thing of priority from an individual standpoint.
I can remember at a very tender age my mom already taught me to wash my clothes because I could get myself really messed up from playing football, but the moment I started washing, I also reduced the intensity of my play in order not to get too dirty because the dirtier my clothes were, the more scrubbing I had to do.
This topic reminds me of many times I go for event decoration jobs and we have to eat. I always want to wash my hands first before eating, but most of the people I work with will be like, "Disease no dey kill African man," and some of them will just eat like that.
Money really doesn't have anything to do with individual cleanliness, but a person's work schedule can affect their cleaning routine, especially when they live alone, but a person who takes their hygiene seriously will find time to take care of their immediate environment.
Because you are an extension of what you do in your closet, no matter how you pretend, you will surely exhibit your true nature.
After suffering a toilet infection one time from the use of a public toilet, I made it a point of duty to always wash my toilet twice a week, and one of my friends said to me one time, Your toilet is so neat one can actually eat here. That's how much I value my personal hygiene, and trust me, it has got nothing to do with the amount I make right now.
But personal hygiene and cleanliness can be a problem for kids born with a silver spoon whose parents have house help and machines to do chores for them, especially when they are not taught, because the reality is those kids grow up, leave for school, and begin to struggle to keep up with chores like having to do the dishes, laundry, and other house chores.
I once met someonewho can keep dirty clothes for weeks before washing; most times he's only forced to wash when all his clothes are dirty and he can no longer wear them out.
But when the value of maintaining proper hygiene is understood, it could have a vast impact on society because even the way we sometimes dump refuse, especially plastic and polyurethane waste, will affect our environment.
I discovered at some point that when I don't wash my plates after eating, the next morning tiny cockroaches would have a free day, but when they are washed and properly kept, those cockroaches don't have any food to feed on, so they don't come.
Conclusively, I would like to point out that lack of proper hygiene is a lack of any sense of responsibility to humanity and ourselves and not a function of money earned by an individual.
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