My country people would say that "the cost of living wants to kill the living." And while it is a funny expression, i can tell you for certain that it so truly describes the economic ailment that we presently are riddled by.
Things have been increasingly difficult. I like to speak positive things and be as optimistic as I can, but this is the turnout of things at the moment.
I run most of my finances through my sister. I send the money into her account, and she transfers it to me irrespective of the amount. Sometimes, on most days, we make over three of those transactions, and not rarely do they run into tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of naira.
She was just telling me recently that I withdrew so much money a lot, and soon, she'd place a limit on the amount I can get in a day. You can imagine the audacity...lol. But that's just how things are now.
Nothing is cheap anymore. Everything is on the rise. Road transport fares are increasing daily. The cost of data and subscription doesn't come cheap anymore(to think it doesn't even last as long in spite of the price hike). You don't even want to talk about how expensive feeding is whether you're cooking at home or getting takeout.
You go to the market today to get something, and when you go back the next day or even hours later, you would be so shocked to hear that the price has increased. I think we're getting increasingly used to the hike these days, which isn't a good thing. But, I mean, this is the situation we find ourselves and there's only little that we can do and we must all attend to our basic needs in order to survive so..yeah.
Since becoming older and having to take responsibility for my financial dealings and for myself, I've well appreciated the people who have helped me and offered financial assistance to me in whatever capacities.
Adulthood is no walk in the park.
The situation of this country in which I reside is nothing to write about. With each breaking day, it seems to be getting worse, and nothing is being done to make the situation easy.
I can't peg a figure to my daily expenses. Some days, I spend less depending on where I have to go/if I have to go anywhere at all and where I am in that moment(like home or not). But daily, it runs in thousands of naira.
I've lived in a different location where i still had to fend for me, and it wasn't easy. The situation on the ground cuts across the different locations of the country and doesn't take from it that daily I spend on transportation, feeding, and data subscription.
That said, I do think that if my earning power was increased, then maybe I'd have better grounds and a cushion for the effect of this ins.ane inflation that bedevils this country.
I hope that this was interesting to read. Thanks for coming around.
