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A quick funny story, "My late dad loved to drink beer but my mum didn't like it, especially because his head abi brain "no dey carry alcohol" But based on being with friends he ends up drinking, and just a bottle renders him drunk more than his friends who takes more than one, I am saying this because I have witnessed it so many times.
Well, when he is back, the both of them will have this fight of him refusing to heed her advice and stick to what will not be too much for his head. The funny thing is that end/ beginning of the year when these two couples sit to talk about their plans, and my mom brings up his habit of drinking and advises him to always refuse alcohol even when he is with his friends, my dad will make a promise, "A new year resolution" to do away with alcohol but.., to the shock his dear wife and my self, my late father, go back to drinking after avoiding it for a few days or at most a week.
Well, I have done that too many times that I can count and the truth is I realized that I have become addicted and so, yeah, I can do without but I still choose to not because I don't know how to do it and it has become a habit.
My entry on This Week's Prompts that says:
It's a new year, and we want to be better versions of ourselves. Tell us about the recurring expenses in your life that you can do without but still do. What relevance are they to you, and what would it be like to be without them?
I could do without buying and eating already-made food from restaurants and making a decision to use the money to cook food in my house, food that could take me almost two or three days but the truth is, I can not do without that because first I am a lazy ass person who doesn't like cooking, one who looses interest immediately she finishes cooking even if the food was something she wanted to eat, immediately the food is ready and down from the cooking gas, she loses interest and gives it out even after taking out time to prepare the food.
My friends said, "You don't like eating good food, that is why you are not adding flesh like everyone else, all you do day in and day out is eat junk that does not help your life in any way" She isn't wrong though, I wish I can change but I can not help it.
I am not a foodie and could do without eating a full day if I don't feel like eating but I can never go a day without feeling like eating junk as long as I have the money with me. During this period I have been at home, anytime I am opportune to leave the house, I make sure to buy enough that will take me till the time I will be leaving my room again. eating junk, as many times as I go out to buy something, I make sure to get something for the house, and these alone as eaten more money than I can calculate. Most days, I take five to six of these things, one-time time sitting position. I know I should stop this, but I can not help it, because I am used to it although I am working on reducing the intake of it daily but I can not still do without it because I am used to it.
This is my entry to Hive Naija Weekly Prompts || Edition 27
PS: The second and third images are mine