Don't worry about the pressure or the responsibility. Just live in it, have fun, and when everything seems to be going right, just stay humble and remember your family.
It was supposed to be very simple, go out, and quickly get back home while maintaining the smile that I left home with, but...No! Going out to meet people is always very exhausting.
I am not worried about it, but still, it lingers in my mind. The direction the world has decided to move toward is quite... fascinating. Hmm, my world, yeah. The pressure that comes with being from a country like Nigeria. It never ends! The bully from the government toward the citizens, and I can't help but snarl at their actions. Not like they can see me anyway.
Lately, I have found myself thinking of the future more often than normal, and that has been putting lots of pressure on me. Just a few years back, building houses, shopping, traveling was cheaper... Well, it's not so cheap. It was expensive! And things weren't too good but it was better. However, the state of the country's economy now makes my heart beat a million times.
If we had thought those few years were expensive, then now is worse. Just going to the market alone seems like going to a war zone. Everything has added a price that it becomes so scary that I can't keep asking myself;
"Will things ever return to the “few years” normal?" Like, how are we to make it in an insane world like this?
It is superbly abnormal having to face these as they bring in the heaviest weight of stress straight to my heart. Oh, my fragile little piece of gem that keeps me alive while the country's economy is holding a sharp ninja sword right on my neck. It is exhausting to think, to go out and to come back home. It just feels like being alive is way too much to bear in this current state.
However, I have decided not to get pressured, and this is me telling the country whether it hears me or not that;
"Don't pressure me! And let me breathe with a nice Nigerian song."
Now, I have decided not to get stuck in thinking about the future and instead appreciate the present world I am in now. It won't be easy not thinking too much about the future, but worrying too much about it won't make all the problems in the country disappear, or would it?
Therefore, I have decided to just take a deep long breath and continue doing what I do best at work and home and continue building myself while looking out for genuine opportunities as well. In doing these, I am very sure that I will make it in life. I'll be able to travel around the country, eat what I like, and live my life truly because I am a rocking star.
Also, I intend to listen to music more, and also embrace nature more, and count the stars at night. I do hope doing this will help clear my mind as I keep on writing here.
...and just to be sure the country's economy gets my message well, if it pressures me, I'll gladly delete it and move straight away to a better place and with that, here's another song to go.
This is my response to the Weekend-Engagement Concept by @galenkp. You can join in as well, following the set rules in the community.
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Still yours truly,
Balikis.
Thanks for reading and listening.
Peace be unto those who crave it and more to those who chase it away.