Current situation on ground for most of you is that your mouth is dry like sand in the desert and there’s nothing to push your ministry ahead. It’s worse for others that have lost touch with the greatest ministry of all- stomach infrastructure. If you’ve gotten to the level that your funds can no longer meet the cravings that your brain is asking for, then welcome to Sapa.
You can survive it though, and I’ll tell you how.
Have emergency savings:
It doesn’t matter if you’re earning 20k or 200k, your bills would most likely be proportional to what you earn and it’s in your best interest to put some 10% together for emergencies. If you’re one of those with “strong faith” that invests it in religious ponzis, maybe you should also have some faith in emergency wallets before you keep whining about how terrible your existence is when hunger hits you on the 23rd of the month.
Avoid cruise shopping, actively:
There’s some ridiculous confidence that enters your soul from time to time when you see someone flexing off and you’re like “How much does that even cost? I can buy you and your grandpa.” Sweetheart, calm down and face your front. You can’t afford it, so shut up and mind the thing that concerns you.
Always remember that there’s food at home:
Food vendors invest so much in aesthetics and even I get tempted a lot of times to do the chop life geng and look away. The thing is the debit alert that will flood you won’t look away. Invest your money in beans and don’t let pride prevent you from offering visitors garri. Buhari won’t succeed in sending you to the village, abeg jazz up.
Turn down as many POS transactions as you can:
This “Do you have your card here?” thing is a trap. You swipe it in three different places and you’re wrecked for that month. All the ‘let me quickly transfer it to you’ will ruin you faster than you think. If you count ₦200 notes in 50 places and want to pay for a 10k thing, the cold that hits you when the money leaves your hand is surely different than when GTB just does minus 10 for you. So avoid swiping.
Avoid those money sucking spirits you call friends:
You and I would agree that there’s always that one friend that says it’s not a big deal and “oh that’s not too expensive” when they see something that costs 70% of your monthly income. They would tell you that flexing is important and you should stop squeezing your grasp on money. That is a lie from the deep pit of Satan’s firecracking home. Don’t slide in.
