@flyairpeace Then you should pay compensation for delaying people’s flight ✈️. Though it was an unforeseen circumstance. However, they deserve to be compensated for the inconveniences
I quit social media for 9 years...
I came back and built a 1.4 million following.
In 2011, I was ashamed to post.
I had spent 5 months in the hospital.
Lost my job.
Lost my accommodation.
Dropped out of school.
And every time I opened social media,
It looked like everyone else was winning.
As a child, I topped my class for 5 years straight with so much promise.
Now I could not even recognise my own life.
Comparison was slowly destroying my mental health.
So I did something radical.
I quit.
And that decision saved me.
No updates. No comparison.
No algorithm deciding what I was worth.
Some days progress meant brushing my teeth.
Some days it meant taking a shower.
Those tiny acts compounded
I started again as a construction labourer.
Went back to university at 30.
Climbed into project management.
Then in 2020, I came back online.
Not to compare or compete.
But to contribute and serve.
That decision has compounded into a community of over 1.4 million people across platforms.
You don't need visibility when you are healing.
You need focus.
If social media is hurting your mental health,
Buy a couple of good books and log off.
The world will still be there when you return
And you will not miss what is truly meant for you.
Sometimes disappearing
is how you build the life worth being seen.
I am rooting for you.
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17 years in London, and I still can't get used to this cultural shock.
My neighbour smiles at me by the door, but looks away if we cross paths down the street.
At first, I thought my neighbours were rude. Then I discovered it had a name, "polite ignoring," a cultural norm in individualistic societies like the UK. It is about privacy, not disrespect.
As a child growing up in Nigeria, a largely collectivist culture, the community raises the child. My neighbour could scold me, feed me, or even discipline me like their own.
As an adult in Lagos, if I am hungry without any means, and I can smell a neighbour cooking, there are ways to position yourself, and you will be fed.
In the UK and a number of Western societies, the story is very different.
Individualism gives you freedom, privacy, and independence. It drives innovation, meritocracy, and self-reliance. But when life does not go as planned, the downside is loneliness and mental health crisis.
Collectivism is humanity's oldest survival code. For most of history, we lived in tribes where food, care, and discipline were shared. Individualism is far newer, sharpened by capitalism and industrialisation in the last few centuries.
I was once sectioned for several months under the mental health act. Life became so tough, and I couldn't see a way out. I am deeply grateful for the support of family and some friends during that period.
These days, I work with young people in crisis, and I believe we can do more as a society to support them.
Maybe the future is not choosing one over the other but blending both.
Keeping the freedom of individualism but borrowing the care and solidarity of collectivism. A culture where you can chase your dreams without walking alone.
What do you think, can our generation be the one to finally blend the two?
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This is one video every Christian and every church leader in Nigeria must watch at least once a day.
But of course, I expect the children of perdition and the opportunist thieves using the mask of religion to debate and disagree.
Give this post 1 hour.