"When's the wedding? Where's the car? What are you even doing with your life?"
The pressure to show people you've arrived is real.
But nobody warns you about the flex tax.
Every naira you spend proving you've made it is a naira that would've actually made you rich.
The people quietly building wealth stopped paying it years ago.
Say yes to almost everything early, when you are still finding out what you are good at.
Then say no to almost everything once you have found the thing worth committing to. Youth is for range. Mastery is for focus. Confusing the two quietly wastes both.