I don’t know how this will sound, but if you can avoid spending over ₦1m on rent, please do.
Find a developing area and get a decent self contain or, at most, a room and parlour within ₦500k. You don’t have to prove anything by living in an expensive area.
And if you have a peaceful home and a family that can accommodate you, honestly, go back home for a while. Save aggressively, build your career, invest your money and become financially stronger.
There’s no shame in living with your parents while you’re building yourself. What matters is what you’re doing with the money you’re saving.
Don’t let rent consume a huge part of your income just because you want to maintain a certain lifestyle. Build first. Flex later. 😂
men will “i don’t want to hurt you” and then end up killing you by dragging out a decision that would have been easier if made earlier.
need more people to understand that clarity is kindness and when someone else is involved, you owe it to them to find it sooner than later.
It's Friday
I'm not pregnant
I'm not begging a man to be nice to me
December is 3 months away
I'm not typing a paragraph to anybody's son begging for love
And pampers is not a part of my monthly budget
Life's good 🥂
As a new graduate try your best to work in a well structured organization, leave these 3-bedroom apt companies so you don’t act like Osofia in London when your mates are enjoying a sane work culture.
Full grown adults that can’t swim, cycle, skate, backpack, take a gap year, vacation, play an instrument or speak multiple foreign languages. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to leave survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics that no one really talks about
I have the skill of pivoting. I can go from one direction to the next + move on from anyone or anything. I have had a lot of practice because of how the cards were dealt for me. I adjust quickly. I’m not gonna be bent out of shape about anything for long.