The Bag Over The Past

When I saw this week's Hive Reachout prompt, I smiled and tilted my head a little like, "This one's easy".

Restart my life at age six with all the knowledge I have now or take twenty million dollars in cash?

At first, I hesitated. Because, well.... childhood was beautiful.
No responsibilities. No heartbreak. Just early mornings filled with cereal, homework you didn't really understand but still tried to do with confidence and afternoon naps you didn't appreciate until adulthood smacked you in the face with fatigue

Being six was soft
But do you know what else is soft?
Twenty million dollars

Like, seriously -do you know what kind of money that is?

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Let's Convert That to Reality

As of today, twenty million U.S. dollars is over thirty billion naira.
Yes. Billion with a B.
That's enough to build houses, buy land across multiple states, invest in solid businesses, live comfortably, help people, travel and still have more than enough left over to pass on to your unborn grandchildren

That kind of money gives you time freedom, creative freedom, even emotional freedom. It gives you options. It's the difference between hustling to survive and strategically building a life you love

And I know people say money isn't everything, and I agree to a point. But when you've lived through enough hard days, seen people fall sick and not afford proper care, watched dreams sit in the dust because of lack of funding or even just silently calculated transport fare to make sure you can get back home -money starts to feel a lot like peace

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Let's Talk About This "Age Six" Option

Sure, it sounds romantic

You get to go back with all knowledge you have now. You could avoid every mistake, dodge every heartbreak, invest right before they blow, maybe even buy bitcoin at $1 and watch your account multiply like magic beans 🫘

But you know what else you'll have to do?
Go through puberty again. Sit in primary classes acting like you don't know the answers to every questions. Depend on adults for everything again. Relive every traumatic moment just because "it made you who you are". Wait another 10+ years before anyone takes your ideas seriously.

Childhood was peaceful because we didn't know anything. But going back now, fully aware? Nah

And God forbid you end up in the same loop -trying to change one thing and triggering five problems

Life's hard enough already -why would I want to relive it all, aware of every struggle ahead and still be broke?

Nah, I'll pass

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What I'd Rather Do

Give me the twenty million and I'll restart from here. Right here.
Not as a child, but as the person I already am -with lessons learned the hard way, perspective built from real mistakes and dreams that are still very much alive

I'll invest wisely, give generously, live slowly and love intentional
I'll help people I care about. I'll fund the version of me who is still stuck in survival mode. I'll be the six-year-old's dream come true -not by going back but by moving forward with the right tools

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In Conclusion

There's nothing wrong in starting over if you truly need to. But for me?
I've fought too hard to become who I am now. I've earned this version of myself -even the tired parts

So yes, life at six was sweet
But thirty billion naira?

That kind of sweet changes generations

So bring the cash. I've got plans.

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