Broke or not; my unavoidable expenditure.

I have experienced running out of money many times in my adulthood. Whenever it happens, it limits my purchasing power. However there are a few things that being broke won't prevent me from getting. This is to tell you that I can put a hold on spending on any other thing but not these three that I will mention shortly.

As it is obtainable to everybody, food is the most important need of man. Out of the three basic needs of food, clothing and shelter, food ranks top. In order to avoid the situation whereby I won't be able to attend to this first need of mine, I make sure that I stock my house with foodstuffs that would take me and my family a month or more. With the expectation that salary would arrive in another 30 days, I handle the issue of food perfectly.

Should there be any situation where my plan and budget is disrupted, then nothing else takes my priority than feeding my family - not even data. I can endure being hungry when I was a bachelor and even now but I detest seeing my wife and son being hungry. It's not even thinkable at all.

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Once I have taken care of the food needs of my family, the first thing that I can forgo any other thing for is data. I am addicted to having data on my phone.

Some years ago, when my activities were more on web2, I bought data to do unproductive things. I could watch videos till the data got finished without having any return for the money spent on the data. Since I shifted my attention to web3, where you earn as you make use of your data for productive activities, my love for data increased.

When I am broke, I can trek a distance that I do take a motorcycle to cover just to save the money for purchasing data.

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The second thing that I can't do without purchasing even when broke is fruits. Most of the time when I am returning home from work, I stopover in the market to buy fruits.

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How rich I am at a particular time dictates the amount of fruits that I would buy. Some days, I spent as little as 100 Naira in buying just four oranges while other times, I buy oranges, watermelon, pineapple, Apples and so on.

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Finally, I can't be broke to the extent of not doing my cable subscription monthly. Like I stated in the beginning of this article, my fundamental need is food and once that is available, I can't do without having data on my phone, buying fruits and subscribing to my cable network.

I love watching some Nigerian movies. This helps me to cool down my head from the unending troubles of the world.

Before going to bed, I would turn on my TV to watch some comedies, laugh with my family before retiring to bed. My son also loves watching some cartoons and I can't do without getting the subscription in place for him to enjoy himself.

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No matter how bitting the economy is, like the worst form of it that we are experiencing in Nigeria now, we must continue to live each that we are opportuned to witness to the fullest. These three things I explained above are part and parcel of me.

Thank you for your time. Your comments are highly appreciated.