There are times in my life that I become so frustrated with the things going on around me, and are forced to make critical decisions to mitigate my losses. I have lost a lot of time trying to make things work or achieve goals I set. I would say I have lost way more than I have won and that's no cap. This is mainly due to the fact that I have gone through life with lots of trials and errors. It wasn't as though there was a blueprint or life manual to guide me, and even if there was, I'm not sure I have found it even at this stage of my life. And if something like that did exist, perhaps my limitations got the better of me making me not to look at it. But in all my losses, I can boldly say I have learned ways things do not work while still searching for what works.

I wish I could say I love streaming, but then I will be lying to myself because as much as I hate to admit, I have never liked the Internet experience in my country. I streamed for the first time during my blackberry days, I did not need a prophet to tell me I hated the buffing wait time. The fact that I would have to wait for it to load is annoying at times. The only time I use the Internet in such a manner is when I am participating in a zoom meeting and have to just be online because my presence is needed. Apart from this I have no reason to stream anything. I have never followed a celebrity so much that I would stream their live videos, and even with how much I love football, I hate streaming it live.

As a child, I acted like a child, as a man I have also acted like a child. It's funny because even at my age, I still find it hard to believe I have grown. A lot of the time I still crave attention, I still wish someone would take me out and spend on me, I still wish someone would look at me and find me cute. I find myself craving the little things children enjoy but realizing that I am an adult and should be the one doing these things for others. A lot of the time it is tiring, so much that I just utter the words from a popular Nigerian song; “Adulthood is a scam”. When I think about it, it sounds like a scam. As a child I couldn't wait to grow up so I could be independent, now I'm independent and I wish I could be dependent again 😂.

I really give it to whoever came up with this prompt, that person must really be a genius. I mean thinking about a decentralized financial system and how that system would thrive alone is mind blowing. A lot of people might not fully be able to grasp the whole essence of this type of system and that includes me because I only understand to a limited degree. But even to the degree I understand, I know how much a lot of things would change. This change will affect the things we do, the policies that will be set up, and also expose a lot of secret government affairs knowing everything is now trackable and snakes won't be able to swallow the money allocated for government projects like they do in my country. A decentralized financial system doesn't just make life easier, it brings about accountability in every sector of our financial life.

My name is Cindy, and I am a living definition of the prodigal daughter. Unlike the famous prodigal son, I didn't just run away with my shares of the family's properties, I ran away with everything the family ever owned in order to fulfil my own ambition. I wanted to be a music artist. I thought my family did not understand me, I felt the whole world was against me. According to them, my rascal style of music doesn't suit me, but my boyfriend thought otherwise. So I listened to him, got influenced by him not realizing that I was fulfilling someone else's ambition instead of mine.

The issue I have with government policies is the same issue I have with any other policy and that is the implementation strategy. It’s very easy to make people do something, but how they do it will very much affect how they view the person making them do it. For example, If the government creates a no fighting policy and does nothing about the scarcity of basic needs that policy would look more like a trap than something meant to create order. And this is what we see a lot with not just the government but even individuals and organizations. The organization I work with for example has a no lateness policy but doesn’t have an overtime policy making me find that act selfish.