My people, I should write more often but life has been lifeing, and like a clown on a rope I have been trying to find my balance since fuel subsidy was removed. If you don’t live in Nigeria then this news “didn’t” concern you and most probably does not affect you, unless you know people like me, who have been complaining to you about how expensive things have been since the price of fuel went up.
The subsidy removal affected my pocket. It touched my mental health. Whenever I think about how much I spend on petrol per day, headache will be ‘headaching’ me.
This is why when Four Points by Sheraton told my family and I to come and do staycation in their hotel, free food and everything, I shouted Hallelujah! We did not hesitate to pack our boxes. Do you know how much that saved us??? We did not have to buy fuel to run generator, we did not have to buy ingredients to cook. We simply lived like Billionaires…
How do Billionaires live? Well, I imagine a fellow Billionaire like Otedola, or our comrade Tony Elumelu have Chefs, and a buffet spread for every meal, as in, they have options, just like we did at Four Points by Sheraton. Every meal was a buffet. Breakfast oh. Lunch nko. Even Dinner. We were living lavish. Chopping the life of our head. You can see all we got up to on my Instagram and YouTube. I ate everything; the theme for the weekend was “instead of food to waste, make belle burst”!
Alas, the staycation was over and we had to come back home. On our drive home I was mentally calculating what leftovers were in the fridge and what I could buy on the way so I could make sure we had a meal. I was mentally meal planning. Which is what everybody in the world (especially Nigerians) should be doing now. Basically figuring out your lifestyle, your budget, who you have to feed and how you can make sure there’s always food at home. You need a meal plan. Unless you are a Billionaire.
Billionaire don’t usually concern themselves with that. “They do have Chef”. They pay someone else to do it. Those ones don’t usually need to meal plan vigorously. They have Buffets everyday. However, the Average Ade has to meal plan. Use a Food Timetable. So that you will not eat your future. I have been hawking my Food Time table like Gala since; if you want to save money, save time (so you can make more money), reduce stress, then get it now. Download it HERE (its on SALE!) along with my Cookbooks that will support your culinary journey :)
If you are a Billionaire, and you don’t need to meal plan, let me know in the comments.
Sisi Yemi, you are indeed an exciting writer!, i really enjoyed the write up, ✍️!. Although i don't live in Nigeria but i have families there so i feel the vibes. However i think things are generally expensive now oo, even in London here, omo things are really expensive!, So i dey feel you my sister and if i get this kind opportunity i no go look back. Instead food waste, make belly burst!🤣. Nice one sis, keep up the good work🥰
The theme got me: instead of food to waste, make belle burst😂. The hike in prices of things due to the fuel price change is crazy. Thanks for the nice write up sisi.