The Less I Think It Is…

Seeing more of the world. It is a mental note I have decided to take seriously this year. While the country made it almost impossible to even think of giving yourself a nice treat by going out to explore, I have found my ways around it.

I know that I deserve more in a country where the elite citizens see the masses as lesser beings. Being a minimalist, I like my own space, just me and me alone in a small area just minding my business, and it has been fun.

However, being a minimalist doesn't mean I should just take in the less I have and stand by it. To me, it means having to explore in a simple way instead of taking the extravagant lifestyle. Seeing this, I realized it was time for vacation. Taking a vacation is fun. But at first, it didn't seem like it. After getting to the place, I realized the less that was at home was more when it came to the price of commodities and even nature around here. Where I come from, the prices of things are minimal to the one here.

It just felt like the cost of things doubled here and it reminds me of how I felt whenever I go to the market in my place and come back with things and a sentence to make, "Things are damn costly! What's this country turning into?"

However, after going for a vacation, things right here are four times more costly than they were in my place, and it was really frustrating because I didn't even know what to say.

The more I went out to purchase things, the less I crave not coming to the outside world to purchase things and maybe find a way to get things straight from my place here. But, it is impossible to do, so I am stuck.

And, this did start ruining my vacation mood. In a country like Nigeria, the country's currency is now a slap on the face that the less money made, the more money needs to be spent, which is ridiculous.

This makes me miss home, but I knew I needed this vacation because I had promised that this year, I would try visiting new places and exploring more of nature and all. So, to be able to explore more next time, I made more of the less I have here.

I saw this as another bigger experience to adapt to new places and their ridiculous prices of things in my way. This means I'll spend less and enjoy every vacation I have.

Also, I got a new purse before traveling. It is a minimalist underarm shoulder bag. At first, I didn't like it much because it felt like it wouldn't contain some of my stuff.

But, I was wrong because it made traveling easier. It contained the things I needed, and there was even some space left.

Although I saw the underarm shoulder bag as something that was less because it wasn't what I had in mind. You know when you have a dream bag to rock your travel but get something less? Yeah, that was how I felt. But, seeing as things were, I had no choice but to get it because I needed a new bag to travel the next day.

...and, I have to confess that I am glad I got it and it was at a very good price. And it was very nice knowing that, the less I once saw it to be, the more it actually is.

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_{Images used are mine.}

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Still yours truly,
Balikis.

Thanks for reading.

Peace be unto those who crave it and more to those who chase it away.