If You're Not Tracking Your Money In This Economy, You're Just Guessing

Watched a guy at the co-working space open his banking app yesterday and just stare at the screen. Not scrolling. Just staring. I know that stare. That's the stare of a man calculating whether transport money for the week will finish before Friday.

The thing about this fuel price wahala is that it doesn't announce itself. It just quietly eats everything. Your lunch budget. Your transport. That small money you were saving for your cousin's wedding aso ebi. Nobody sends you a text saying 'your purchasing power just dropped again today.' You just find yourself buying smaller loaves of bread and pretending it's a lifestyle choice.

See ehn, I started tracking every naira I spend three months ago. Not because I'm disciplined. Because I got tired of reaching the 25th and wondering where the money went. Now I know exactly where it goes. And honestly? That knowledge is its own kind of pain.