Maybe in the past, it was cool to pay all your bills while carrying the burden of five relatives who call you for money every time. But these days, everywhere choke. Learn to guide your pocket with these tips so you can have some breathing space.
Don鈥檛 be black
We hate to break it to you, but this was your first mistake. You can鈥檛 experience if you aren鈥檛 black. So find a solution to that and be free.
Don鈥檛 be the first child
As if it鈥檚 not enough that you鈥檙e black and are, by default, obligated to remit funds to your family every month, you just had to be the first child too. Maybe, give up your position and tell them you鈥檙e not doing again.
Tax them first
Don鈥檛 give anybody space to ask you for anything. Preempt it by voicing out your problems and asking them for money first. In this life, you have to be wise.
Face your front, and air everybody
Whether you ignore their messages or switch off your phone once your salary drops, you just have to do something. Else, your 鈧200k will become 鈧20k before the month even starts.
Run away
You can only ask someone you can reach for money. If this thing is getting too much, my dear, disappear.
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Don鈥檛 think of it as black tax
Maybe it鈥檚 the definition that鈥檚 making it pinch your body. As they say, everything in this life is about your mindset. So you need to stop thinking of it as black tax and start seeing it as forced philanthropy. That way, you鈥檒l feel better when you do it.
Be ridiculously rich
How can you think of it as philanthropy if you鈥檙e managing your last 鈧10k and food prices are going up every market day? You need plenty of money so it doesn鈥檛 feel like stress anymore.
Don鈥檛 talk to your extended family
Why is it your business that the Uncle Soji you鈥檝e only met once as a child is having a wedding, and you have to contribute money to cook Jollof rice?
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