Keeping up with my wallet

I have had some luck playing in DeFi recently. It still feels surreal to have money in my bank account after living from hand to mouth for so long. A friend said he couldn't remember the last time money met money in his hands and I could relate. I mean I was running on deficit. The old me would be out spending the money the fastest way I can. The old me would be broke by now.

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Over the years that I have struggled financially, I have written and rewritten what I would do if money came my way. This time, I intend to keep faith with my plans. I intend to pursue my obligations and dreams to their logical conclusion as best as I am allowed. Life is short after all and I do not know when my time will come. It will be good to leave something worthwhile behind.

Yesterday I went to visit my parents at their quiet suburban flat. I bought my mom's drugs and was the woman happy?! She heaped prayers on my head and my father too offered prayers to God for me. I don't ask for anything other than that. Nothing can beat a parent's genuine prayer for their child I think.

In our interaction yesterday, I informed them that I would be getting my own place soon. Yes I would stop depending on family for shelter. It is time to find my own space, a place where I can be what and whoever I want to be without censure from family members who think they know what is best for me. My mom was very concerned about my apparent single status.

I think in her head, my mother I mean, getting a place of mine automatically means I am ready to get married. I don't know who is filling her head with all those ideas. I love my bachelor status just fine. I told her if I find a woman that I can stand who can stand me as well then maybe I'd get married and that is all I have to say about that.

DeFi has been an interesting experiment and I am quite sure that it has made a lot of people rich within this bullrun. It is crazy the returns people are getting for little risk. It is as we will say in Nigeria, blood money. It's that bad. I mean if such opportunities exist what is the need for internet fraud in all its facets?

If someone can make tens of thousands of dollars from a twenty dollars investment, why would they think of crime as a means of making head way financially? I see these fraudsters flaunt their stolen loot and making those who do not seek wealth through devious means look like sluggards or fools. I feel so sad for them. Their time will come of course. Karma never sleeps.

As a Nigerian I know what cryptocurrency can mean. There are so many unemployed young persons out there who either do not know what crypto means or they have been fed bullshit lectures about it. Knowledge as always is power. If more Nigerian youths would dare to penetrate the fog of ignorance, attempt to gain traction like me through platforms like hive before moving to trading and the like, we would probably have less suffering, less pain, less emptiness in the streets.

I know this bullrun will not last forever. I know a time will come when all of these interest will wane and people will return back to their solitary lives, the magic dimmed in their eyes. I like to hope that it doesn't happen but the law of gravity applies here whatever goes up must come down. What one can only hope for is that the bear market is not as long as the last one.

To protect myself, a man without a regular nine to five, I am trying to invest money both off and online. My plan is to create portfolios that would take care of all my financial needs. This includes staking some of my tokens on different DeFi farms, trading on traditional exchanges, gathering funds to top up my HP and LP and SP. With a higher Hive power, Leo power and or Steem power would be able to give higher rewards for my votes and get higher rewards in return.

It is not as easy as it seems. I have to look for stakes that have higher APY so I can make profit faster. Presently I am staking Cub, Banana, Mech, Sato. I am building something slowly here. It is not much but it is all mine. It is my hope that I can add more to this portfolio and that they would be worth much one day.

Once again I am thankful for being alive at this time. I am thankful for those who introduced me to steemit and DeFi. My knowledge has not only widened but I have been opportuned to hear people give testimonies of what crypto has done for them. I too am thankful.

I am yet to find a house. This is going to be awesome. This is going to be something exciting. I am glad you are on this journey with