Sending to savings today and sending out of savings tomorrow.

## Hello, everyone. I welcome you to my blog. Both the world's economy and the country's economy are experiencing inflation, but sometimes it feels like my country's level of inflation is second to none, and if there was a chart to compare and contrast, I think my country's inflation level would top the chart, and if there was a scale, it would break the scale as well. The prices of goods and services sometimes make it feel like we left the country we used to know for another one. The difference between what it used to be or cost and what it is today is huge, and we never imagined it would get to that point.  [Source](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-man-sitting-at-a-table-with-a-jar-of-coins-7uHPhxZYQpY) When petrol was sold for 65 naira ($0.044), we never believed that a day would come where we would buy the same amount of petrol for 1,700 naira ($1.14), and if someone had predicted that and said it out loud, we would not have believed the person. Such a price seemed impossible, but it's funny how we have adapted to everything. There are even areas where it was sold for more than the price mentioned above during the period the price of everything skyrocketed. Even the current price of 950 naira ($0.64) per liter was not imagined to ever happen, but inflation has made the unimaginable our reality, and we are living it. The cost of food items is something that leaves one in awe too; the gap between how much a bag of rice cost 5 years ago and how much it costs today was not imagined or pictured to happen in such a short time. If asked, many will say if a bag of rice will cost such an outrageous amount, it should not be in this lifetime, maybe in the next 2 or 3 lifetimes, but it is funny how it happened and we are forced to adapt. The cost of both goods and services does not mean we will no longer eat; we have to find a way around to make sure that we have food on the table, and doing so has affected our finances badly. Many who do not earn salaries or wages big enough find it difficult to have any savings left after making purchases. It is really sad to see how the price of both goods and services has skyrocketed but salaries and wages have stayed the same; this makes it even more difficult for many to meet up with getting basic needs for themselves, not to talk more of wants. These days many people don't even go for wants anymore; they just focus on needs. Even when getting needs, many still find it difficult to get everything they actually need, so they employ using a scale of preference, which means buying what is more important to them. That does not mean what they did not buy is not important too; they are all important and are needed, but the finances determine what they go for.  [Source](https://unsplash.com/photos/man-resting-head-on-steering-wheel-in-car-s43Z7WTTlMA) Considering the economy, saving does not cross the mind of many people anymore, as you need to have just enough for your basic needs for you to be able to save, but many don't even have enough for their basic needs. How would they save? Many who are able to do so end up withdrawing from what they were able to save in order to survive or sort out a bill. You send to savings today, and tomorrow you are already withdrawing or sending out from your savings just so you can stay afloat. The inflation is slowly getting out of hand.