I've always wondered what it would feel like to go 13 years back in time.
What would i had done with my little piggy bank which i had when i was 13? The money i had saved for 3 years. Since i was ten, i had been saving and it came up to a substantial amount, What i did with that money still remains a puzzle till this day.
If i had someone who advised me to buy bitcoin, by this time i would have been a millionaire in Nigerian currency.
Why did i stress myself to save money for so long just to spend it on food and a cloth to wear? I think children should be taught how to start early to save money for their future. It makes the scars of adulthood bearable.
But, deep down i know just going back in time to use my savings to buy bitcoin won't cut it. I would still need discipline to keep that money. Just going back 13 years back to buy bitcoin for my future seems far-fetched. Minus the fact that going back in time is impossible, i would still have to go through all the pains i went through all those thirteen years again.
There were some mistakes i could change though, but there are some i can't even remember so i can't really do anything about them.
Especially in my secondary school days, all the things i did to dodge punishment. When a man who was once acquainted to my family caught i and my younger sister stealing milk from where my mum kept the container at home. He took us to my mum and my mum allowed him flog us. I think those kinds of mistakes, i would have still done them again because there was this spice it added to my childhood. I know it's a sin to stea but allow me be a kid.
Ohh God, this means i would have to write Waec and NECO again, even Jamb. I think i wrote Jamb to an extent Jamb should have a special seat for me at every center. Though, i finally aced Jamb but would i want to go through that stress again so i could buy bitcoin.
Losing my Grandmom. Going back in time means i would know when she would die. But what would i do with this information. Allow my Mum, Aunt and uncles go through the pain of losing their mum.
Thinking about all this there is really one thing i would change. But, the truth is I'll be too young for anyone to believe me. The family betrayals and hatred. I wouldn't do much though because like the adults always say "you are too young too understand."
Alot of memories are worth relieving but there are always consequences to every decision. Maybe one little thing i may change in my past may alter something here in the future. So it's never really about money now, there are other things that would come with that decision. Going back in time, that kind of mindset already makes you have a conclusion that you don't see a better future for yourself without visiting the past again.
Especially the exams i wrote. I would be walking back into the exam hall, with a younger face, a shorter version of myself. Full of evil conspiracies but don't have the mind to carry them out. It is not as easy as it looks, because there would be a lot of backage.
I think i would hold onto what the future has for me than reaching out to fantasies. Tomorrow will be better. I will just buy the Bitcoin today and wait another thirteen years, there will still be a change too.
Especially when that lady slapped me because she was my senior in secondary school and if i should disrespect her, her mates will make my life a living hell in the boys hostel and military officers would punish me for disrespecting a prefect.
But that was wrong though, i really felt embarrassed and humiliated. Don't hit a guy, ladies. Don't hit a lady, guys. Its as simple as i just stated. They might step on your toes and remain there but don't resort to physical violence. Its never a cool move.
But i love the scars the past gave me, it made me the man i am today. Without them i would have missed out on alot of life lessons. I learnt it early enough so that i could skip the class in the future. Because learning it in the future might be too risky.