I remembered when I first joined this platform, the phone I was using then was operating on "3G network" and it had a RAM of 1 Gb. It takes time before webpages load up on my browser most especially noise cash.

Sometimes when the network is really bad; I have to wait for about 3 minutes for noise cash opening page to load up.

Many times I have gotten spam warning due to network issues when I was trying to make comments on noise cash post. That was the only device I got then so I couldn’t complain, I only could wished for something better.

When I had change of phone in December last year. My new phone was using the 4G network and double of the RAM capacity of the previous phone, opening read cash and noise cash was faster than saying "Jack Robinson".

Also before I have always been typing all my articles on my phone but lately with the arrival of a laptop, I now loathe typing article on the phone.

What I am trying to derive from all these?

Comfort is something we all seek and want. Nobody wants to live in a hellish condition or environment. But too much comfort can have negative impact!

Lately I have to fight myself to type with my phone, as I have grown used to the comfort that comes with typing on a PC.

This is why people from rich background find it hard to cope when they face financial crisis or they suddenly lose their wealth. Some rich kids don’t know what is it like to "wash their own clothes or plates" not to mention "how to cook a meal".

Have the experience

There is a woman in my neighborhood who makes her kids fetch water sometimes despite them having adequate water supply to their apartment.

When asked by people why she made them do that?

She replied,“what if my children go to an environment where they have to go long distance to get water”

“I want them to experience what other people and children experience”, She added.

I have heard of people who go into camping to know how it feels like to stay away from the comfort the city provides, they stay away from the internet and their mobile devices.

I also heard of some rich people who occasionally decide to trek long distance so that they can get used to it, because they know the disadvantages that lies in getting used to being driven around. It can also be addictive like anything else.

Another example is fasting or skipping meals, many people like me don’t know what it is like to spend two days without eating or drinking something.

But occasionally practicing this yourself is an important training. For example imagine people who live in war torn cities in countries like Syria, Yemen, Ukraine just to mention a few, some cities are currently under siege with lack of food, medicines, electricity and other necessities. Sometimes I ask myself how do some people survive that?

Making a joke out my country lack of constant electricity supply

For example, I do often make a joke that if a typical Nigerian (not the extremely wealthy) travel to America or an European country and per venture a power outage occurred, the Nigerian would be the least affected by it! Why? The answer is that we are used to the lack of constant supply of electricity sometimes some towns are without electricity for months.

Mathematics example

Another example I would like to give is our elementary and primary schooling. During our primary education we were taught how to perform some basic maths operation without the use of calculator and even were told to memorize the multiplication table.

All of this might look irrelevant in the present world, where there are calculators to help solve those problems. But the fact is without learning how to perform those functions ourselves we would not be able to develop our mental calculation ability.

Also how are we gonna perform complex additions and multiplications when we don’t have a computer, phone or calculator nearby?

Conclusion

Remember everyone wants comfort but sometimes it is worthy to undergo strains; so you know how it feels to be without that thing that makes things comfortable for you.

Thanks for reading. Happy Sunday