Can Your Home Survive a Power-Out Test?
I took the time to look inwards and start simplifying my life.
I have been in this village for 8 months now. I have learnt to live quite small, feeding on less than N30k per month.
One of the things that has helped me is storing up any food type that can retain its nutrients in a dry state in powdery form or as it is, keeping wet ones in canned containers as I did with tomatoes at the beginning of the year (e never finish).
I experimented the same tomatoes storage process with akwu (I don’t like having to pound the palm fruits every time I have to make ofe-akwu) and it turned out well.
I bought N3k akwu and it gave me 5 bama bottles. If you want to see how I did it, visit this page.
I’m still eating the akwu I processed in July. See picture below.
Now this post is not about akwu or food generally.
It’s about a test of survival. I’m in a village that doesn’t have as much electricity as the city and I watch people live full lives with access to everything, although it is minimal compared to the city, but they are still thriving.
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Which brings me to the actual crux of the matter, regarding your building.
Can your building survive as though it was built without the modern-day amenities?
Are you dependent on power to the point where you cannot live a full life if we turn out power supply in your home?
Will you still have adequate ventilation? Can you sleep without heating up?
Do you require an AC every single day?
Can you see clearly to read a book in broad daylight when in your room without turning on a bulb?
What is the layout of spaces like when the power goes off? Do you bump into things when it suddenly goes dark?
If this is your home, it has failed the power out test.
You spend your entire life working, just to spend all that money on electricity to power the basic needs you should have.
I’m not criticizing you. I’m reminding you to reconsider the opportunity cost for the decisions you make regarding your health.
Your home can make you sick or heal you.
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