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You Know it’s January When…

It doesn’t matter how well thought out your January is. Sometimes life happens and things get out of control. These pointers sum up what January often means to many of us.

  1. NANNY ISSUES

Waiting on your nanny to return. 

Waiting on your Nanny in January

 

Your relief when she walks through the door.

When your nanny returns in January.

Or the agony when you realise you just got played, after sending her fare and the next time you try to reach her, her phone is off.

January Nanny issues

Then comes the struggle of finding a new nanny.

January issues

2. MONEY ISSUES

This is how you check your ATM balance.

how-you-check-your-bank-balance-in-january

How you react when you see the balance

January Problems

You finally clean out your stuff, hoping to find change.

January issues

Then you do.

when-you-find-money-in-your-bag in January

3. HABITS CHANGE

You carry lunch to work. And you discover that Mathree fare is half price before 6am and sometimes walking to work is a healthy exercise.

January adjustments.

It suddenly dawns on you that meat is very unhealthy. 5 eggs cost Sh55 in the kiosk and are better proteins than meat, more so they’re young chickens.

super-starter-pack for January

You avoid those friend meet-ups like the plague.

Avoiding meet-ups in January.

And when someone mentions the words wedding committee, baby or bridal shower…

Cutbacks in January.

4. DAYS SEEM TO DRAG

January issues.

 

And today is only the 6th of January.

January Problems.

Until February. Aluta Continua!

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