MY DEFINITION OF A GOOD DAY___WEEK243 EPISODE ONE

What is a good day for me? People will say a good day is when you make money, or when you achieve all your plans. For me, a good day is simpler.

As a young girl, a good day is a day nobody shouts at me.

I will wake up in the morning and my mum does not shout "you are still sleeping!"... I wake by myself, my body feels light. I sweep my room small, I wash my face, I have hot water for bathing without struggling for who will boil water.

A good day is when I press my phone and there is data. I can chat with my friends, laugh, watch TikTok, and nobody is saying "drop that phone and go and work." My brothers do their own part, I do my own part. No one is leaving all the house work for me because I am the girl.

A good day is when I go to school or go to shop and everything just works. My hair is fine, my clothes are clean, my slippers did not cut on the road. I sell or I do my small work and customers smile at me. No stress, no insult. I come back home and food is ready and it is my favourite - maybe jollof rice and chicken.

A good day is when I can be alone in the evening. I can sit outside, look at sky, press my phone, watch movies, and nobody is calling me "come and do this, come and do that." Just peace. My chest is not heavy.

Some people think good day must be big - car, money, party. But for a girl like me in Nigeria, a good day is peace of mind. A day I did not cry. A day I did not quarrel with anybody in the house. A day I slept well at night and did not think too much.

Last week I had one good day like that. I woke up early, I finished washing my clothes quickly, my mum said "well done." My friend visited, we gisted, we laughed till my stomach pained me. In the evening, NEPA brought light, I charged my phone full, I watched film till I slept. Nothing special happened, but my heart was happy. I slept and I was smiling.

That is my definition. A good day is not when everything is perfect...A good day is when I am free, I am loved small, and I have peace in my house and in my heart....If I can have many days like that, I will be okay.

What is a good day to you? For me, it is a peaceful day.

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