Do you still find life amazing or has the ordinariness of your daily routine made you numb?
Let's face it, life can be entirely exhausting.
Most of us, we dare say, always seem to be working to survive. We're constantly dealing with needs: ours and those of other people. And when we finally manage to get some time off, we often spend it sleeping away the stress, rarely pursuing interests that improve the quality of our lives.
Today is a good day to remind you that your life is bigger than just making ends meet. Take out time to do the things that used to excite you, try new ones too. Go on dates you can afford, watch a different kind of movie, visit someone you haven't seen in a while, find new spots to hang out. There are worlds outside the one you've trapped yourself in. Break from routine, for once, live a little and see how delightful life can be.
Here's your weekend agenda minus events (we're daring you to do your own exploring this time):
Dumpster Millionaires
$700 million. (Or 252 billion naira, if you need local context.)
That's how much plastic and metal waste in Lagos is estimated to be worth annually, and some people are already making a ton of money exporting our recycled refuse to China.
Go inside the garbage economy growing around Olusosun landfill, the largest dump in Africa. (For an all-out experience complete with sights, sounds and smells, you should actually visit.)
Reader's Digest
How to eat healthier (hint: breakfast is nothing to play with), lessons from failure, the CEO of Uber you don't know, the most polluted city on earth and money rituals.
The Watch List
Spike Lee's 1986 romantic comedy, She's Gotta Have It, has evolved into a TV series and the word on the street is that it's really good. All ten episodes are waiting for you on Netflix now.
This happened in North Korea.
Apple's latest ad for its EarPods is either magical or ridiculously cheesy.
Soul To Soul
This weekend's soundtrack is black and stirring. Stream Mavis Staples' latest, If All I Was Was Black (Deezer, Apple Music) and the posthumous album from Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Soul Of A Woman (Deezer, Apple Music).
The Remnants
She danced for over 124 hours in Lagos and broke a world record. (We're proud.)
Brutal Black, the tattoo ritual that's meant to hurt you badly. (Wait, what?)
The new Despacito. (It's more infectious than a communicable disease.)
The best Chrome browser extensions in one place. (Or so they say.)
We're extremely jealous of this man. (You would be too.)
Have a lovely weekend!
