"Easy Life": Being Successfully Successful

"Cut me soap", "legit plug" or "follow who know road", these are various code names most often, used by youths in day to day dealings to refer to a plea for assistance from successful elders or idols.

Vices of the world like scamming, hacking, pimping, prostitution and even ocultism  believed to bring forth money at short term are some of the most frequented activities by youths in contemporary society, a move which always ends with grave consequences and sometimes loss of identity and life.

Youths have various ways of defining success in life. While others see the acquisition of money as success, others feel having a family and children is success for them. In this Same light, others believe having money to spend in clubs and bars is the pivot of life. It all depends who you keep as your idol, like the saying goes, "show me your friends and I will tell you who you are ''.

In a bid to succeed as fast as possible, young people are ready to do anything. You hear expressions like "we are hitting the streets'', ‘’we outside’’, mostly to mean the presence of illegal work. It is worth noting that to find internal peace in success is only through hard work. Youths should shun the "easy to get" means of living and be hardworking, hence that's the only means of being successful without a drastic consequence.



Desmond Mbua

Freelance journalist from ASMAC