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Student @ Lagos State University
Dear Lagos, Why are we always Tired??
<p>Dear Lagos,</p><p>Why are we always tired?</p><p>Not the kind of tired that sleep can fix.</p><p>The kind that sits quietly in your chest even after eight hours in bed.</p><p>You wake up already thinking about money.</p><p>Transport.</p><p>Data.</p><p>School.</p><p>Work.</p><p>The future.</p><p>Before the day even starts, your mind has already run a marathon.</p><p>Everyone here is chasing something.</p><p>A better job.</p><p>A visa.</p><p>A business that finally works.</p><p>A life that feels lighter than this one.</p><p>And Lagos doesn’t slow down for anyone.</p><p>The buses are rushing.</p><p>The streets are loud.</p><p>The timelines are louder.</p><p>Someone your age just bought a car.</p><p>Someone else just traveled abroad.</p><p>Another person just launched a business.</p><p>Meanwhile you’re still trying to figure things out.</p><p>So you push yourself harder.</p><p>You tell yourself: “No time to rest.”</p><p>Because resting feels like falling behind.</p><p>But here’s the strange part about Lagos:</p><p>Almost everyone is exhausted, yet everyone is pretending to be fine.</p><p>We joke about it.</p><p>“Lagos will humble you.”</p><p>“No dulling.”</p><p>“Na hustle we dey hustle.”</p><p>But behind the jokes are people who are quietly overwhelmed.</p><p>Young people carrying adult-sized pressure.</p><p>Trying to succeed in a city that never pauses long enough for anyone to breathe.</p><p>Maybe that’s why we scroll so much.</p><p>Why we laugh at memes about suffering.</p><p>Why we celebrate every small win like it’s a miracle.</p><p>Because in Lagos, it kind of is.</p><p>So dear Lagos, maybe the real question isn’t why we’re tired.</p><p>Maybe the real question is:</p><p>How are we still hopeful?</p><p>Because despite everything, people here are still dreaming.</p><p>Still building.</p><p>Still trying again tomorrow.</p><p>And maybe that stubborn hope is the real Lagos spirit.</p><p>We’re tired, yes.</p><p>But we haven’t given up.</p><p>And in this city, that already means something.</p>
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