Online Reporter
GENTLE reader, when you are used to luxury, being broke feels like losing a piece of yourself.
The gap between who you were and who you are now becomes a constant source of mental fatigue.
In fact, the burden of being broke after living a lavish life is often more psychological than purely financial.
It is a profound transition that combines the anxiety of scarcity with the emotional grief of losing a perceived identity, status and comfort.
This experience, often described as “downward mobility”, creates a unique form of stress that differs significantly from simply having limited funds, as it is accompanied by shame, isolation and loss of a formerly assumed safety net.
Many who fall from a high-spending lifestyle stop going out because they can no longer afford to keep up with their peers.
This leads to isolation because it is painful to face friends or colleagues who are still living lavishly.
This is exactly what this other pot-bellied fellow is going through as he is back at his parents’ home in that high-density suburb where the touchline is always oversubscribed.
Yes, that suburb where most of its inhabitants are adults who moved from the city’s oldest high-density suburb.
Blabber does not celebrate misfortune on anyone, but this pot-bellied fellow is known by many around the city for his flashy lifestyle back then during the days of the rush for precious stones.
Indeed, back then he made a fortune.
We all know the expensive cars that he used to drive, including that other one, a popular German make, the gold-like coloured one, which later exchanged hands with this other ‘Man of God’.
Word reaching Yours Truly is that he is now having problems fitting into those oversized clothes, T-shirts and jeans, which he used to put on when he had gained a lot of weight, including that XXX Large yellow T-shirt that he loved so much.
Now that he is almost pencil slim, the boy has to make an overhaul of his wardrobe.
Given that he is no longer financially fit as he was back then, we can all imagine what is going on there.
For those who could still be wondering who exactly Yours Truly is blabbering about, it is none other than the former diamond dealer, whose first name is similar to this other globally acclaimed footballer, who is now turning out for a club in an Asian country.
In fact, some football fans strongly believe he is the best there ever was.
I rest my case!
