**Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 59: Adapting to Changes that comes with a change of environment.

Hello steemians,
It's @ibraheem75 from Nigeria,
Greetings to you all, hope you are all doing well, and of course special greetings goes to @steem4nigeria for organizing this brilliant contest and I'm superb excited to participate.

✍️What difference did you notice as a result of the change in environment.

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Yeah, to be honest I've experienced a lot of social and physical changes due to environmental change.

All my life I grew up in Akwanga, I made so many friends and to an extent we became really closed like family, and whenever I have a burden in me or feeling disturbed, I do share with them and solutions were often met.

But when I decided to change location, to New Karu along Abuja side mehn it was never easy here with me, life has become so so boring with me here (socially) it was as if I am starting life or everything afresh.

When I came here (Masaka) newly, after work I would be inside my room till the following day where I would prepare and go to my work again, any day that I'm off, I would be home all day, though I love watching football, so that's the only thing that I do aside from work.

Sometimes my Granny would be like "Mallam Ibraheem your room no dey tire you?", I would just smile and go back inside, I would be talking within me and say you won't understand, coz I was ensuring my staying at masaka not enjoying, to be honest along the line I fall sick because I wasn't happy with myself and with the new environment as such it affected my health, coz it's boring, no friends, no steady lights, it's hell walahi.

✍️How did you cope/ how are you adapting to the new environment?

Of a truth, I had to cope with the way I found myself there in Masaka, coz I don't have a choice, even the entire country too is not smiling 😊, (the renew hope has turned to something else😢) and as such I started developing ways on how to cheer myself up, going to some hangout, relating with guys around my neighborhood, though is never an easy thing especially when you are a Man, had it mean na woman it won't be a big deal😊.

Football cheer me up alot in my new environment

Another thing is that since I love watching football and other social gatherings, so through that I was able to mingle with friends around the community, though I was careful enough, Because not all friends are friends, so I was careful about that, so as not to fall victim in the name of I don't have a choice.

Another thing that helps me a lot in that community is playing of football (soccer) apart from beer joint, what connect guys the more is football, though I don't know how to play football that much, but I have to develop more interest on it, and through that I was able to gather some friends around.

And lastly, fellowship groups in the church; going to church and attending fellowship activities in church, drew me closer with people and we became friends, technically I started liking my new chapter of life or my new place, It's now becoming fun to live for me.

✍️If you were asked to choose, would you prefer the old environment to the new or otherwise? Share with us your reasons.

Perhaps, I would prefer my old environment (No place like home), coz that's where I grew up I would prefer that over and over again.

I missed the environment, the weather and my closest friends and families, and of course my church as well, ECWA Akpata, Akwanga DCC.

Talking about church, I'm a bornified Boy's Brigade member, And a Captain for that matter, I missed my boy's, my absence there create lots of vacuum in their life's, from the report I got recently, the Boys brigade in my formal place, it's actually weak due to my absence (as a leader)😢, I feel deeply sad about the report, I wished I could go back anytime soon to make it work again😢, The saddest thing here in my new place is that, the church I attends here there's no Boy's Brigade 😢.

Having given it a deep thoughts, at the moment, I would prefer to go back to my old environment, than to stay in my new place. On this note, permit me to invite the following personalities to also participate on this wonderful contest @simonnwigwe @goodybest and @josepha

Thanks for reading through my blog 🙏.