I’ve been wondering: what happens to a person’s ambition?
How does someone who was once vibrant, focused and full of dreams slowly become someone who simply settles for less? How does someone who once wanted so much from life end up standing at a newspaper stand in front of the University of Ibadan gate every morning just to argue about politics and sports, watching the world happen while their own dreams quietly fade?
What makes people let go—not just of their careers, but of their passions, friendships, curiosity, appearance, health, relationships, creativity and the version of themselves they once imagined becoming?
How does a driven person enter a marriage and, years later, realise they have become a shadow of themselves and let go of who they have always wanted to become?
How does someone you knew deserved better in a partner settle for less?
What makes someone like Ogbeni Dipo, who we all know to be a non supporter of the APC government and Tinubu, suddenly become a huge supporter?
At what point do we stop fighting for the life we imagined? Do we lose our dreams, or do we gradually trade them for comfort, responsibility, love, disappointment, fear or simply the need to survive?
And perhaps the most unsettling question: when did we start letting go?
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