There are only two things in life that hit harder than a cold bottle of Coca-Cola on a hot day: surprise credit alerts and unexpected public holidays. Think about it\u2014there\u2019s a different kind of joy that comes from getting something you didn\u2019t hustle for. That\u2019s what public holidays feel like. Pure, effortless bliss.<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s be honest, annual leave is great, but it comes with paperwork, prayer points, and crossed fingers. Meanwhile, public holidays just\u00a0appear<\/em>. No forms. No follow-up emails. Just you, your pillow, and the freedom to wake up at 10am on a Tuesday without guilt. (Fingers crossed your manager is sleeping too \ud83d\ude29)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We need more days like this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Of course, we appreciate the OGs; Good Friday, Easter Monday, the Eid holidays, and Democracy Day but Nigeria owes us a few more. Think about it:<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Traffic Trauma Recovery Day<\/strong> \u2013 strictly for Lagosians who have survived a Mainland bridge at rush hour.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post-Salary Reflection Day<\/strong> \u2013 a quiet day to mourn how our account balance will move from \u201cI have blown\u201d to \u201cMy last 2k\u201d in 72 hours.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leg Day Recovery Day<\/strong> \u2013 because climbing stairs after gym pain is an Olympic sport for gym bros and sis (the rest of us need the day off too for moral support, obviously).<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Or even\u00a0Work BFF Appreciation Day <\/strong><\/em>– because your office BFFs deserve more than the tea and emojis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What about a day to recover from attending two owambe’s back-to-back in full gele and heels? If that\u2019s not national service, what is?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While I\u2019m usually team “do absolutely nothing,” every now and then if I feel extra, I go offline during the break. No scrolling. No group chats. Just books, face-to-face convos, and maybe rediscover what silence sounds like. Other days, I visit people I love, fix that one thing at home I\u2019ve ignored for weeks, and give myself a gold star for adulting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the end, whether it\u2019s a nationwide break or a cheeky week off you gifted yourself, the message is the same:\u00a0you\u2019ve earned it<\/em>. And since yesterday was one of those rare days you got to pause and breathe, I hope you did just that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are only two things in life that hit harder than a cold bottle of Coca-Cola on a hot day: surprise credit alerts and unexpected public holidays. Think about it\u2014there\u2019s a different kind of joy that comes from getting something you didn\u2019t hustle for. That\u2019s what public holidays feel like. Pure, effortless bliss. Let\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9614,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9611\/revisions\/9614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}