Coming from someone with zero support system.. I have always wanted to travel outside the country.. i opened an account in 2017 and gave the bank instructions to freeze it so that any money paid into it couldn’t be withdrawn without my authorisation. In fact the thought of having to queue for hours and write another instruction before the account could be opened again was enough to discourage me from touching the money. 😂 During my NYSC in Jigawa, I paid my allowance into that account while I survive on state income which was 5k then.. with 300 Naira in jigawa then, you could make a pot of a week meat soup.. Life was easier.. I even did my international passport by myself then for just 22k.. After NYSC, I got a banking job and most of my extra income came from tips. I received tips almost every day, with a minimum of ₦3,000 daily. From my salary, i only paid my tithe and my mum’s monthly upkeep. The rest went into my frozen account… I also had a kolo where I dropped money whenever I had something extra, sometimes as little as ₦200 and also buying shares too for extra income.. had two girls who was doing pos for me and my mom was my manager handling the business.. I get minimum of 15k profit everyday from my POS business if there’s no sales.. I’ve always been big on savings because if I go broke, no one is coming to save me.. I don’t go to owambes or parties… as a matter of fact, never been to any owambe party before.. My life was basically work and home and I hardly went out too so I spent years working hard and saving my money. When I was ready to travel, I used my savings and off I went.. funny enough, I didn’t tell any family member about my plans until my visa was approved not even my mum.. That was how I planned, saved and funded my journey myself.