Every morning, is the same drill, the roads are traffic locked, bikes squeezed between cars and people burning fuel just to move a few streets down. And everyone just accepts it? Like this is the only way things can be? I genuinely don’t get it.

I watched my neighbor change everything with one decision, he was tired of the same drill, He had this old bicycle rusted, loud, the kind you’d assume was one ride away from falling apart. Next thing I know, he disappears for a few weeks, and when he comes back, that same bike is gliding past traffic like it’s not even part of the same city.

I asked him what he did, He said he converted it. He said he got an electric bike kit online and converted it, he was so done with the traffic and couldn’t cope again, I also asked him how he got it, he said he did order it online, after checking the prices of the ones in the physical stores, and it was just overpriced, he opted for one after scrolling through pages of media, websites, Alibaba and Amazon.

Now, here is where am annoyed, no one is doing anything, Because why is that not normal?Why are we all acting like sitting in traffic for hours is just life? Why is something as simple as upgrading what you already have seen as some rare, complicated thing? People complain every day, but the moment there’s an alternative even a small one nobody moves.

And then we wonder why nothing changes.

I see him now, just passing by, no stress, no noise, no fuel queuing just riding with ease. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still stuck, still complaining, still doing the same thing every day.

So what is it? Is it comfort? Fear? Or are we just used to things being bad? Because clearly, it doesn’t have to be this way.

And that’s the most frustrating part