Ever found yourself doing any form of activity that brings you joy but at the same time is embarrassing, shameful, could even be annoying or a nuisance? Well, that is a guilty pleasure.
This week’s prompt on the @hiveGhana community platform about guilty pleasures gave me a sudden realization; I am big on this very habit.
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Talk about binge-watching series/movies deep into the night, when I know very well, I'd be waking up as early as 4:00am, limiting my sleep to few hours, makes me feel guilty. Guilty in the sense that I am not being health conscious. Some days I could only sleep for 3hours and wake-up to start another day.
Another instance in which you'd find me guilty is kitchen delight (as I have termed it). This happens when I cook favorite meals for the family, while I am to wait till its done and serve everyone, I make sure that I eat my share even before the food is brought down from the cooker. Also, even when I know I am full, I mostly take in something before bed. It could be biscuit, bread, fruit, carbonated drink or even gari, so long as I feel for it.
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Aside the listed above, there is one in particular I love to do so much I am pretty much aware it is a nuisance to others. Listening to music on repeat. I am a lover of music, it could be gospel, dancehall, rap, afrobeat, so long as it catches my interest, I am gamed for it. Sometimes I fall in love with a song I do not have a clue to who the artiste is, I pick a line from what I heard and use that to search online till I find it. It works every time.
Now, ones I get a new song that plays in my heard all the time, I develop a habit of playing it on repeat till I get fed up. Recently I fell in love with an afrobeat track titled Babylon, by Patoranking ft Victony. At home and even when I am on break at work, you hear me play and sing along to
…’Babylon, Babylon
Me I go run and run until I (find Heaven's gate, oh)’…
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Those around me are always bored because they do not like the taste of my song choice, but for me, it is pure joy. Honestly, I like the fact that I could annoy my family and friends with it and they have no option than to tolerate me. I do that for any song choice I fall in love with till I get tired.
I know I have to stop, but, it is a sweet sweet guilty pleasure.