It’s becoming increasingly hard for myself and my family to survive in this economy. Myself and my family are teetering in the edge. I hope there’s some relief soon. I lost my job back in 2021 and went I to business for myself. 5 years ago under Trump’s economy I think I could survive and grow without a problem. Now… a trip to the grocery store costs $500 and running up cards left and right because our two incomes combined still isn’t enough. That doesn’t even touch on all the other things like our healthcare going up etc. 3 kids… I am praying people will make their moves soon to take this thing back and get it under control. I don’t know how much time I have left. I wish there was a relief opportunity for those of us who know and trust the plan to get by until it’s fixed. LoL
It’s becoming next to impossible for myself and my family to survive.
🧘Mental/Physical Health 🏋🏼♂️
Some things that helped us to save money when times were tight:
The book "Dining on a Dime" really shows how to shop for deals and to make good family meals for pennies. It can really bring down your $500 grocery bill which seems pretty high.: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31547087989
The book "Tightwad Gazette" goes the extra mile for serious extremely frugal ways to save money while raising a family: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30834325092
Used book stores - they sell older model gaming systems and games as well as books
Review the classifieds or craigslist for free items - then see if you can renovate it or turn it into something someone would buy - an example of this would be using pallet wood to make an adirondack chair or old food plastic drums that could be made into a rain collection system. Another idea is finding large amounts of old wires and harvest the copper out of it to sell it to a scrap metal center. Lots of side hustles to get that 20, 40, 100 bucks that you need for rent / mortgage. Grabbing processor chips out of old washing machines could also be pretty profiable. https://www.scrapmetalbuyers.com/current-prices
Taking on side jobs - there is always some job that someone wants to pay someone else to do. Between food delivery, rideshares, lawnmowing, leaf raking, snow shoveling, the money is out there.