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 🏋🏼♂️
I have personally cut out drinking (alcohol), video games, cable TV, sports, eating lunch and sometimes dinner and trimmed down unnecessary spending over the past 3-4 years. Hell, I even stopped using disposable razors and have been using my grandfathers old straight razor. I had no idea how much I was spending on razor cartridges until I stopped buying them. I fully expected to lose my job over the vax mandate. It was threatened for so long, that I thought it was a foregone conclusion, so I tightened up on all the red in my ledger and focused on stocking up the black. I was fortunate to not lose my job when the vax deadline came and then went, but I fully expected it. Since then, I have continued to save up and am still watchful on spending. The funny thing is that I have never been this happy in my entire life as I am now. Even now, I don't have faith that I will keep my job, but even if I lost it, I wouldn't be worried. The world we thought we lived in is dead. Trying to keep the illusion up is what is hurting people.
I was starting to lose faith other anons got it.
Its not about getting "better at suffering". Its about learning to suffer less so you can do the right thing.
Seriously proud. 👌
Ten years ago, I would have thought I was a lunatic. It amazes me about how ignorant I was. I paid my mortgage off last year because of all the frivolous spending was cut out. (Alcohol was the biggest savings) actually...girlfriends were the biggest expense, but that was closely linked to alcohol. 😉 stopped dating and now I am practically rich!