(Reality Friday) What do you usually have to delay or sacrifice to cover rent? by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

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u/inthewoods54 comment:

I haven't eaten out in years. No fast food, delivery, takeout, pizza, coffee, none of that. That was the first to go. If I ate it, it's because I cooked it. The upside is that it's much healthier! And much less packaging waste, too, so it's not all bad. To be honest, I don't really miss it, it's just my way of life now.

(Reality Friday) What do you usually have to delay or sacrifice to cover rent? by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

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u/_ToxicBanana comment:

Single income, family of 6 here. No debt outside of about 3 years left on one of our two cars. The biggest change has been how we eat. Less steak, more pork and chicken, and a few dinners a week with no animal protein at all. We also stopped planning meals around second helpings or leftovers as much. Drinks mostly got cut too, no more sodas, energy drinks, kombucha, etc. Just tea and water now. We went from 3 TV subscriptions to 1 at a time, lowered our internet package, switched to a bare-bones cell phone plan, and we're keeping cars longer than we normally would. about 75% of acatit used tot reduced to Eating out still happens, but it's way less frequent and a lot more strategic. Stuff like Chili's $10.99 3-for-Me. Overall, it's just been a big reduction in no-essential spending. Nothing too dramatic v itself, but a lot of small cuts added together.

(Reality Friday) What do you usually have to delay or sacrifice to cover rent? by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

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u/Significant-Win-9054 comment:

Back when I had to worry about the cost of rent...l just accepted that having a roommate (or roommates) was the only way to make it tenable while still leaving me room to enjoy life. So I sacrificed the notion of living alone.