It is important. Extreme austerity kills the soul. We couldn’t afford an envelope haha.
I think the worst one, worse than electricity getting cut off (we had well water so at least we could go manually pump), worse than half a bar s bologna sandwich every day for a while, was the time my dad got a decent check but we didn’t have the money to get gas to go cash it. We had to live on beans (who has two thumbs and nearly shits himself inside out every time he eats more than a spoonful of beans? This guy) for two days while we waited for a family member to get back in town to lend dad a few bucks to get gas to drive into town.
I guess my point was that I had no idea how to budget because the only thing I ever saw was survival, not real budgeting. But then I got lost in an ADHD trip down memory lane.
It is important. Extreme austerity kills the soul. We couldn’t afford an envelope haha.
I think the worst one, worse than electricity getting cut off (we had well water so at least we could go manually pump), worse than half a bar s bologna sandwich every day for a while, was the time my dad got a decent check but we didn’t have the money to get gas to go cash it. We had to live on beans (who has two thumbs and nearly shits himself inside out every time he eats more than a spoonful of beans? This guy) for two days while we waited for a family member to get back in town to lend dad a few bucks to get gas to drive into town.
I guess my point was that I had no idea how to budget because the only thing I ever saw was survival, not real budgeting. But then I got lost in an ADHD trip down memory lane.