I am barely able to survive off of a “livable” wage now. I don’t even have a car because I live in a walkable area.

My bills: food, Netflix, mortgage, house insurance, health insurance, 1 credit card.

I’m food prepping more than ever. I have literally listed every single item we use in our home on excel, and have the prices listed for every store. I even regularly update it.

I had more spending money 5 years ago when I made much less. What. The. Frick.

Anyways. Are you all okay? I’ve been worried about my fellow millennials. I read this article that talked about Prime Day with Amazon. And millennials spending was actually down that day for the first time ever. Meanwhile Gen z and Gen X spent more.

The article suggested that this is because millennials are currently the hardest hit by the current economy.. that’s totally and definitely doing amazing…./s

I can’t imagine having a child on less than this. Let alone comfortably feeding myself

Edit: really wish my mom would have told me about living in low cost of living areas… like I know I sound dumb right now- but I just figured everywhere was like this. I wish I would have done more research before settling into a home. I’m astounded at just the prices on some of these homes that look much nicer than mine.. and are much cheaper. Wow. This post will likely change my future. Glad I made it. Time to start making plans to live in a lower costing area.

And for those struggling, I feel you. I’m here with you. And I’m so so sorry

Edit 2: they cut the interest rates!! So. Hopefully that causes some change