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My wife lost her job 3 months ago. She got hired as a teachers assistant (Praise God) but doesn't start until next month. She's doing some odd jobs but there aren't many to go around these days.
I make a pretty good living but we canceled all but one of our credit cards (to get out of debt) and right now got caught in that space where we just paid off a ton of debt but have no savings. We are living single paycheck to single paycheck and I refuse to open a new credit card and get back into the same position.
The only shining star in our situation has been our preps. We've been digging into our supplies for the past month and it looks like we will continue to do so for at least the next month until we get our second income back. We've got a few months worth but it's very nice to not have $100+ in food budget every week to worry about.
In addition it's been an extremely good exercise in eating what we store. I'm going through and learning where I'm really lacking.
In addition I've become very serious about my gardening because you get REALLY bored eating out of a can and box after a while. We've had a great yield of lettuce, peppers and carrots with a bunch more veggies right around the corner. We are eating home-grown salad every night but that's a good thing right?
One of our first priorities when the new job comes will be to completely replenish and expand our preps.
The point of my post is simply this: Food Storage & Preps aren't disaster insurance they are life insurance.
I make a pretty good living but we canceled all but one of our credit cards (to get out of debt) and right now got caught in that space where we just paid off a ton of debt but have no savings. We are living single paycheck to single paycheck and I refuse to open a new credit card and get back into the same position.
The only shining star in our situation has been our preps. We've been digging into our supplies for the past month and it looks like we will continue to do so for at least the next month until we get our second income back. We've got a few months worth but it's very nice to not have $100+ in food budget every week to worry about.
In addition it's been an extremely good exercise in eating what we store. I'm going through and learning where I'm really lacking.
In addition I've become very serious about my gardening because you get REALLY bored eating out of a can and box after a while. We've had a great yield of lettuce, peppers and carrots with a bunch more veggies right around the corner. We are eating home-grown salad every night but that's a good thing right?
One of our first priorities when the new job comes will be to completely replenish and expand our preps.
The point of my post is simply this: Food Storage & Preps aren't disaster insurance they are life insurance.