From gas prices to the crazy increase in the price of chocolate milk, I have been contemplating this inflation.
Every time I leave the grocery store, I tell my husband I cannot believe the prices of the “normal” things we buy. Strawberries and spinach and turkey burgers and bacon – just to name a few items with ridiculous new price points. Every single bill of mine has gone up, from our cell phone bill to our house payment to that dreaded energy hike that they warned would be 60% more and I thought there is no way, and yet it is 60% more.
The amount of bills we have has not changed and our paychecks have not changed, so what are we going to do? Have a few side hustles? Check. Tighten our budget? Check. Eat out less? Check. Carpool? Check. What else can we do?
I know I am not the only one who is in this inflation contemplation and who is feeling all the feels about money and their budget, or the lack of both.
So where does this contemplation leave me? It leaves me wanting to do more for my family, to stretch that dollar as far as I can. It leaves me wanting to help others, if I can with what I have to help them stretch their dollars.
This inflation is real and I don’t think it is going to change anytime soon. So I will find the cheapest deal on chocolate milk for my family, shop the deals and the necessities, and, perhaps, go without some treats and splurges so we can have what we need and beat this inflation budget-busting era.
Any tips on what you and your family are doing as you navigate inflation?
