I was having this conversation with a friend and we both got some useful ideas from each other (cancelling various underused subscription services, making use of libraries, more home vege gardening etc) - curious to know what else people are trying.

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    4•1 year ago

    Here are mine:

    • I don’t buy fresh greens anymore, only frozen

    • almost no meat

    • food shopping more at Reduced To Clear

    • no visiting the op shop or Kmart

    • trying to always use my energy to mix a drink of oral rehydration salts or salt instead of sometimes grabbing a juice box

    • no occasional sushi

    • try to keep coffee to just one instant decaf coffee a day

    • cut dental hygienist visits down to 1 in the past 2 years (this one’s actually bad, I’m hoping to reverse it)

    • not visit family as often (this one’s bad too)

    • get people to buy me moisturiser from the supermarket for birthday and christmas

    I know unless something radically changes things are going to get worse so my future ideas are:

    • maybe cut out the instant decaf altogether? (This one feels hard for some reason, but that stuff is so expensive)

    • plain oats instead of oats and pumpkin+sunflower seeds for breakfast

    • halve my vitamin supplement again

    • get the energy to gather receipts so I can try to update my disability allowance to today’s prices

    I don’t know what else. Getting a bit scared tbh.