Man, there's nothing like buying a big ol' bag of rice to keep poverty mentality at bay. 🙂 It doesn't mean I'm only eating rice for the next month. It's just a visual reminder, if panic sets in over the next few weeks, that I have both a roof over my head & *something* to eat, so the rest'll be okay.
It's like Moe Szyslak looking at the noose in his bar closet after remembering that he has friends and saying "Not today, ropey! Not today!" (One of The Simpsons' most macabre moments, for sure. 😬)
*And if you've never gone through a period that left you with the risk of poverty mentality setting in while struggling in future moments, I am SO happy for you. Keep that up, you kings and queens!
But if anyone else still has that trigger in their life from time to time: I see you, your struggle matters, you are *more* than your hardship, and you are doing the best you can under the circumstances, so give yourself every credit and kindness, eh? Being angry at yourself only makes it all worse.
@MLClark Always have too much rice. And since the pandemic, always too much toilet paper.
*Someone's* gunning to be the Baroness of Butts after our next apocalypse. 🤣
@MLClark Wipe 'em if ya got 'em!