Not saying this for pity: just for insight into how things work when everything's super tight in the budget.

Fridge has been off since May.
Great savings on energy!

Today I've had *such* a craving for a sandwich, but if I buy the constituent parts some come in packs that require refrigeration. (I mean, unless I eat all the cheese in one go... 👀)

So I'm passing on it. NBD.

But if things are tight for you too, honour the fact that precarity is a mental energy suck.

& give yourself some grace.