How are people doing it!? I don't understand how anyone can live all day knowing there's no money for retirement and that you'll be working the rest of my life just to get by. Ulcers, depression, disabling back pain, bunions, carpal tunnel. All this is from working and we're not getting ahead! Every time we get some money put away, something happens and we need it. Insurance keeps going up and with personal property taxes, I'm not sure we can afford to keep the things we have. And it's not much. Most of what we have is for working.
I've always believed that if I keep putting one foot in front of the other and work hard that I'll somehow be rewarded. But I'm done with that notion and am ready to give up and get out. It simply cannot be more work to live off grid and haul water from the creek or whatever. At least I'd know I can feed us with a garden and a little livestock.
I just don't get it. We are making what I thought should be enough money. We don't spend on ANYTHING unnecessary. Our vacations have been camping trips the last several years because we haven't been able to afford anything more and you NEED a vacation when you work like this. We save anything usable, repair instead of replace, have chickens and a garden and a pond to fish to supplement groceries. I've found cheaper alternatives for almost everything but we're still broke?
I just can't be positive anymore.