Been thinking why I’m always so broke 😳💵

I often have very little extra money in my bank account and I’m always looking for ways to trim expenses from my budget. I refuse to get home internet and do not do online shopping and only rarely do I drive my truck, preferring to take public transportation around town.

The thing is my checking account is not interest bearing so it makes little sense to keep money there except when absolutely necessary to pay the bills. Plus looking at an nearly empty account makes me watch my spending to avoid draining it too low.

Not having trash service makes me think carefully about everything I buy and how I’m going to get rid of it. Things that don’t burn, just accumulate until I take them to the transfer station for recycling or disposal. Having to think about how to get rid of things makes me want a lot less things.

And it just bothers me to see my hard earned money go up in smoke – literally when I burn packaging – but also more figuratively when I pay my electric and heating bill. I just hate being billed for things after the fact. I’d rather pay up front and use up what’s already mine. Maybe when I own a house I’d much rather have a coal or wood stove where I can at least see how my stockpile is being used up.

Plus I’m deeply committed to building a better future for myself so I don’t have to live in this run down apartment forever. I want to be able to own acreage where I shoot my guns, have fires and livestock and do my thing without neighbors right next door. Even better yet would be to off-grid, generate most of my electricity and heat on-site using food, then farming a lot of my own food.