I totally understand where you’re coming from, because a few years ago I felt that way. I felt like I was somehow lesser than others because I didn’t have the money to buy luxury items, and I felt like a failure. I am pretty ill, with over 15 different chronic diseases. Because of that, my life went through a huge upheaval. I lost everything, and my life was hell for a number of years.
I have never been rich, but I used to be quite comfortably off. I now live on a pension of roughly $650 a month in a third-world country, because it’s the cheapest place for me to live. I have fallen in love with it here. I come from England originally, and spent many years in the USA. I can no longer afford the brands I used to love.
I am at peace with it now, and I’m quite happy as I am. As long as I can get some books, and the odd art supply now and then, that’s more than enough for me. I am still sick, and I always will be. I still struggle with all the illnesses I have if you want me to be honest - it makes me very resentful that I can’t work. Whilst I struggle to make ends meet a lot of the time, I get by. I have a roof over my head, food in my mouth, medicine, electricity, clothing and just enough money to get by on, whilst occasionally having a little extra to be able to save and put towards my emergency fund, or towards my hobbies. I can’t complain, it could be so much worse.
I have never been rich, but I used to be quite comfortably off. I now live on a pension of roughly $650 a month in a third-world country, because it’s the cheapest place for me to live. I have fallen in love with it here. I come from England originally, and spent many years in the USA. I can no longer afford the brands I used to love.
I am at peace with it now, and I’m quite happy as I am. As long as I can get some books, and the odd art supply now and then, that’s more than enough for me. I am still sick, and I always will be. I still struggle with all the illnesses I have if you want me to be honest - it makes me very resentful that I can’t work. Whilst I struggle to make ends meet a lot of the time, I get by. I have a roof over my head, food in my mouth, medicine, electricity, clothing and just enough money to get by on, whilst occasionally having a little extra to be able to save and put towards my emergency fund, or towards my hobbies. I can’t complain, it could be so much worse.
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