This Post Is For People Like Me

The experience of poverty impacts many things, including how you keep house. When you hold onto that last little bit of toothpaste in the tube or the 'maybe there's a wash left here' bottle of shampoo AFTER you already have a one-deep backup of these items, what you are really telling yourself is "I don't have the confidence in myself to provide these things again if we run out. I don't believe my future is sustainable at the level I've achieved right now" and you're leaving your living space...