A little window into German poverty.
Despite the reduction ot payments from my social security income sources, I still have enough money for a small grocery shopping tour this month OR pay my medicine self cost part without having to lend money.
I haven't touched my savings. (low number but hey).
My storage has enough food for at least three weeks even if it gets very monoton and at one point, I will have to rely on stuff like noodles for breakfast.
My rent and my bills are paid... Still the weather is a problem because I don't want to turn up the heater to the next level. It's gas and that's expensive and also quite bad for the environment. And 19-20° C is manageable inside with two layers of overlapping clothes.
Can't afford stuff that I would like to have or replace because it's broken or near to breaking, but hey overall I bought one book new and a movie on DVD I wanted for years, second hand...
Definitely not the worst January I had.
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