I make the same amount of income as I used to, however the prices for things have skyrocketed.
The only things that haven’t changed are taxes and pay.
The bi-weekly bills are higher, the cost of food at the grocery store keeps going up, and there seems to be nothing I can do about it! I don’t want to get another task, and I don’t know I should have to! This great country of ours used to spend money to pay us a living wage, however I know those afternoons are gone, aren’t they? Instead of toiling more jobs I decided to tighten our belt. Now I drive less, I go out less, and I spend less cash on buying cannabis. I used to smoke cigars, and stopped for budgetary reasons, however I can’t stop using cannabis; Cannabis is non-negotiable, it is the medicine I need to maintain our mental health and keep a more positive outlook on life. I used to have the scary kind of depression, and flirted with having suicidal tendencies for a while, however smoking cannabis helped calm our jangled nerves and keep myself and others tethered to reality. Without cannabis I lose touch with what’s most pressing, and those seasoned dark thoughts begin to creep back in. I guess that marijuana affects pretty much everyone differently, however for myself and others weed genuinely is medicine, and I depend on it. If I have to eat nothing besides Ramen Noodles every day, and drink tap water, it would be worth it so long as I could still afford to buy cannabis. I am a lot more frugal, and usually smoke with knife hits, however I need to smoke cannabis every single day.