Personal Care 🚿
When people discuss “self care” “unwinding” activities to get some alone time, especially for parents, some of the first things to come up are massages, salons, shopping… I’d like to hear some things that you do to care for yourself, whether you have small kids or not, that are more frugal. The only thing that comes to mind is going for a walk in the park or a short hike. Which is very nice, but can get repetitive.
Finance💰
In the US, we've had the Affordable Connectivity Plan (ACP), which provided phones, tablets, and subsidized mobile and home service for people in our most precarious communities. Sadly, this program is ending very soon, because Congress is a bunch of rich, disconnected, heartless jerks that want to keep people struggling, and at a disadvantage.
My heart goes out to anyone on here that was part of the program, I was on it years ago, and know lots of people that will be impacted by this loss, less than a year after many food subsidy programs were gutted significantly.
Way to go, 'Murrica. Maaaybe go read that stuff written on the Statue of Liberty, again... And repeat until it makes sense.