A new challenge

To break up the mundane task of packing a million moving boxes, Mum and I are taking the challenge of living on $2 of food a day. We are not doing it for fundraising (since we kind of missed the boat on that one), but we are doing it as a personal challenge.

We are allowed to pool our money together, so we have $20 to spend on all our food for 5 days. We have a shopping list. We have a meal plan. We have a snack plan. We have a baking plan. We can do this.

The reason that this challenge is so damn easy for us? We've lived on less before. For a fair bit of my childhood (and a little of my adult life, too). Yes, I came from very humble beginnings. If you ever wondered why I am so positive about life, about everything, it's because I know what it's like to go without. Everything I experience, I know it's temporary and that there's a lot worse I could be going through.

Mum and I are fighters. God willing, we will never be in a position of poverty again. But we are taking this challenge to prove to ourselves that it's not hard. To remind ourselves of what we used to experience. And to never, EVER, take what we have now for granted ever again.