Yay, only 1 more day to go! I'm at the stage now where I'm planning what I'll be having to eat after this challenge is over. I'm planning on a midnight snack on Friday night, a big brekkie on Saturday and then dinner out on Saturday night. I. CAN'T. WAIT.
Aside from [tasty and varied] food, the other thing I miss is the social aspects that surrounds food. I've had to turn down many a coffee and lunch invite this week. I've missed having people over for dinner.
And it feels...isolating. It reminds me a little of when I first stopped shopping during my year of not buying brand new. Then I realised that shopping was one of the ways I used to connect with people.
Now I'm realising that food plays a big part with how I connect with people now.
Oh and my daughter has entered a public speaking competition and she's decided to do her 3 minute speech on what I've been doing! She wants to talk about the differences between her meals and mine, why I am living on $2 a day for food, and what's she's learned about extreme poverty from this. I'll ask her permission to post her speech on this blog.
Anyway, this is just a short update. I've just finished work and I'm really tired.
I hope you are all well.
4 comments:
I've been following this challenge (and am in awe of it and you!), but I do wonder how much harder it would be if you had to source your food one day at a time? I realize $10 for five days is an insanely low amount of money, but I am curious if trying to spend $2 per day is even worse?? Not to mention the time involved!
I would love to see her speech recorded as a grand finale of your efforts.
Jennifer
Hi! I've just come over from Down---to---Earth. The comment you made about shopping being one of the ways you connect with people - so true. I just didn't realise it until times got tough for us. But it was a great realisation, and now I try and put more effort into other ways of connecting. Great posts!
I have just popped over from Down---to---Earth also and just want to back up what you say about connecting with people through shopping and eating, I found it very hard and quiet isolating when i stopped being a shopaholic. I have had to find new ways to connect with people and the net is one of those ways.
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