I read today that the full amount of the new Sate Pension is £185.15 per week for 2022/2023.

£185.15 a week for a year is £9,627.80.

I also read that the energy prices are forecasted to hit £3,600 a year this winter.

The cost of energy for the year is more than a third of the pension payout.

£69.23 a week of that £185.15 will be spent on gas and electricity which leaves you with very little to live on for the rest of the week.

With the increasing costs to food, it won’t take long for the remaining £115.95 to be eroded to nothing.

I hate to say it; the future is looking a little bleak for many.

Some people are going to be doing nothing more than simply existing.

That’s no life at all.

Life is meant to be enjoyed… and you can get very little enjoyment when you have to constantly count the pennies.

To make life that little easier, you really only have one option, and that is to make more money.

Trying to cut back and save money is painful when you have little to save in the first place.

You could choose to live on crisp sandwiches for the next six months, but your mind and body might not thank you.

When people are forced to cut back, food is often the first and quickest area to act on.

Changes to food choices are very often bad with cheap unhealthy food replacing good nutritious food.

To prevent being forced to make bad food choices and cut back on doing the things you enjoy, you only need a little extra each day.

Just £20 a day can make a huge difference to a person’s life. It doesn’t sound much but £20 a day is £140 per week and £560 per month.

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