Middle East-sized problems require micro-level budgetary adjustments
Rising living costs may be out of your control, but how you respond — and what you choose to spend — isn’t.
Cutting back on non-essential items, even in small ways, can help offset increases in unavoidable costs. (Image source: Kamil Zajaczkowski/Shutterstock.com)
Everyone’s blaming the Middle East conflict for rising costs.
Fuel’s up, groceries are up, and everything feels more expensive, or at least like it’s about to be.
But here’s the thing: just because costs are rising, that doesn’t mean our spending has to.
If I’m honest, it does concern me a little, because moments like these are when plenty of people quietly fall behind without realising it.
But it can also be at this exact moment those most r…
