Day 5 of lowering my cost of living ✨

@greatvaluemerida

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The video taps into the relatable struggle of rising costs and the desire to save money, particularly for families. The creator's decision to pause a membership that offers benefits but is becoming financially burdensome resonates with viewers facing similar economic pressures.

Summary

The creator is documenting their journey to lower their cost of living. On day five, they decided to put their YMCA membership on a three-month hold due to the increasing monthly cost of $83, which they can no longer justify with their current income. This decision will save them $6.22 per month.

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1Introduction to Day 5 of lowering cost of living
2Explaining the YMCA membership and its cost
3Decision to place membership on hold
4

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Day 5 already!!! I don’t feel like I should need to do this making $70k per year but here we are. #costofliving #lowincome #frugalliving #singlemom #usa🇺🇸

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YMCA: ACTS - provides a pool for swimming and a place to work out. Removing it would change the video's focus on cost-saving and the creator's decision-making process. The video shows a bank statement with a charge from YMCA.

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Day 5 of lowering my cost of living ✨ WELCOME DAY FIVE OF LOWERING MY I'M DOING ONE THING EVERY SINGLE DAYS TO LOWER MY COST OF LIVING BIG ONE TODAY ALSO IGNORE THIS THIS IS LITERALLY DRIPS OF WATER WASHED MY HAIR FOR A Y FAMILY MEMBERSHIP FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW BECAUSE KIDS LOVE TO SWIM SO WE ABLE TO USE WINTER AND THEN TO WORK OUT POINT I CAN'T JUSTIFY THE COST ANMORE IT'S BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING OVER TIME BUT NOW WE $83 A MONTH ALL THE WAY UP TO 83 DOLLARS A MONTH THE YMCA DOES SO MANY GOOD THINGS FAMILIES AND STUFF BUT I JUST INCOME ANYMORE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF BILL COMING ACCOUNT MONTHLY DID FOR NOW IT ON A 3 MONTH HOLD SO THIS WON'T MY ACCOUNT FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS TO DECIDE IF I'M GOING TO PERMANENTLY CANCEL IT IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE LOT TO DO THE WINTER KIDS LIKE TO SWIM LOT OF OPTIONS FOR POOLS BUT THAT IS A LARGE EXPENSE SO THE PREVIOUS DAY TOTAL OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO CENTS WE ARE SAVING SIX DOLLARS AND A MONTH BY PUTTING MY Y MCA MEMBERSHIP ON HOLD FOR THE SUMMER AGAIN TOMORROW WITH SOMETHING ELSE

Transcript

Welcome day five of lowering my cost of living. I'm doing one thing every single days to lower my cost of living. Big one today. Also ignore this. This is literally drips of water. I washed my hair. For a YMCA family membership for quite some time now because kids love to swim so we're able to use it in the winter and then I use it to work out. But at this point I can't justify the cost anymore. It's been slowly increasing over time. But now we're all the way up to $83 a month. And I know the YMCA does so many good things for families and stuff. But I just don't have the income anymore to have this kind of bill coming out of my account monthly. So what I did for now is I called and I put it on a three month hold. So this won't come out of my account for the next three months. I do need to decide if I'm going to permanently cancel it. It's tough because there's not a lot to do with kids in the winter and if your kids like to swim, there's not a lot of options for pools. But that is a large expense. So when we add it to the previous day's total of $23.22, that's $106.22. We are saving $6 and 22 cents a month by putting my YMCA membership on hold for the summer. I'll be back again tomorrow with something else.