This year has been difficult for my family financially. My income has dropped considerably compared to last year, which has made it difficult to pay the bills each month. August was no exception; it seems that the more days go by, the harder it is to earn money. In August, my husband was in charge of paying the rent and food (it is our biggest expense). Normally, we always pay half of everything, but things have gone so badly that I have not been able to contribute. This month, I was in charge of paying the monthly school fee (it is not much) and I only paid half of my daughter's soccer academy. Last night, we ran out of gas just as I was preparing dinner. I turned around and looked at my husband and told him that we no longer had gas, but neither he nor I had the money to buy a new gas cylinder (we do not have piped gas). What could we do? We had to hurry and buy new gas, otherwise I would not be able to cook and we could not buy prepared food because we did not have the money to order food to be delivered. The solution to all this: SN, I have earned some sats since I've been here and although I didn't want to spend those sats because I was collecting them for another purpose, it was our only salvation/solution. If 10 years ago someone had told me that I could earn sats for making posts and comments, I wouldn't have believed it and much less believed that it would save me from some trouble. Thanks stackers, thanks SN.