The standard of living in my city is increasing, the price of groceries and spices has also increased dramatically, inflation is always happening and another problem is the difficulty of increasing income, currently I work with a monthly salary of around $400 and my living expenses with my family are more than $400 so I do a lot of things to meet my needs every month.
The same as mine. Before $300 just for the groceries are more than enough but these days, it's not enough for a month and that's why we're budgeting tightly and already avoiding buying those unnecessary things and goods. We have cut our budget and avoiding to eat now in fancy restaurants and it's a way to avoid the contraction of covid although rates now have become low still, it's there. Having one source of income these days won't be enough, it's better to have a full time job and have another job or a side hustle.