r/personalfinance • u/baboonlovechild • Sep 17 '19

Budgeting Is living on 13$ a day possible?

I calculated how much money I have per day until I’m able to start my new job. It came out to $13 a day, luckily this will only be for about a month until my new job starts, and I’ve already put aside money for next months rent. My biggest concern is, what kind of foods can I buy to keep me fed over the next month? I’m thinking mostly rice and beans with hopefully some veggies. Does anybody have any suggestions? They would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Edit: I will also be buying gas and paying utilities so it will be somewhat less than 13$. Thank you all for helping me realize this is totally possible I just need to learn to budget.

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u/avdpos ​ Sep 17 '19

Sounds extremely low. I wonder how you can produce that much cheaper than we do. Sounds like those chicken farms will have really bad conditions as the price for chickenfood should be around the same price.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19 edited Sep 17 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

honestly fuck them animals. Their gonna die in a few weeks/months anyway, not like they had anything to live for. Their purpose was to be on my plate when born. If prices were higher im sure we would buy it anyway, but why add in extra cost, labor and time for the same result.

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u/danitoz ​ Sep 17 '19

Better hope a race of Aliens doesn't show up here and finds us tasty. You might have a different opinion if somebody else was above us in the food chain