Can you use $20 to meet a week's need?

Hello dandan07, personally, I cannot really live to $20 a week budget. I have tried doing that sometime when I don't have a job yet and I don't want bother my parents. I was able to last for a week but it was too hard for me. With the increase in price nowadays, the value of $20 decreases rapidly. However, here in our country I can see people living with a budget of $10 a week. You can see that they are having a hard time getting by but then they are hard press to just deal with the situation of not having enough because they can not find any other means to have extra income. Some of them just skip meals because their money is not enough. It is heart breaking.

depends. if there's only myself to be considered, if i don't have to go out for a week at all, if it will just be an expense for a week of food for one person only... i can stretch the $20 to feed myself... because i can cook and can make inexpensive menus. but not if i have a family and bills to pay. on food alone, our household of 4 averages about $20-$40 a day. if we dine out, it would average $20-$40 per meal. our food supplements cost about $25-$40 per week per person. so if we do the math, we'll definitely go hungry. the cost of almost everything that we usually pay for increase over time. every year, they just get harder to afford if we don't increase our income based on our needs.

Honestly, I think that it can be done, but it would be very hard to do in this day and age. I have trouble with this because of where I live, but I know that there are some people who have no problem with this if they live in the right area.

With the cost of gas, that $20 would be gone in one day. It would be scary to calculate how much money I actually need to make it through the week. All I can do is try to work with what I have.

I know I cannot live on 20.00 a week. Prices of everything keeps on going up especially the price of gas and food. There used to be a time when I could use 20.00 a week to buy things. I am making extra money on here and am hoping that I can build my income. I feel that life is hard on everybody.

Your situation is same my situation...inflation is higher and now $20 is just enough for me for 3 days without books and clothes, just for eating and drinking only. I can't save much because of it. I am very sad about it.

I know that 20 dollars is the same as 12 pounds and 64 pence in my home country. I feel fed up with the rising prices in my home country. The money that I earn has not gone up very much. I would not be able to buy much food and drink with just 12 pounds and 64 pence. Bread costs 1 pound and 31 pence. Fruit juice is on a special offer of 99 pence for one liter. My kids eat food and have drinks. Dog food alone can cost 10 pounds or more. I have household bills coming in too. 20 dollars would not last me a day.

Years ago i can see how $20 in my household may stretch it through the week. In todays economy, it is fortunate for that same money to last a few days. Everything is rising in price. a strict budget just doesn't stand a chance.

It would take me more than $20 dollars to feed myself each week and I am a light eater. My family of 3 spends about $100 a week on food. Sometimes a little less if I can find good deals and stock up on non-perishable items. The price of everything is going up it is getting harder and harder to get out of the grocery store with less than $100 to keep us fed with healthy foods.

Hi dandan ! Yes though the income increased but the expenditure more too which really bit us. I am living in a joint family having 7 members in it including two minors and our expenditure is $ 600 to $ 700 per month and moreover not all are employed. If our expenditure go rise in such a way than the day isn't far that there will not be saved anything with us or we should have to go for better earning opportunity.