Final Day of the $2 Per Day Food Challenge - Thursday, Nov. 14th, 2013

Today I am finishing up living off of $2 a day and it has been quite a challenge to say the least. I didn't realize how much money could be spent on food daily and how much I personally spend. I would say on a normal day when I don't eat at my house, I usually spend between 5 to 15 dollars a day on food. That is a crazy amount, and eating out will cause you to spend more than you ever anticipated. Living off of Ramen Noodles which are $0.46 a pack and water, then the occasional slice of bread or crackers has been a change, but in a good way because I have learned to appreciate what I have and also feel for and understand a little bit more of what some of those people in impoverished countries are going through. Like I said in my last post, it was hard for me, a single person, to do this challenge. I can't imagine trying to feed a family on $2 a day. You would either have to be very mindful of your resources and try to plant and harvest a garden, or trade for food, or try to seek a different, higher paying job. Whatever you had to do, it would be tough either way and I wish I could do something right now to help those families out. I'm glad that we have programs and services dedicated to trying to get those people food and to teach them agricultural ways to plant and harvest to have a sustainable form of food coming in, because it has to be almost unbearable not to have very much food on a consistent basis. This gave me a little better perspective of impoverished countries and how thankful I need to be for the life we live here in the states.