Yes, so true.

Everyone I’ve ever talked to who has been poor and is not anymore has the same story of the moment they realized they weren’t poor anymore: grocery shopping.

— Erynn Brook (@ErynnBrook) May 15, 2018

When I got out on my own, at first I still shopped like I was poor — like my family did when I was a kid. We literally used free bowls and plates that came out of dog food bags (some kind of promotion) when I was young — and they were better than what we had been using. We were that kind of poor, especially when I was 11 and younger.

Then I joined the army, made a good bit of money in the stock market, and one day in the grocery store realized: I don’t have to look at the prices any more. If I want the damn thing, I’m buying it.

That was indeed a huge moment. That was more life-changing than many other supposedly (from a societal perspective) larger changes in my life, that being able to slough off thinking like the poor person I was no longer.