abc.net.au/news/doomsday-prepper-cost-of-living-crisis-jane-bari/102563442Jane Bari had a mortgage to pay and just $100 to her name when she realised something needed to change, and fast.
It was late 2017, and with looming debt and the risk of losing her home Ms Bari was spurred into action.However, a scalpel might have been a more appropriate tool for the task.Even the family home, a gorgeous house on one acre in the Gippsland town of Drouin, was sold in the name of economic viability.The pair downsized to a smaller, more affordable home, and Ms Bari called upon the strength, expertise, and skills of her migrant Italian parents to survive.
"We're just happy because we are now living below our means rather than seeing bank accounts empty like it was before," she said.The latest National Seniors' Survey of Australia revealed 80 per cent of older people had been impacted by increasing living costs, with the number who are "severely" impacted expected to rise over the next 12 months.