I really do have to budget correctly now

I thought my debt was hanging around the 3k mark, but it's currently 5,200!! About 1,000 from the limit. My brother just told me what the fees will be for that kind of debt.

I have to get the cheapest food that can be cooked in the microwave, a microwave that looks disgusting inside btw I have no usable ovens or stove tops.

I have to limit tasty food for at most once a week, if at all, I really do like that tasty food, but I have to be having a mental picture of being thrown into debtor's prison or howling at the moon under a bridge to make it an unsavory idea.

I cannot be getting anymore books, films or any purchases period that is not of the following

Bills
The reasonable price of the Criterion Channel for the best in films
YouTube Premium for commercial free playlist playing functionality -- my playlists are my metier!!
My grocery delivery service

Here's how i'd like it to dwindle down

Aim at a reduction of 200 a month, and in 26 months, FREEdom!!

One little perk for overspending is my cc's rewards thing has allowed me to get 75 dollars in gift cards for some much needed yummy food, which will require me to go physically to that fine dining establishment, thus keeping my physique in tip top shape lol