They Keep Saying It's Fine. It Doesn't Feel Fine Anymore.

Petrol's up, the grocery bill's climbing, the mortgage repayments have crept higher, and yet the news keeps telling us everything's under control. This episode is about living in that disconnect, the gap between what we're told is happening and what we actually feel every time we go into town. Are we crazy, or are we just frogs in slowly heating water, quietly getting used to the pressure?We talk through the cost of living crunch here in Australia, what a shift into El Nino could mean for rainfall and food production on our off grid homestead, the looming fuel price changes, and why we've started buying extra at every shop. Not panic buying, not prepping for the apocalypse, just taking more responsibility before the system gets squeezed.This isn't doom and gloom. It's an honest, practical conversation about staying informed without drowning in it, knowing when you're being marketed to, and the simple grounding question we keep coming back to: what's the truth, and what's the lie?Check out the BLUETTI Elite 300 Here: https://bit.ly/RSH_Elite300CONNECT WITH US Rustic Spirits Email List:https://bit.ly/rustic_spirits_email_list Check out our Patreon and join the Rustic Spirits Community:https://patreon.com/c/rusticspiritsco