That night, I reviewed my supermarket purchase bills from the past three months, and I felt terrible.

I realized that my threshold for "forget it, I won't buy it" has become ridiculously high.
In the past, I would hesitate for ten seconds in front of the seafood tank just to buy a fish for a good meal, thinking it was expensive, walking around twice, then coming back to check the price tag.
Now, holding a small jar of preserved vegetables, knowing it’s twice as expensive as last year, I still toss it into the shopping cart, thinking forget it, I’ll save money next month.
The problem is, I thought the same thing last month. And the month before that.
Even more frightening is that after reviewing the bills, I realized this "forget it" attitude has spread from food to everything.
Electricity bills are automatically deducted, I don’t even look at them.
Mobile plans expire and increase in price, and I’m too lazy to switch.
In the past, I had to visit three stores to buy a pair of pants, now I only remember which store it was after opening the package.
I’m not spending money; I’m using money to redeem the last of my energy.
Redeem a night where I don’t have to make ruthless decisions over ten or twenty yuan after work.
Last month, I saw a girl on the subway, her phone screen shattered beyond recognition but she was still using it.
Next to her seat was a shopping bag, inside was a small jar of imported preserved vegetables, exactly the same as what I bought.
Should I tell her that there’s a domestic version of the same flavor, half the price next to the imported one?
I didn’t speak.
I was afraid she’d say, I know.
And I was even more afraid she’d say, forget it.