Well first I apologize if you thought I was teaching you how to live your life or somehow making light of your situation ( no pun intended). Most people everywhere are facing the same dilemmas thanks to covid. I was being sincere and not trying to belittle you when I said take care of priorities. I guess what I meant was ,is it even neccessary to grow period until things improved for you. I also offered the suggestion of possibly cutting somewhere else, like nutes, contrary to popular belief that's not always a bad idea as some like to keep their plants on the verge of scorching and imo more light would possibly provide better results than less light for your efforts. My rational was and is ,if the end result is a fail then it was all wasted just on the cheap.
I know your in a different country and most likely it's not legal but is sun an option?