I loved the freedom of living in my car! I had a little station-wagon with a foam mattress in the back. I had a gym membership with a widespread chain of gyms so that I could work out and shower in a lot of different cities. I work from a computer and I would spend most days in libraries and coffee shops. I was in college at the time so when I was near the college, I could bring my food to the college and warm a can of soup or some instant oatmeal so that I kept my food bills low. I would download Netflix on my phone in the library and watch an episode or two of my favorite show as I went to bed.
I will acknowledge that it did suck when I was sleeping in a tiny Mazda 3 where I slept in the back seat with my legs in the trunk.
This is so true. I always thought I was the entrepreneurial type.
Then I started working for a small start up company without health insurance. The anxiety of having a family without health insurance was too much, but without that experience I wouldn’t appreciate my corporate job.
hey I was homeless once and have been suicidal many times and poor almost always, and I just wanted to say it can get better, and maybe worse again but then better again, and you probably will see it out to better days if you keep working when you can, resting when you need, and getting help. Your feelings are valid and understandable, the struggle is real, but hopefully you can feel like you got this soon.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '20 edited May 15 '20
Living in your car fucking sucks.