Homelessness, the good, bad, and ugly of it all...

The ugly rat race



The rat race, been really been thinking about getting out of it, verses getting more into it.

It's a race you can never ever win.

Life is a storm, and you only have calm moments between the storm.

Governments, institutions, everything, have become so greedy, so profit driven, that earnings really can't keep up with cost of living for many.

Your body simply wears out before ever getting a good return for labor.

Same with running a small business or contracting service, so many fees, extra costs, taxes, repairs this that, that at end of day you're like 'Why am I doing this?'.

Everything you earn just gets sucked back into the system.

And it never ever ends.

The only real way to beat the system, for a common labor types, is to simply step outside the system, radically reduce monthly bills.

But like so many, I've gotten sucked back into the system, have gotten comfortable, have a gym, a/c, clean place.

I've gotten comfortable.

That's what the system wants is for you to get comfortable, like a cow in a dairy, where as the cow is eating hey the machine is sucking all the cows milk and nutrients out of it.



This is what happens to us when we get comfortable, as long as we're fed our hay, belly is full, we let them milk us in so many ways, low pay, high rent, high insurance, high groceries, high mortgage, high auto payment, hi phone bill, hi cable bill and more.

We're like cows getting milked.

I have a few more days to decide how I want to steer future, well not really, but could possibly buy small RV and prepare to just 'move out' in the fall, 'out' as in off the system, sort of.

Or could double down in business and try to earn more money, but with that comes higher expenses, higher losses, more risks and more stress.

Just not sure what to do right now.

But am tired of falling for this BS that 'Oh, if you just work harder and longer you'll over come'.

I'm not a cow, can only work so long during the day before mind and body just break down and totally loose interest in what I'm doing.

One would have to be on cocaine to just work 18 hours a day like a super charged robot.

Oh well, it's Saturday night, time to relax and just enjoy the weekend.

Thinking about dropping out of rat race soon, easier said than done

If only role to society from now until I die, is to labor, come home tired, and not earn enough to get anywhere, than what's the point?

May as well go live a Grizzly Adams type life, only much cleaner version.

But todays world makes even such a lifestyle of seclusion, hard.

Cause no matter where you go, need a income, license, and place to stay.

You can't just camp off the land anymore since every square inch of land in world now is owned by a Government or business or private property.

There is no more frontier land or space available, everyone is being funneled closer and closer to cities, and in U.S. West Government taking over land, and pumping foreign populations into traditionally wild west areas.

Everything is changing.

Not only that but Cartels and other shady people also utilize back country areas now, traps, hunters, drug smugglers, cops, gps, farmers, ranchers, tourists and just noisy people.
It's like there's no place to go anymore to just be alone and live if near broke.

If super rich you just buy own land, and live happy and free on your 100 acres of private property.

But if not super duper rich, than basically have to transverse through land already owned or occupied, the same way wild animals do.

And cops, sheriffs and other types do not like strange people hanging out who seemingly have no purpose or job, in rural areas that is, they'll drive you out quick, like in the movie 'First Blood'.

Drifters, small rural areas do not like drifters.

So it's like you're left with choice of working slave wage job and getting no where ever, and trying to stay motivated, or becoming a drifter.

Or greatly simplifying personal comfort, maybe just living in very small used RV that's paid for while working part time.

But if motivated type, would get bored of that soon and would naturally fill the time with other activity.

Have no easy answers.

Me personally, I'm just tired of the rat race, like a road to nowhere.

No easy answers here, not today anyways.

Once homeless, gives you a certain kind of confidence in survival

If ever been homeless before, gives you a certain kind of confidence in survival, cause always know if lose all, can still survive.

Can still survive, while working, yet able to save 300-1,400 a month on bills, thus can save up enough to buy land or house in cash after a year or less.

If homeless, living out of vehicle or at shelter for year while working full time, can save up to $12,000 or more in cash, to by land, RV, go to college again, or big down payment on dream home, ect.

Life is short, and cash, even still today, often speaks loader than noise.

One reason why hesitate to sell extra vehicle is cause I indeed was homeless before, meaning lived without street address to come home to.

My home was wherever I parked for the night, or during the day.

I lived inside van at time, it was my shelter.

And every since then I see the value in vans, cause if ever have to go homeless again, nothing beats a van for shelter...



Although not the van I had, I learned the value of a van, after living in one, bedding in one for nearly a year.

1. Keeps you out of shelters, who in their right mind would want to sleep in a shelter, where those who work at such places treat you as if sub human.
And those have to bed around are just plain odd, mentally ill, poor hygiene and more.

Shelters are scary places to bed down in, especially if still 'fit', and redeemable, cause you're sleeping around a lot of people who are not, and my experience is a lot of people who are not redeemable, rather than lift you up, will try to drag you down to their level, and even try to wreck your life by getting you caught up in stuff.

2. Vans protect you from the weather, the elements. Sure it may get cold out, but at least dry, and can layer up in sleeping bags, body heat is an amazing heater if insulated.

Also vans, any vehicle actually, protects from insects...but if have no working A/C, can be tough in summer time, especially if in arid humid area, have to park in shade during day, or won't be able to sleep.

3. If have van, even if homeless, gives you sense of respectability if applying for a job, or just driving around, gives you a sense of hope, that you can bounce back.

4. Can always park at 'RV' lot or trailer park, for fraction of price of rent.
You'd be surprised at how efficient you become with space inside of van when it's your home, how creative you become, bed in one location, shelves in another, place to sit up in chair and relax, in yet another.

When homeless, the main thing is to be left alone when want to be left alone, and to have your own private space to 'recover' from long agitating day.

And a van can even provide a place to wash and bathe, yes, to wash and bathe, when homeless and living in van or vehicle, water will become your best friend, for with water can do so much.

And with all the money saving from not paying rent, and still working full or part time, can easily by lights, propane stove and more.

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(Just don't 'gas' yourself, be sure have plenty of ventilation or that unit doesn't leak gas inside of vehicle)

Becoming homeless again for a while indeed is tempting, to be able to save up to $1000.00 a month!

$12,000 or more a year, including all associated expenses that come with renting.

For 12 gran could then turn around and by land, or larger used RV...but to me 'land' is what you really want, cash for land, so that it's yours, it's your home, to do with as you want, to build whatever you want on it (with zoning in mind)...(out west lots of cheap land, forest land, can do whatever you want with)

And once don't have to pay rent, it frees up your schedule tremendously.

1. Can work part time instead of full time.

2. All u have to pay is vehicle insurance, phone bill, internet bill, gas, ect, and that's it.

And if have newer car making payments on, so what, (as I do)...that's even better, cause have newer car, so when apply for job, or want to escape homeless images, just hop in newer vehicle and feel 'normal' and clean.

In the past all I had was van, but now have two vehicles, one I'm making payments on, so my life would be even easier actually.

If went homeless again, while working full time, would actually have way more Cash to spend, and cash is key, could pay down credit card bills for one, and just buy other things.

Could get 'storage' lot, even large garage sized storage unit cheaper than rent...



I'm not saying I want to be homeless again, cause it can be rough at times, even dangerous.

But am saying it's doable, as long as have goals in mind and realize it's a path to a greater means.

I mean if working full time now, yet maxed out on bills, have no extra money ever, than what's the point?

Yet if homeless, and do it right way, it's like giving self a $1,200 a month raise or so...

That's extra cash can use to pay off debt, by house, down payment on house, buy boat, house boat, go back to college, trade school, ect...

And or just save up for retirement, and or invest extra saved money, but must be disciplined.

Wow, I make being homeless seem fun...

But also have to still work either full time or part time in order for that to occur.

And also when living out of van, can live anywhere, don't have to be picky about 'job' you work, as long as earning at least say from 300-500 a week, you're set.

And if lucky, and earning more, like 1000 a week, than you're really set.

All the money you'll save, you'll be rich again, while being homeless.

Anyways, time to conclude this...got a bit carried away...just want people to know being homeless is not the end of the world, some times it's just the beginning of a better world and existence.

I sometimes think about going 'homeless' again, in order to save around 1000 a month.

Rent or mortgage is what sinks many in this nation, land of the free, yet fiscally stuck do to so many bills.

If willing to go homeless, again, for around 5-6 months, while still working full time, the benefit to self would be like giving self a 14 dollar an hour raise or more or so.

I mean to not have to pay out 1/3 of your income, or so, to rent or mortgage every month, oh just think of the fiscal advantage.

I've done it before, the question is could I do it again?

I'm a bit older now, and not sure if in same 'mental' playful spot I was when willingly went homeless before.

I wasn't totally homeless in that lived out of, slept in Van...



I didn't actually have to sleep on the streets, or curb or in homeless shelter, my van was my shelter.

Can't stand homeless shelters, or the types who congregate around them, they drive me insane, and all of them aren't 'nice' as depicted during holidays, as city officials seen on camera feeding them food.

Just can't see self sleeping in 'dorm' style lay out around dirty azz others who snore, have demons in them, and smell, gross.

So if did go homeless again, would do as I did before and sleep outside of shelters, and in own vehicle.

Yes, it can be humiliating, and degrading at times, but so can being broke all the time.

When homeless, while still working full time or near such, you'd be surprised how quick cash builds up.

And when have money, on the streets, = power.

And not sure why many homeless chose to look so poorly, in that when I was homeless before, shaved, and always looked 'sharp', soxy and exercised, jogged, ect.

Looking 'rough' and gritty is a chose, and not result of being homeless.

When I was homeless I chose to look like a model, clean, slim and shaven.

In that was still connected to 'world', had job, was in school, and still had hope.

Now I'm back in the 'system', and can't say I'm any happier, in that the system simply sucks all your income away from you, and ages you slowly.

I'm still healthy, and young enough where maybe could give homelessness one last try, as way of accumulating money.

Not having to pay rent is like giving self a 700-1,200 dollar grant every month.

With that could pay down all bills in literally weeks, then could save for..

1. Deposit on land or small house

2. Buy RV

3. Save up for school of choice, graphic engineering or flight school

And more.

But life on the streets isn't easy or always safe.

Decisions decisions..

I don't want to be homeless again, but the idea of wasting $12,000 a month on rent is becoming more and more absurd

I don't want to be homeless again, I really don't, I've gotten use to tile floors, shower and or bath, A/C, running water, a nice porch and more....that's a lot to give up.

But at the same time this idea of paying 12,000 a year on rent, and associated costs, just seems more and more futile.

A big waste of money and time actually, when could live a lot cheaper.

Cause at this pace, just can't save anything, and if can't save, than what's the point?

Cause means simply working till get injured or sick, then will lose everything anyways, but if at least able to save, or have paid off RV, or travel trailer, can be way more self efficient when and if that time does come, and it will, always does for most.

I'm just at point now where realize can do more with cash, than I can with bad credit.

Not having apartment or house can be humiliating though, at times.

People judge you in bad ways, as such have to be strong to over come the effects of that.

But sick of wasting money on apartment life, 12,000 a year, I mean what if lived for 1/3 that, think of the savings?.

Then could pay cash for land, out right buy a few acres, none zoned, that way could plant RV on it...continue to work, save, and build up over time, but no rush.

I mean many Americans already living 3rd world lifestyles, but to proud to admit it.

We shall see.

You're right, rent going up, pay isn't...another year here, another 12,000 down the drain...

I mean I'm already living as frugal as one can...must I even give up food also?

Or could suffer for a while, live more cheap, but save a ton of money and boy better circumstance down the road.

I don't know.

Easier said than done.