How Are Things Going For You? (See below)
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After I recently cut off abusive parents for good, I spent some time wandering the state in my van looking for a new job. I stumbled on one at a tiny trucking yard run by old school elder boomers. All Whites plus one Mexican. Conservative, absurdly high trust atmosphere. Decent money for braindead easy work.
Boss didn't ask about my living situation initially and was *flabbergasted* when he found me camping out behind the trailers on night 2. But after I explained that I'm homeless by choice to save money, I basically got adopted like a stray cat and am now tacitly allowed to live on site. I've got privacy, quiet, access to hot water... Pretty much the dream.
My life is essentially wake up > assemble meal in slow cooker > try to get in at least 1k words of my novel > eat meal > go drive my route > get off around 3am and crash > repeat. I fit in bathing and exercise between the cracks.
I enjoy this strange grind. Life feels like a gritty adventure instead of postmodern stagnation, and I know I'm going somewhere. I don't know where exactly, but I'll have a ton of money to play with as this nest egg keeps swelling.
My only gripe is that I'm lonely and touch starved. Picking fights/posting funnies on ConPro and being a regular at the gas station/grocery store are my only regular instances of "social contact." I don't have any friends, strong family ties, or community.
I genuinely think God built me as close as a human can get to being a solitary animal. Not just surviving—but in many ways thriving—in circumstances that are intolerable to most. But because I am a human being, I still crave connection even though I don't understand it.
Thanks for letting me share.
i don't get to build much of a nest egg, though, stuff keeps breaking and needs repair and i'm also investing into my own game studio venture with a few talented friends. hedging a lot on that succeeding, but even if it doesn't i'm still here with a lot of assets and a hell of a lot of farming knowledge.
i hope you find a good and productive way to spend the money you'll end up with before inflation starts eating away at it.
Even the game studio ambition is similar. Once I've made it to that point, I just want writing/art to be my full time job, working either a few hours a week or a few months per year to skate by.
But ending up in that position is probably going to cost me most of the nest egg. I am quite literally pulling myself up by my bootstraps here so it's somewhat slow going. 😂 Fortunately, it looks like my aggressive frugality is outrunning inflation at a decent rate.
Shit is still expensive though. I honestly have no idea how the fuck normies *live.* I've been rewearing the same work boots for years and years as the soles are coming apart and duct taped my torn hiking sandals back together multiple times because buying a new pair feels like too much of an expense.
Also, I know some don't like silver and gold here but it might be worth converting some of your egg to an asset this isn't depretiating as fast as money.
Good luck, brother.