Talking from personal experience.

Being complete homeless sucks a little more cause it’s cold outside and depending on the homeless shelter, you have to leave in the morning and no places are open to loiter in.

Being couch surfing homeless was a little better than working full time due to not having to spend so much time outside.

When I was homeless, it was basically walk to place a, b, or c for food, then walk to place d, e, or f for food, then etc then like library/free time (which for me was looking for work or medical things or housing) then wherever i’m staying then rinse and repeat. At least I could somewhat pick my own schedule and I could do the rounds with some cool people. The shelter I stayed at was also very hygienic, safe, and had cool people whereas previous paid housing I had was in slums, so houses that should be condemned and very unsafe (housemates), despite having my own room.

I’m neutral to my current job. If someone likes their job they’d probably probably have a better time at work then my previous couch surfing arrangement.

  • mekhos
    3•2 years ago

    It’s good to hear you have a job that you find…not shit, I hope you find one you like better in the future.

    It’s intetesting to read your comparison of shelters and low paid accommodation I guess that’s the difference between compassionate and non compassionate people.

    • poVoq
      1•2 years ago

      Or externaly subsidized charity vs profit oriented business.

    • poVoq
      4•2 years ago

      Try getting remote work. Even if the hours are the same, the lack of commuting and less constant in person supervision (digital supervison can be faked quite easily) makes it more compatible with the “fuck-work” mindset you get after a while of unemployment (not that this mind set is necessarily bad if you can survive otherwise).