2019-04-26 at 6:09 PM UTC
The problem with being a youth that doesn't make much money is you spent about 70% of your income or more on survival purposes which makes saving very difficult.
The only way I was able to survive living on my own when I was younger was finding a girl to split the rent with me and subletting the apartment to drug addicts and highschool kids that sold weed for me.
2019-04-28 at 4:35 PM UTC
We both live off government monies so neither I guess.
Dude, I'm REALLY homeless. Finish school, go to college, work to become something you enjoy doing. Don't get stuck out on the streets. It really sucks and it's hard to get off once there. Also, don't let your life be ruined for your drug use. If you don't have a habit, stop now. If you do, work to get off. I have a habit because of my chronic pain,but I'm able to pay for it for my scripts I get.
Don't be stupid, dude, you'll come to regret it years later. It might seem cool now, but later on it'll really get to you, and you'll realize how bad you fucked up.
2019-04-29 at 8:21 PM UTC
1. Make deal with parents to stat at home until you graduate. Tell them they can call the cops and have you evicted, but youre just afraid that this new "situation" will interfere with your grad. If theyre not dogshit parents, theyll probably give you the 3 weeks. Best case scenario, they forget about it in 3 weeks. Worst case- you got 3 weeks to get your shit together.
2. Sign up for food stamps/ cash aid/ housing. There's usually designated programs for homeless kids. Also Medicare or your contry's equivalent.
3.Call local churchs and ask about group homes/shelters. Or search craigslist or whatever- for someone willing to let you crash for free for a while. Or couchsurf.org or whatever.
4. Start applying to jobs NOW. Even if you bullshit all the references. If you have a friend with a car, try to work out some deal to borrow it, and then start doing door dash/food delivery. Or go the more traditional route and start talking to food delivery places- like Pizza Hut or something. Movie theatre attendant. Anything.
5. It kind of sucks considering i wouldnt consider you a "hard case", but consider starting a Go Fund Me or something comparable.Make a Youtube channel and take day to day videos of your life. Try to be upbeat or inspirational (people love that shit). Take videos with other homeless people to increase feels. Leave links to cashapp/ venmo/paypal/patreon/whatever.
Go on public computers at libraries and shit and download a browser extension like Honey. Most people probably dont do financial transactions on a library computer, but if they do, you get like 10% of what they save repayed to you in a quarterly check.
6. Sign up for all the free samples and shit that you can. Take those surveys and make like 10 cents each. Collect cans and bottles. If you find a restaurant that doesnt lock their bins, you can easily get 10 or 15 bucks in one trip.
Im sure theres morew shit but im bored now
2019-04-29 at 8:37 PM UTC
Don’t encourage college, it’s a scam
2019-05-02 at 8:50 AM UTC
Originally posted by CASPER
1. Make deal with parents to stat at home until you graduate. Tell them they can call the cops and have you evicted, but youre just afraid that this new "situation" will interfere with your grad. If theyre not dogshit parents, theyll probably give you the 3 weeks. Best case scenario, they forget about it in 3 weeks. Worst case- you got 3 weeks to get your shit together.
2. Sign up for food stamps/ cash aid/ housing. There's usually designated programs for homeless kids. Also Medicare or your contry's equivalent.
3.Call local churchs and ask about group homes/shelters. Or search craigslist or whatever- for someone willing to let you crash for free for a while. Or couchsurf.org or whatever.
4. Start applying to jobs NOW. Even if you bullshit all the references. If you have a friend with a car, try to work out some deal to borrow it, and then start doing door dash/food delivery. Or go the more traditional route and start talking to food delivery places- like Pizza Hut or something. Movie theatre attendant. Anything.
5. It kind of sucks considering i wouldnt consider you a "hard case", but consider starting a Go Fund Me or something comparable.Make a Youtube channel and take day to day videos of your life. Try to be upbeat or inspirational (people love that shit). Take videos with other homeless people to increase feels. Leave links to cashapp/ venmo/paypal/patreon/whatever.
Go on public computers at libraries and shit and download a browser extension like Honey. Most people probably dont do financial transactions on a library computer, but if they do, you get like 10% of what they save repayed to you in a quarterly check.
6. Sign up for all the free samples and shit that you can. Take those surveys and make like 10 cents each. Collect cans and bottles. If you find a restaurant that doesnt lock their bins, you can easily get 10 or 15 bucks in one trip.
Im sure theres morew shit but im bored now
Im so glad i spent 20 minutes on this. No regerts.
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2019-05-02 at 8:57 AM UTC
While I'm hesitant to believe a 17 year old is actually present in this washed out shithole, my advice: make way to your nearest major city. Seek out a homeless shelter. There - if you're lucky - should be youth shelters centered around people your age (16-24, that type of thing).
Congrats - now you've got a stable base.
Once that's out of the way, you're free to seek employment. In your downtime don't feel bad about panhandling. Find some cardboard scraps and a marker. Write something on the cardboard. Sit around in a relatively crowded area and get money while you wait for your RESUMES and APPLICATIONS to bear fruit. My sign used to be "life lacks direction, need money for a compass" with a compass-rose drawn beneath. Also saw shit like "Why lie? Need money for weed." and those guys would straight up get nugs of kush tossed in their hats, but that might just be 'cause I'm in Canada.
Being homeless isn't that bad as long as you leverage charity/social assistance programs and aren't crazy or dead-set on remaining homeless. If you can't find a shelter, look for 24 hour internet cafes or porn booth rentals, where you can usually catch a few hours of shut-eye for like $10.
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2019-05-02 at 9:09 AM UTC
(But seriously, if you don't want to remain homeless you're going to have to abuse the shit out of charity. Don't feel like you're better than that or above it, but also NEVER feel like what you can get from that is good enough. You can spite your parents just by being "okay", and you can crush them by being successful despite your homelessness. You're here, so I can almost guarantee you'll be fine. But don't get complacent. Contentedness is a recipe for a lifetime of homelessness. Blagh. I hope you're okay. PM me or something if you want, although I can't make any promises for how helpful I'll be.)
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