It's odd, I have lived pretty poor most of my life and yet when I fell onto the street, I still never really felt like, I can't explain it, it's like in my mind I am just watching it and like I am a tourist, in the sense like from Fight Club with the support groups...
I have just got a few hiccups in the process, people have given me enough money that I can get the basics I need, and go to Amsterdam in preparation for the SteemFEST. I miss my old backpack...
That's it to the back and to the right... it was defrauded out of me by a homeless guy I met who was just a couple of months out of jail, just before I got off the street for a while with a job in about April this year. I don't think I have quite enough money to replace it (though I may, it's not so important right at the moment).
That photo is of the underground power distribution room that I slept in for about 3 months through the winter, temperatures in there never got below about 5 degrees so I was pretty well most of the time. No lighting in there though, and as winter was thawing out, they blocked up the whole tunnel where it was located.
I should be able to find at least the clothes I will need to get through the time between arriving in Amsterdam and because I know all the services there for homeless folk, I won't be in as difficult a situation as I was this last winter, and with SteemFEST coming up, maybe I'll even find some work in a new project.
I know exactly what you are going through man, it's rough, and it's my own experiences that make me such an avid advocate of Steem - I see this as a way of bringing a little piece of justice and freedom to the world, and people with good ideas but no assets have a chance of getting noticed and being able to get by. We have stories, and with our knowledge and experiences, the ability to tell them, thanks to Steem, and so maybe things will get better quite quickly.
I followed you and I want to wish you the best and I hope that you also can find ways to better your situation.
Yea, I understand that.
To me that says you are most likely content with what's happening to you. You don't suffer mentally. Or maybe you are just disattached, which in a way is exactly the same thing.
So where are you now? From the posts I looked into, it seems you are in Bulgaria? It should be warmer there, no?
I am thinking of going to Spain for winter.
And Amsterdam is colder, and more expensive.
So I really hope something nice comes up for you.
Thank you, I did the same. I'm curious about what's gonna happen and how it'll play out for you.
It is warmer here, although I am in the coldest part of bulgaria, but i have a ticket given to me for steemfest and while for a month or so i will be camping in a park somewhere (I know a spot the police never give tickets and the neighbours don't snitch on you - this is a big problem in the Netherlands, nosy frickin neighbours), around the middle of december they open up a shelter for homeless people in the winter, and as well as that, by staying there, i satisfy a requirement for signing on for a welfare benefit.
This is the worst case scenario, but then I could live frugally for a few months, just buy steem and power it up, and by about late february/march I could just head back to Bulgaria, with a big powerdown that can pay a rent bill with it (and I would have plenty to write about as well as some nice hash regularly to amuse myself and fuel the creativity)... Or something.
I am planning to come back to Bulgaria to settle, I just need enough money to do it. Hopefully the SteemFEST will bring people into my circle who have the capability and interest in starting up a steem developer hub and I would be able to work, I am not that great at coding, yet, but I will be working on developing that while I am hanging out at the drop in centres, and I can of course do administration of computer systems, building, running, monitoring servers, as well. I have no idea what will happen, so I just have a contingency for if nothing pans out that is acceptable...