Making preparations?
Non confrontational individuals are the most dangerous. At least in my world. I have a disposition in controlling myself when I feel as though I'm backed into a corner. I loath confrontation, therefore my intentions are a secret. Why? I live with my boss and coworkers. Call it a form of indentured servitude if you will. If my intentions are known, I will be out of a home before I'm prepared. Today the temperature was frigid, the roof we were on was dangerous. One of my coworkers fell off and injured his shoulder. To compound just how dangerous these conditions are, we are working inefficiently and cheaply; very cheaply.
Have you ever been in a world where your trapped? Isolated from society? Forced to do things with your money not by choice, but by the lack thereof? This is my world. I fell into a job I'm physically capable of, but despise. I'm not a monkey, or a repetitive automation. I am one of the few who was put on this earth to use the intellect I was blessed with, but doomed to hop on the primordial hamster wheel. I'm a passionate guitar player since the age of 12, but arthritis gets worse day by day.
Can any of you relate to why I might want to embark on this endeavor? Homelessness is hard. It's actually inexplicable unless you've experienced it. It's even harder than my current conditions, but I want to grow, and not have my life exploited and manipulated to keep me down. An assetless man in the construction world is valuable, because they have no choice but to put up with hoards of nonsense. The psychological abuse is very evident in this case. Breaks between jobs are long at times (we are paid by the job) just long enough to ensure we are all broke, pay is very VERY inconsistent. Once in a while we get paid lovely, only to be followed by 3 weeks of unemployment, and/or a big job that barely pays. At this point how can a broke person say no? To put this in perspective, I'm making 100 dollars to labor for a 30 square roof in winter advisory conditions. Who would do this? No one who has a choice.
This is my plan, and it may deviate or change some, but when planning to become homeless, (especially under the radar) there is never a clear cut formula, and unless you enjoy being homeless, its pretty hard to say your ever 100 percent ready. I would like to make this happen by the 3rd of January. I will need to accumulate as much funds from working as I can. If I don't have any accumulated by the 3rd I will be receiving my monthly universal base income, Which I cannot tell you how grateful I am to receive, but rent is due on the 3rd so I must be out to avoid the instant conflict that will ensue.
Wow! Is anyone's mind reeling yet? How does one get into a situation? Addiction...Plain and simple. I have made this horrendous bed to uncomfortably lay in, but my sleep is restless, figuratively and literally, and its time , (to quote my favorite movie Shawshank Redemption) "Get busy living, or get busy dying". Thank you to this community for giving me this outlet. It really helps.
#life
Frank Sinatra:The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.Frank was a real baller in all sense of the word. One of the greats
A gentlemen and a scholar!
Indeed ainal. Thank you for this quote.
I to basically receive a U.B.I as well. It's enough to pay the bills and have basic freedom and i make vaping coils and do things like this to get by.
It's enough to survive, but not thrive, and I'm ok with that because I try not to live as a greedy person. I could get quite a bit more because of injuries I sustained in the service, but my conscience will rest uneasy if I feel I'm taking more than I need.
I'm just truly starting out on this quest as most of us are. I took a solid 6 months of having a cell phone on me or checking out Facebook. This is why i have a new account for everything as i just felt like i wanted to start afresh. I used to live in fear of big brother but now i just like messing with him sometimes when the feeling arrives (chuckle).
I think that if the great minds keep up the good work then benevolent minds will lose out in the long run. If we get upgraded as some futurists like ben goertzel or ray kurzwell propose then everyone can know everything anyway. I think that the fear of information is going to be one of the great hurdles humanity is going to have to deal with.
I can relate Richard. I've also taken some breaks from the internet as a whole. Sometimes it gets in your head a little, but we are the first of our kind, in that we are evolving with the internet, its becoming a part of us, an extension of our mind. I see a future where humans don't feel the "drain" from being online all the time, or the anxieties and pangs of guilt for not exercising or connecting with nature because of being online. Perhaps the internet will be more or less holographic, less intrusive, less distracting, more private. Imagine a holograph that was programmed to only be viewable by your eyes?!!! I love these types conversations.
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This is pretty awesome. I won't be able to watch it all tonight, but I'm checking out some of it right now.
I admire you for your sense of courage. If you take it as an adventure and not a burden you'll do good. I've unloaded the weight of money off my mind and am now just concentrating on making worth in the world. It is a time of great upheaval and growth and change at the moment. According to mores law these factors will only come faster. Data and A.I are the new revolution. The removal of scarcity from society combined with a removal of most manual based labor marks a change for all of our existence. The people who are still in the manufacturing process like designers and such will need data and statistics, we are here to provide that if you choose. This will become more important as time goes on so more value will be placed with you if you contribute to the pools of information that will be needed. Good luck and i will stay with your story to see how you go.
Hi Richard, firstly let me thank you for taking precious time out of your life to compose these words. I admire your technique of unloading the burden/stress of money from your mind. Its amazing (to me anyways) just how powerful our introspective minds can be, and how the suggestion of a mere thought can completely change how one feels. It truly is amazing. I'm a bit techy and love the data and A.I. revolution. I will say that I have some conflicting views. Like the implications of of recent net neutrality abolishment, our privacy which is openly intruded by big brother, and the rapidly increasing power of A.I. can be a bit scary, if not daunting. The algorithms are reaching the level of self automation. Ironically I recently watched a very interesting documentary about this. The documentary confronted both the pros and the cons. All in all it is more than mere coincidence that the exponential rate of growth in the Data driven world is exploding. This is unreal. Do you remember arguing for days about who was right about a certain topic? I really don't do that anymore. I laugh at someone who tries to argue, and google is showing them I'm correct in the time it takes me to type in the question lol. Many people hate me for that, but hey we walk around with the worlds biggest database of everything right in our pockets. I feel like I might be just kind of rambling at this point. I'm headed over to check out your blog right now sir.
Wow! I feel blessed to have a home after reading your blog here. I wish I would have enough Steem Power to have a siginificant impact on the upvote so that you would create more money on this blog post. Everyone have problems in this Earth. Don give up, mate. Keep fighting. I am also fighting my porn and masturbation addiction for nearly 10 years. I would do a blog post about that. Dun surrender!
Thank you for your kind words. I'm a fighter by nature, and it sounds like you are as well. I wish you the best of luck on your journey in fighting your addiction(s)!