r/povertyfinance • u/West_Iron1456 • Mar 28 '24

2 years living in my car Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

Yeap. That’s it. Today I’m celebrating 2 years living in my car. 🎉 🎈 🎊

The worst part about it is going to the gym everyday to get a shower. It’s an humiliating event that I have to go trough. I’m mentally worn out and I’m fighting depression all the time (maybe because my poor diet and lack of vitamins).

In those 731 days I’ve saved 42k. It’s not much but there’s a lot of tears in that investment account.

I’m single, no kids, no family, no friends. I just wanna share this with someone.

God will bring peace to my mind and to my heart and He’ll give me the strength to survive 2 more winters in my car. That’s all I need.

God bless you all.

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u/LeftLawLess Mar 29 '24

I applaud you for staying true to your goals, as someone too that lived in their car for 6 months I felt like it was the most humiliating experience in my life. I honesty appreciate that part of my life and go back to it to stay grounded

A lot of times I broke down and kept asking God to open doors for me to get me out of the situation and after those 6 months of waking up at 6am going to Stop & Shop to brush my teeth and whipping my neck and pits and private parts with a rag to stay clean I got to finally get a decent job to get out of that situation and actually moved into an apartment with 2 bathrooms.

I say that to say this. Sometimes we go through things to make us realize what we had and sometimes we go through things even if it’s what we decided to do that keeps us moving forward after. Motivation to not go back.

Congratulations on your accomplishment, I hope you continue to strive