1. YOU'RE INVISIBLE AND SOMETIMES THAT IS FREEING. I don't care what people think of me and that's kind of beautiful. Most people struggle with this their entire life.
2. RAIN CAN BE BEAUTIFUL AND SCARY! When your in a little metal box being rock back and forth and rattled by the elements. The water and wind hits differently.
4 YOU BECOME AN EXPERT SLEEPER. Because you have roughed it more than the majority.
3. CLASS STATUS IS A NEGLECTED FRAME OF REFERENCE IN THE USA. Because were so focused on the past we forget the shared experiences of modern day traumas
5. YOU BECOME MORE HUMBLE, FRUGAL, AND CARING. Or you become bitter, mean and suicidal. But most people try to avoid the latter.
6. MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY CAR LIFE PEOPLE WORK AND ALSO MANAGE MEDICAL ISSUES, DEPRESSION AND EVEN FAMILIES. Most of the Walmart RVS have some kiddos running around on the inside:
7. YOU NEVER FORGET TO PRAY OVER YOUR CAR AND SAY THE SERENITY PRAYER BEFORE YOU SLEEP. Because faith without reason and your general state of spirituality and overall mindset is what gets you through this time
8. YOU TRAVEL MORE. And wonder why we have foregone our ancestral passings
9. MOST OF THE WOMEN LIVING IN THEIR CARS ARE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Including me. My savings disappeared after I was raped, got depressed and lost my stable secure and respectable educational position.
10. FASTING BECOMES A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY. Why be skinny when you can get fat at your families house and use that fat as fuel later in the year? Whoever said we could be skinny all year long has never experienced the joys of safety blubber
11. ACTIVISM IS MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN YOU THINK
12. STEALTHINESS IS NECESSARY.
13. MYSTERY IS A REQUIRED METHODOLOGY.
14. MY DAYS ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO OTHER PEOPLES.
15. SELF-PITY ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE.
16 BEING SICK IN YOUR CAR FORCES YOU OUT OF DEPRESSION FASTER
17. THE SUN IS MY MOST FAITHFUL COMPANION
18. PLANET FITNESS HAS A LOT OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND THE EMPLOYEES KNOW
19. OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF DESPAIR IS A NECESSITY
20. MYSTERY, ANONYMITY AND TRANSPARENCY ARE KEY
21. HOUSED PEOPLE DONT ALWAYS UTILIZE PUBLIC SPACES ENOUGH: libraries, coffeehouses, gyms, state parks, city and suburban bike trails are spaces we forget to use frequently:
22. TO TREAT EVERYONE WITH CAUTION AND RESPECT.
23. HEALTH AND WEALTH AND FAITH
24. STREET SMARTS ARE GAINED THROUGH STREET LIVING
25. I AM STRONGER THAN YOU KNOW
26. I CAN MANAGE MORE SUFFERING THAN I KNEW
27. GOD AND SOCIETY REWARD ETHICAL BEHAVIOR
28. LIGHT ATTRACTS LIGHT
29. THE SERENITY PRAYER IS MY NIGHTLY MEDICATION
29. HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND IGNORED SOCIETAL CRISES
30. ABSTINENCE, MODESTY, BIRTH CONTROL AND ETHICAL EMPLOYMENT ARE THE ONLY SAFEGUARDS FEMALES HAVE FROM HARASSMENT.
31. ACADEMICS ARE REDUNDANT AND ELITIST. They complain about imposter syndrome even when they come from privileged backgrounds and silently judge and exclude those people who are different than them. They pretend to be woke and yet they are the people I am the least honest with at the "round table of inclusivity".
32. GIFTS ARE MORE MEANINGFUL FROM AND TO THE IMPOVERISHED
33. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE ABOUT YOUR SITUATION FOR SELF PRESERVATION.
34. POOR PEOPLES LIVES READ LIKE TELENOVELAS.
35. 100 BAD DAYS MAKES 100 GOOD STORIES.
36. CAPITALISM AND HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE THE SLAVES OF MODERN DAY SOCIETY.
37. ESCAPISM IN A (HEALTHY MANNER) IS NECESSARY WITH HARD LIVING.
38. MINIMALISM, CLEANLINESS AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF STORAGE SPACE MAKE CAR LIFE BEARABLE.
39. THERE ARE A LOT OF ELDERLY IN THESE PARTS
40. GOD REWARDS THE WIDOW WHO GAVE HER PENNIES
41. THIS STATE OF LIVING ISNT FOREVER
42. BEING PRETTY ISNT A PRIVILEGE AS A WOMAN AT NIGHT IN A PARKING LOT…. ITS A RISK TO BE MASKED
43. TO LOOK PRESENTABLE AT ALL TIMES
44. HOW TO CRY QUIETLY IN YOUR CAR
45. THE BEST SONGS COME FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES
46. TITLES AND ACCOLADES ARENT RESPECTABLE IF YOU DONT CARE FOR THE PERSON SUFFERING ALONGSIDE YOU
47. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO GIVE EVEN IF ITS WATER OR SHAMPOO. BUT PRAYERS AND SWIFT GLANCES ARE BITTER SALVES
48. SOME PANHANDLERS HAVE CARS BUT MAKE MORE PANHANDLING THAN THEY WOULD WORKING MINIMUM WAGE.
49. PEOPLE STEAL YOUR CLOTHES AT THE LAUNDRY MAT WHEN THEY DONT HAVE ANY.
50. IF YOU HAVE A CAR YOU'RE PRIVILEGED
51. DONT DRIVE YOUR HOME LATE AT NIGHT. THAT IS HOW YOU GET REAR ENDED.
53. THERE ARE NO WORDS SUFFICIENT TO RECOUNT CERTAIN SUFFERINGS.
52. TELL TO MANY TRAGIC TALES AND PEOPLE FEAR YOUR LUCK IS TRANSFERABLE. They don't remember your kindness, character or perseverance in the midst of a plot twist.
54. THE PURSUIT OF MUSIC IS A PERPETUATOR OF POVERTY AND YET THE MOST LOYAL CONSOLER
55. I WOULD CHOSE THIS EXPERIENCE AGAIN IN ANOTHER LIFE IF ONLY SO THAT I WOULD NEVER IN ANY LIFETIME WALK BLINDLY AMONG MY FELLOW SOULS
56. THE ONLY REGRETS I HAVE ARE WHEN I HAVE FAULTED IN MY FAITH. Sobriety really does keep you out of trouble. And the absence of sexuality really does protect you from predators.
57. PEOPLE TODAY ARE SO FOCUSED ON HISTORICAL SUFFERING THAT THEY ALLOW THEIR MODERN BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO STUMBLE IN MODERN DAY TRAFFICKING AND CYCLICAL POVERTY.
58. BEING HOMELESS IN THE CITY IS SAFER IN NUMBERS. Rural Arkansas was the only place I've encountered people actively intent on threatening my safety.
59. TO LET SOMEONE ALWAYS HAVE YOUR EVENING LOCATION. Maybe don't tell your mother you're homeless unless (like mine) she's understanding.
61. GUNS ARE GOOD FOR GIRLS. I would have bought one for my car if I could afford the safety class and 400 extra dollars.
60. CAR LIVING BECOMES EASIER OVER TIME
62. DONT FLIRT WITH ANYBODY. Because men are mostly perverts.
63. PEOPLE SEEK OUT THE VULNERABLE . Be weary of higher income low class people. They do intend to harm you.
64. IF YOU GET DEPRESSED… DRIVE AWAY FROM THE CITY FOR THE WEEKEND
65. BEFRIEND THE BLOSSOMS, BEES AND TREES
66. DONT TAKE THE HEADREST OFF YOUR CAR WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING. I did and I got whiplash much worse than it needed to be.
67. REFLECTIX AREN'T NECESSARY ON EVERY WINDOW
68. THE MORE YOU PASS FOR UPPER CLASS THE LESS PROBLEMS YOU WILL ENCOUNTER. Be a bitch when someone violates your boundaries. Be bougie in your tone and mannerisms.
69. USE NATURAL AIR FRESHENERS. And keep your shoes in an enclosed container!
70. THE BACK SEAT AND FRONT SEAT MAKE A NICE L for TALL PEOPLE
71. LIGHT NON FLEECE COVERS AND A SLEEPING BAG ARE COMPACT AND GOOD FOR MOST TEMPERATURES
72. ONLY TALK TO WOMEN ELDERLY AND SOVER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS YOU
73. IF YOU CAN GET TWO STORAGE BINS AND PACKING CUBES AND FOLD YOUR LAUNDRY COMPACTLY—- YOUR CAR STAYS REALLY CLEAN
74. MULTI SITE CAR WASH MEMBERSHIPS ARE LIFESAVERS. The portable car vacuums are useful but you're going to need to clean your car daily.
75. KEEP A BATTERY PACK IN YOUR CAR. BECAUSE YOU WILL FORGET TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF ONE DAY AND YOU ARE GOING TO GET A FLAT WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT
76. HOTELS LET YOU STAY FOR FREE WHEN THEYRE ELECTRICITY GOES OUT DURING AN ICE STORM
77. INVEST IN A PHONE MOUNT. For every 1000 miles you drive your daily chances of a collision increase. Put some money away every week got insurance and car repairs. Although people living in their cars are unhoused. Street living is a whole lot harder and not something you want to experience because you don't prepare for a collision or emergency repairs.
78. DO LAUNDRY AND GO TO YOUR STORAGE UNIY AT DUSK BUT NOT EVENING
79. YOU PROBABLY WONT USE IT. BUT GEL PEPPER SPRAY AND A BAT AND A PLUSHIE AND A ROSARY ARE NICE NIGHT- TIME COMPANIONS
80. LEGGINGS, T- SHIRTS SPORT-BRAS AND CHAPSTICK GET YOU THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ATTENTION. Blending in is a safety and survival mechanism.
81. YOUR CAR NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE A CAR AND NOT A BUILD OUT
82. THERES MORE PEOPLE DOING CAR LIFE THAN VAN LIFE.
83. VAN LIFE PEOPLE ARE MORE PRIVILEGED AND A LITTLE MORE DELUSIONAL THAN CAR LIFE PEOPLE
84. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SO CALLED NOMADS OR TRAVELERS WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. People are only oblivious to poverty when they haven't experienced it. Be careful, discrete and presentable.
85. SOMEONE WILL KNOCK ON YOUR CAR WINDOW AT SOME POINT BUT THATS WHY YOU TRY YO LEAVE ENOUGH DISTANCE IN BETWEEN CARS
86. WHEN YOU HEAR HOWLING HONKING OR WEEPING YOU NEED TO SWITCH SLEEPING SPOTS
87. ALWAYS HEED YOUR INTUITION. If something seems wrong move your car. Additionally, if you're tired don't space out until the car is parked and off.
88. YOU MIGHT MISS THE SIMPLICITY SECRECY AND SAVINGS OF THIS LIFE, SUBCONSCIOUSLY
89. NO ONE IS ADVENTUROUS UNTIL THEY SEEK ACTION ANR ADVENTURE
90. WORDS ARE FUTILE IN THE FACE OF APPLIED ACTION AND EDUCATION
91. SHARE YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR SHAMPOO
92. POSSESSIONS ARE MEANT TO BE RECYCLED AND GIVEN
93. THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS YOU NEED A SURPLUS OF. But cleaning supplies and water are two of them! Learn how to detail your own car.
94. BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PEE AND HOW. If you have to pee in a cup make sure the cup is wide.
95. DONT DRINK IN A PARKING LOT THE COPS ALWAYS PATROL WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. Likewise, don't let other people know you have prescriptions in your glove box. They might think your asthma medication is something more nifty than it seems.
96. EXPECT THAT HONESTY REGARDING ADVERSITY WILL YIELD LOST RELATIONSHIPS
97. AT SOME POINT REMEMBER TO GET A COUNSELOR
98. BE WEARY OF PEOPLE WHOSE EYES IGNITE WITH TALES OF TRAGEDY. Vicarious voyeurs they are. True crime, thrill seekers and news channel addicts have a knack for ill will that is not well concealed.
99. YOUR FRIENDSHIPS WILL DEEPEN OR DEADEN
100. LOVE PEOPLE MORE BECAUSE THIS LIFE IS DELICATE
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