Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Q and A: July 2013

What's it like to be out of your element?

I know what I feels like to move away from home, lose transportation and be unable to find a job.

I moved to Indiana with a friend, and eventually I was sleeping on the couch of a family who didn't want me there, and I was stuck in a town with no job or way to find one.

They were keeping track of how much gas money I owed them, and the only method I had to occupy my time was in long hours spent at the local library. I often spent hours making plans which involved lots of effort and the charity of strangers

I would say the charity was the worst. I hate owing anyone anything. I especially hate feeling like I'm in the debt of others. I'm a very self-sufficient person, and I think if my car's transportation hadn't croaked I would have lived in my car versus living under the thumb of charity.


I spent many days walking long distances, stopping at every business to put in an application. It was exhausting and humiliating. Things only got worse after I found a job and had a set schedule of places where I had to somehow transport myself to on time. I will never take a running vehicle for granted again in my life.

Eventually I was too far over my head to hold onto any semblance of pride. I called up my parents and they trucked my home where I restarted my college career with a new sense of purpose.