r/MaleSurvivingSpace

All I have is a mattress, a jerrycan, and a few basic belongings. Life has been really difficult, and going through everything alone hasn’t been easy, but I’m trying to stay hopeful. I may be starting with almost nothing, but I hope to build a better life one day at a time. 🙏❤️

Just moved across the country from WA to NY, I brought pretty much nothing but some clothes and a Playstation. Got a nice bedframe off of Amazon and a hybrid foam/spring mattress from Walmart.

It's Christmas themed because it brings good cheer and jolly feelings to me every time I walk in. I have a Christmas tree in the opposite corner of the room. Didn't get a photo of the other side because it looks like shit and I have boxes everywhere.

Was unsure if this is too nice of a place for this sub but I'm renting out a singular room and it's definitely too shitty for r/malelivingspace lol

Tweakers found my spot a week ago, so I ported everything out (one trip gang!) and then left to go to my other spots, for 8 days. Then I had lunch and was nearby to my usual spot, and I really wanted to take a nap. I had 2,000 calories for lunch and I wanted to lay down. So I hike and stealth into my hidden spot!

The tweakers are long gone and no trace remained. I ran into my friend who also stays there, he said he left for a few days cause he was also feeling unsafe, and that it seemed the couple who tried to stay there were chased out by normal hiking people. They don’t seem to chase us out because me and my friend are 1.) sober 2.) well dressed clean and quiet 3.) we tidy up the space and keep to ourselves and 4.) don’t leave things set up/bring crap to the spot.

Specifically for me, I’m able to easily carry my fully loaded bikepacking bike (one backpack riding top rail on the rear rack, my frame bag, and a 40L drybag up front riding the handlebars, <80lbs of the full bike weight) up and down steep hills by Hiking it, plus riding it, and leave within 15 minutes and not leave anything there to get messed with or anything. I also set up after dark and leave at dawn.

Besides that, I like this spot because it has a really good view and tons of birds come here. There’s less traffic and it’s a very technically difficult/albeit fun spot to Hike-A-bike into, since my fun hobby and lifestyle thing is literally BikePacking, which sometimes means you have to carry your bike and bags and HIKE it in somewhere.
It’s also fairly sheltered from the weather. I stay hidden pretty well.

Today, I had some time beteeen the rain so I found myself dozing at a nap

Gear:
10x10 tarp tent
Klymit Hammock V sleeping pad
Cats meow mummy sleeping bag
DIY camo covers made from bed sheets
Generic ultra light hammock that’s too narrow
Earth runner sandals and wennigas leg wraps

This is my first time in shard housing in over 15 years. I left a studio to move in with a woman. That lasted about 18 months and then she told me I was no longer welcome in our shared apartment. I’ve been sober for about 4.5 years. She said she wanted to break up earlier but thought I’d drink over it. My sobriety is stronger than that. Let me know what you think. I need some stuff on the walls.

First job and now fully settled so rate my setup (post got removed from r/malelivingspace for low effort)

We've been homeless since October 8th. This place looks rough but compared to the alternatives it's not that bad. Homeless shelters and outreach centers won't let us in the door even though she's a service animal. Whatever, don't need em anyway.

Moved here about a year ago, had only 20€ after paying rent and deposit. First few weeks slept on a mattress made out of clothes and a bed sheet

Actually moving out of this room in a month to join a squat

Made a post about starting over couple months ago.

Landed a job, worked it for 5 months.

That sales gig didn’t workout.

Landed a new role at a promising tech company in SF.

Put in a coat rack for my clothing.

Built this little kitchenette in 1 day.

Ordering a small sink. Going to drain it into a 5 gallon bucket.

Updating the other post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MaleSurvivingSpace/comments/1vdggy5/29m\_time\_to\_improvise\_adapt\_and\_overcome/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=android\_app&utm\_name=androidcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=1

It's been rough, but i was able to manage things, i believe in God so i have been counting blessings and also some quick luck.

3 weeks After i started living in my car, the clutch went out. But within those 3 weeks i took a second job which is a nightshift, so the original plan was to use the money from nightshift to use for regular stuff and then the main job to use for savings.

But the car broke, and the good thing is that the clutch failed at my job's parking lot and i have a windshield permit so that it wouldn't raise suspicion. I started getting quotes from local mechanics that repair manuals, best i got was for $1300 without the towing, which as i was starting from $0 was to high for me.

Now, i stil was able to save $1600 but i felt like it would be too big if a gamble because the engine light came on and was afraid something else could make it unusable for work and sleeping.

So i kept it in the parking lot, started sleeping on it but it became too stressful, its a hospital parking lot so i didn't wanna get caught. I kept using the gym for workout and wellness, i also got a student badge to do physician observation or shadowing, since the goal is to spend the hours for medical school.

But i found out, that my student ID card got me access to anywhere a Doctor can, so i found they have sleep rooms at the hospital, tried and it worked. So i started using it for sleeping but kept it low-key, never used it more than once in a row, and every time im not working i wore standard scrubs from the machine and used the medical library to spend the day but used it for study and also was able to launch a startup.

Spend my days there some nights in the car and in the hospital sleep room. But it was getting a toll on me, but still kept my mind distracted with the start up, and to balance my mental health i spent some weekends at hotels to have proper sleep and not feel trapped, then back at it again. So used uber for the other job, it was part time but it paid for food and uber it self. So i was able go save enough and decided yo get an apartment semi-furnished.

I feel like I have a huge weight off my shoulders, it feels so good to sleep in a room, and right on time because the weather is cold, to have a place to take showers and use the bathroom, any time.

But I can't never see it as i used to before, it feels weird, it still doesn't feel like im good yet, im still trying to get used to it. But no more stress . I ain't done yet, im still trying to keep on track with the original goals, just now its a different way. So just gotta keep going