I am a relatively new nomad, living three months in my car doing Uber eats and gig work to make ends meat. While there is some anxieties I find this lifestyle so, so relaxing and relatively stress free. I don't have a boss. I don't have other deal with social anxiety in a work place or meeting a quota. I go to sleep the second I'm tired. I eat out everyday with the money I save. I feel like a cowboy that can do whatever I want. Yes I am homeless but I feel really free in life hence why I call it being a freelifer.
As a fun project I decided to start a discord for other people who liked the lifestyle and am excited to say we have gathered over 270 people and would love to have you or any one who thinks it'd be fun to join. If you are a nomad, traveller, car or van lifers, or any kind of houseless but not hopeless person we'd be happy to have you.
The honeymoon phase
Idk right it seems more like the “JOIN MY DISCORD PHASE”
Dudes pluggin it more than a leaky life boat lol
Maybe it's to help make ends meat..
If you don't touch tips it doesn't count
uber eats tips?
Making ends with your meat sounds like a homeless activity
Idk about homeless per se, but it probably happens frequently in vans.
Chat is this a scam??
That's called being homeless brother
Fr "freelifer" my ass that's like calling prison a mindfulness retreat.
There are alot of us brother
Yes there are lots of homeless people.
Yes thats correct sad state of affairs
So just off the electric and sewage grid, but on the fuel and telecommunications grid?
Right? "Off some grids."
No, you don't get it, they're on top of the grid 😁
Brother is driving over the grid. Flattening it completely.
Time is a flat grid
Grid is a flatline
Life is a highway.
I want to drive it
Yeah I'd rather flatline. I did a year long solo trip with a travel trailer, that was quite enjoyable. This looks... not like that.
Id rather circle back home i wont be able to live like that
Flatline= no time … sorry I had to contribute lol
No time or in notime?
You made me google notime. Touché
Touch eyyyy good brother
Time is a gypsy caravan. Steals away the night to leave you stranded in Dreamland.
They are the grid
We are the grid
I am the walrus.
In the grid, part of the grid
I am become grid. Driver of food orders.
In Soviet Russia, grid OFFS you!
Don’t forget car insurance and registration, can’t get views if you get impounded
And on the grid of whoever's supplying him
Nah im on the gas grid that's all I pay for lmao
You are using the internet to make this post
So you dont pay for your phone bill? Parents do I guess
edit OP also has a planet fitness membership. Guess mommy and daddy pay for that, too
I mean he could pay the whopping what? $10 a month by himself, that’s not exactly unbelievable when we spend more on food a day at this point lol
$10 is crazy considering he's managing a discord
Why the hostility?
Not hostile, just showing that OP is at least half full of shit and exaggerating for his discord
I pay for everything with my uber eats job brother. And it's fun it's like being a cowboy
Uber eats regularly makes you take a picture of your face and send it to them so it can be matched to your ID lol. You're like a ghost, man
https://preview.redd.it/jhtxe5xaap5g1.png?width=1400&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce216491262bbcfc0d6e6263a5f3722c506466ef
Good to see Mick Foley getting some endorsement deals still.
A cowboy? Really? Do you know what a cowboy is? Lots of people sleep in their cars. Most people don't want to.
... being a cowboy is like being a cowboy. Cowboys have actual jobs. And, typically, a place to stay - unless they are doing a long cattle drive, in which case they are camping. But ranch hands typically are given board during the season (if theyre seasonal) or have a place to stay if local. Working for uber eats, making a discord, and living in your car in an urban environment are nothing like anything to do with being a cowboy.
Cowboys also have bosses. The average cowboy was not and is not the ranch owner. Why do you keep bringing up Cowboys, it makes no sense???
I'm a cowboy but instead of handling cows I handle food that people buy with their hard earned money. And the food comes in a plastic bag so my homeless scent doesn't infect the food if youre worried about that.
This analogy still makes zero sense. I don't care that you're homeless, and I presume your hygiene is fine, but I am perplexed at this fixation on equating yourself to a cowboy. It's just absurd and feels incredibly try hard. Cowboys don't just 'handle' cows? We vaccinate them, wrangle them, feed them, do everything. It's very involved work that is skilled labor and physically demanding. Destigmatizing homelessness is all fine and dandy, but don't romanticize it as something it isnt - especially when leaning on a false, romanticized idea of what 'being a cowboy' is. Shit isn't hollywood, dude.
I suppose he’s more of a drifter then. Rolling into town on his mechanical horse, doing odd jobs and moving onto the next town.
I was just kidding about the cowboy comment
They aren’t living off the grid, they’re just living in their car. Driving for Uber Eats is like being tangled in 3 grids at once.
Yeah, I’m muting this sub. It’s a little too badass for me.
Why the pussy?
He's so off grid he sends Uber eats a pic of his face every day so they can match it to the government ID he sent them. Truly a modern day desperado lol.
Is that actually a thing? I did Uber eats about 2 years ago and never had to scan my face beside stage day i signed up
It started this summer apparently
April the latest, actually.
make ends meat lmao
Wonder what it tastes like
touching tips
So, you're homeless
Ye sir
Whats the discord for when your car breaks down in the middle of a motorway, or you crash it
911
The triple AAA discord
So you're also on the insurance grid? Dunno, doesn't seem very free life to me
My state has free health insurance so you might as well
And auto insurance?
JoIn My DiScOrD bRo!!!
I’m happy for you! Have you ever considered doing Rover or PetMe where you can do house sitting jobs and earn pretty good money while staying in peoples houses overnight taking care of pets?
I personally would not want a homeless guy taking care of my pet 😂
Or delivering my food
Or staying in my house overnight 😂 hope op does not take that advice
Why not?
1) I see my dog as my daughter. 2) I don’t want a homeless person in my house
It's not leprosy, most homeless people are working and you'd never know they are homeless.
Man u say that until he's busting down that good dick and living rent free in ur place. Homeless people are sneaky, especially the men.
I'm not qualified to unpack that, ask a therapist why you're blaming homeless men because you can't keep your pants on.
Who else would go stay overnight at some random persons house?
This is sick! I wish you had a Discord 😔
I feel like he would mention if he had a discord, okay?
As it stands, I didn’t quite get whether or not he has a discord.
I don't think he does. We would know about it.
No one cares about your discord
https://preview.redd.it/hclxa03w0r5g1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8b102d3a07bf4f2138da5143015e7610516b3c3
Just don't join brother have a nice day
You don’t have to be rude about it..
How long does someone live like this?? If you ever meet someone you like, how do you explain to them you live in your car because you don’t want to work? This just seems relatively lonely.
Some people prefer not to interact with others on a consistent basis
Until the car stops running and they need to get a job again
Off the grid discord is an oxymoron
Funny as hell at that
I love how we have romantic names for being broke now lol
I’m not unemployed I’m just temporarily retired!
-me when I’m in a job interview lol
I'm not unemployed I'm just in between jobs looking for a new opportunity.
I'm destygmatizing homelessness. Rebranding is something million dollar corporations do to sell you gruel so why can't I a homeless person do as well lol.
I don't know but your grammar is atrocious and that makes you come off ignorant. If the homeless need someone to champion for their brand, surely there must be someone better suited for the job, right?
Living without health finance implies accepting that one's body is going to expire on its own terms, rather than a compromise. It could easily become the historical norm again, a slightly different meaning for learning to eat lentils.
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Damn, this is kinda sad
I’d rather be in a house with all my family around a big table
Yep but some of us have no family, or an abusive family
https://youtu.be/oCrI7NOK8v8
I see that flak. Devil dogs on the run for not returning his issued gear to CIF.
Just tell me you get some disability money at least lmao
You're homeless, my guy
Yessir
mmm end meat mmm
Do you ever worry about being broken into?
When ends meat?
Driving on top of what?
What are you traveling in, a minivan or suv?
Sedan suv hybrid it's a toyota chr 2019
Best of Luck to You
I can definitely see the attraction of this lifestyle for awhile but I think I'd eventually succumb to the call of a relationship, hot shower and other worldly desires.
For a subreddit thats motto says "Sharing your survival space without shame" right on the top bar, I've been getting ALOT of negativity you know. If I posted this on the other male space subreddit I'd understand but this is MY survival space.
If you don't like how I live it's OK but brigade down voting me seems like you guys don't know how this subreddit is suppose to function. Oh well. It doesn't hurt me but it is alarming the type of stuff people are willing to say to me online.
There are people that are being positive so you should join the discord because it's fun and there are many like minded individuals :).
https://discord.gg/F98MphhxTx
You’re getting negative feedback because of the constant discord mentions.
Where is the shower?
Truck stops and gyms. Most people who live out of their cars will have a gym membership.
Being “off the grid” seems to still include a lot of grid use in that case lol
It reminds me of the guy that was living in the woods of PA (I think) for a decade or two, I was thinking “ok, so he’s building a shack in the woods, living off the land, full caveman minus whatever he brought with” no it turns out he was just breaking and entering into various houses on the outskirts for 20+ years to survive. His “house” looked like a dump of random crap.
The meth version of “The hills have eyes” lol
the grid has eyes
Right lmao? Interesting how much of the Off Gridders these days rely entirely on the "grid" but just not their own money huh
Planet fitness the holy land
Cool! You got a PV panel on car rooftop or recharge your phone / devices while driving
I come very close to doing something similar a few years ago. Kinda wish I did tbh lol
Make the leap; Join the club
You use some fancy words for saying you're homeless. And no one here cares about your discord.
I'm destygmatizin homelessness so it helps.
Why would you destygmatize homelessness? Its stygmatized… for a reason… no?
Because I want too.
Do you want to destygmatize poverty, lack of education and poor life choices (hard drugs)?
I mean people shouldn’t be stygmatized for dropping out of highschool and/or being forced to learn how to read?
“My body - my choices” right?
This looks fucking awful
You should invest in a sleeping bag. Winter is coming.
Sounds like you belong on r/vagabond
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He has a discord, did you not see that part?
I'm starting a community of like minded individuals that don't mind living on the road and we're becoming a cool club
https://discord.gg/F98MphhxTx
This is just homelessness with more steps.
It's a home of certain choice, tbf. But yea pretty much.
So is a tent in a parking lot.
Yes, it is.
Nah im rebranding it frfr
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to get to 1000 discord members
That isn't off grid
People still use discord for stuff other than video games?
Is it hard to get laid
No
No
Make ends meat
You'd prob have better reception over in Vagabond.
Ignore the negative comments here. Despite being housed and employed with a successful trade to work,I find myself called to live this lifestyle at least a year, if only to appreciate what I have now. I don't think life should always be comfortable and unique challenges present an opportunity to grow as a human being.
Thanks brother. You don't have to do the lifestyle to join the disc, just be positive.
https://discord.gg/F98MphhxTx
Anytime friend. It's hard sometimes watching people pile on to criticize something they don't understand. Can't rightly say I understand it either but I've been a roamer all my life so I understand that desire to gather no moss.
So off the grid that you're posting about your discord server on reddit.
Does „living off the grid“ not mean, supporting yourself with food/electricity/water etc. without the help from the outside world/companies? Or am i wrong?
You do the exact opposite…
Bro it's just kinda jokey. Like if you live in a house or apartment your attached to a grid. If you live in a car you're not attached to anything
Trading having a roof over your head so you can eat junk food everyday
I recommend checking out too good to go or similar apps. Fun way to try new restaurants economically
When you have nothing you have nothing left to lose. Life seems less stressful when you know you'll have nothing. It's much harder to apply yourself and build up a career and stability. Yet the stress and rewards of applying yourself to a earn a living wage is rent to afford a roof over your head and a hot warm shower.
You eat out every day??🤣 bro this won’t last
You know you could just get a cdl and live in a truck with a paying job. I live in my truck 3 months and go home 15 days, you could just stay in the truck
That's a pro tip too thanks
Good thing Cars don’t break down with use…
My brother in Christ your homeless and one major health issue or major car issue away from being fucked. Keep your head up until life kicks you down hard.
I will thank you.
That’s called being homeless, and it gets really old really fast in a vehicle that small
Nah it's trill
You’re three months in, Greenhorn
Something tells me this wasn't by choice lmao
bro gets uber "tips" to make ends "meat" lol
sorry man, not laughing at your situation but that was funny
Damn cornball.
Bro you’re looking for r/urbancarliving
I love that place
lol I just saw this but good luck out there buddy. I spent a few months in my car last winter and once you’ve been doing it a bit, know your area in terms of sleep spots, places to chill, bathroom, etc., it’s not terrible. Wishing you the best
Why there's a lot of toxicity in here?
Idk but all these mfs are well off so they can make fun of others less fortunate than themselves. Pretty fucking sad if you ask me.
So you’re useless to society and not contributing at all… got it.
I mean it kinda sounds like all he does is do delivery work for other people and he will still be paying various taxes so he's pretty solidly pulling his own weight lol
Exactomundo brother.
Full speed to nowhere
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I'm allergic to responsibilities it's not my fault
You'd prob have better reception over in Vagabond.
Ignore the negative comments here. Despite being housed and employed with a successful trade to work,I find myself called to live this lifestyle at least a year, if only to appreciate what I have now. I don't think life should always be comfortable and unique challenges present an opportunity to grow as a human being.
I don't trust drifters. Every man should plant roots down.
I don't have roots I have wings