grocery stores with free samples, bakeries + stores with day-old bread
different fast food outlets have cheaper food and will generally let you hang out for a while.
some dollar stores carry food like cans of beans or fruit
SHELTER
Sleeping at beaches during the day is a good way to avoid suspicion and harassment
sleep with your bag strapped to you, so someone can’t steal it
Some churches offer short term residence
Find your nearest homeless shelter
Look for places that are open to the public
A large dumpster near a wall can often be moved so that flipping up the lids creates an angled shelter to stay dry
HYGIENE
A membership to the YMCA is usually only 10$, which has a shower, and sometimes laundry machines and lockers.
Public libraries have bathrooms you can use
Dollar stores carry low-end soaps and deodorant etc.
Wet wipes are all purpose and a life saver
Local beaches, go for a quick swim
Some truck stops have showers you can pay for
Staying clean is the best way to prevent disease, and potentially get a job to get back on your feet
Pack 7 pairs of socks/undies, 2 outfits, and one hooded rain jacket
OTHER
first aid kit
sunscreen
a travel alarm clock or watch
mylar emergency blanket
a backpack is a must
downgrade your cellphone to a pay as you go with top-up cards
sleeping bag
travel kit of toothbrush, hair brush/comb, mirror
swiss army knife
can opener
Reblog to literally save a life
if there is a Dollar Tree near you, they have entire food aisles
Planet Fitness also has $10 memberships. you can shower and they have free food days! pizza night 1st monday every month, bagel tuesday the 2nd tuesday every month.
Save a life reblog
i am so glad that i renblogged this however so long ago. i saw this post and shared it with others in mind, but now i am the one who really needs this. id like to think of this as good karma i guess
also a good list if anyone ever needs to run away from home for whatever reason.
I’d also like to add that some YMCA’s will let you like,,, live in there (my dad lived in a ymca for a bit while he was in grad school till some guy who turned out to be a murder later on invited him to live on his couch BUT THATS A DIFFERENT STORY)
Pls reblog
Libraries are an amazing resource. They provide shelter from the elements during the day, and have free internet access so you can job hunt, do research, check your messages and communicate and also seek entertainment.
PLUS many librarians are super informed about local resources and can point you towards other organizations that can help you with food, employment skills and finding affordable housing.
im not INTERESTED anymore in seeing men’s perception of what female leisure time looks like, how we lounge around hairless and small and beautiful on our beds and couches in oversized shirts and lace underwear, unaware and unassuming and all the more beautiful for not Trying to be beautiful, i’m TIRED of it. even our most basic freedom of privacy, time alone with the self, has been butchered and ripped from us by the gaze of male photographers and artists
while she was pregnant my mom had a dream about giving birth to a writhing ball of snakes, and while she was in labor i wrapped the umbilical cord around my neck to try and prevent myself from being born, and then when she was trying to take me home the loma prieta earthquake happened
i feel like i’m really not living up to my dark potential, is what i’m saying here
Level 40: Daydreaming about your finished project and not writing your story
Level 23445342532556: Daydreaming not only about the story but all the fandom and discourse it will spawn. Daydreaming about fanfiction and fanart for your story instead of actually writing your story.
kill “cringe culture” and replace it with “healthy amount of shame culture”.
eg: leave kids who like undertale alone but let’s keep societal shame a necessary thing so that we don’t end up with greasy 21 y/o boys who walk their girlfriends around on leashes in public lol
