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so assuming you had no savings, no open line of credit and no family to lean on... how did you get out from that? Also did you have any dependencies? What wer

• PopeDotNinja 8y ago
  After a couple months of being homeless, an old client of mine called up and asked if I could help with some work. I said yes, but also said that I wasn't in a position to do work now and wait for an invoice to get paid. They have me a $5000 advance. $1000 went to bring the balance of my overdrawn checking account up to zero. $2500 went to paying rent for a couple months at a relatively cheap hotel. About $1000 went to expenses related to filling the job, and I scraped together a couple months of food on yhe last $500. It all worked out. My business took off from there with a lot of luck, hard work, producing results, and getting referrals. I sold that business a couple years later, and used that money to learn how to play developer for moniez :) I'm not sure what you mean by dependencies, but I had no dependents/kids to care for & I was not dependent on drugs. I did drink a little more than I should at the time, but it wasn't ever too bad. The number one lesson I learned is to not run out of cash. Life is 100x easier when you have a little money. If you don't believe me, try to see how much you can buy with $20 vs getting someone to give you $20 :)