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

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 :)