I was 'homeless' for a few months (in the sense that I didn't have a home) but for most of that time I had a high enough income that I could afford to stay in AirBnBs. It was a scary experience. At one point I had lost my job, I was about $6000 in debt, in a foreign country, with a 'dependent' spouse (also without job) and I only had about $1000 left on my credit card.
When I hear entrepreneurs talk about how much they risked to build their startup, I roll my eyes.
Once you've had to to do whatever it takes just to be able to afford to keep a roof over your head, what a lot of people call 'risk' actually doesn't seem risky at all. Would they have ended up sleeping on the streets if it didn't work out? It doesn't seem like it.
I understand now that difficulty and hardship are highly subjective. Probably some people would look at my experience and think that I had it easy.
When I hear entrepreneurs talk about how much they risked to build their startup, I roll my eyes.
Once you've had to to do whatever it takes just to be able to afford to keep a roof over your head, what a lot of people call 'risk' actually doesn't seem risky at all. Would they have ended up sleeping on the streets if it didn't work out? It doesn't seem like it.
I understand now that difficulty and hardship are highly subjective. Probably some people would look at my experience and think that I had it easy.