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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this was me 8 months ago. lost my car too. i took the bus daily to the center of town and insta cart and uber eats by foot. Stationed myself near big apartment buildings and could usually make 50 a day during the 11-2 pm lunch rush. I couldnt take big orders but got decent at filling a backpack. I would come back in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays and do dinner take outs. Experimented with different neighborhoods and found an algorithm that worked. Did this for 17 weeks till I found a full time job but still kept dinner shift. I had slow days but could make 260-700 a week. I just didnt leave till I made xyz or whatever I needed to live a few more days. Would get a few reject orders that I could keep which were like Christmas. I am blessed bc I noticed two things with other near homeless peers…I dont struggle with addiction and I have a basic education (some college/dont struggle with illiteracy) so I just had to wait it out. [/quote]
I don’t know you, yet I’m so proud of you. I hope you’re doing great today. Hustle and straight-up grit can get us thru a lot. And I deeply know the struggle of gig work. I lost my job during covid and DoorDashed every single dinner shift seven days a week from May 2020 well into 2021. There were lots of ok days, a few terrific ones, and a handful where I made &lt;$10 for 3 hours of work. Still thankful for the opportunity though. We’d just had a baby and my wife went back to work way earlier than planned due to my job loss, so I slid into being stay-at-home dad and DoorDashed to not feel like a total drain on the family finances. And yes, cancelled orders really were like Christmas, oftentimes food from fancy places that we would’ve never been able to afford.

As for OP, maybe it’s time for a break with an adventure and follow the weather with seasonal work? Working at a campground during the fall foliage season, waiting tables in busy southwest Florida during the winter or a ski resort out West, working at a greenhouse in the spring, maybe a Jersey Shore attraction/stall in the summer. Best of luck to you, don’t give up.

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