Before you let the door hit you in the ass…

A suggestion from me is to open a free checking account with a debt card. You can have money deposited in the account and withdraw it from an ATM machine if necessary so you won’t have to carry much cash around with you. Some type of residual income would be awesome! Maybe disabilities check, unemployment check, workers comp, anything that could bring some income to you.

Sell everything you own, except the items that you taking with you. DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING AWAY! Getting $2.00 out of a CD could be dinner for a couple of nights. Since you’re getting ready to hit the road work every chance you can. Cut grass, rake leaves, collect cans, run errands, whatever you can do. If nothing else hit the day labor services and bank everything you can. Eat off of friends, family, church members, and whoever else you can till the day you hit the road. Get some practice in a do a little dumpster diving. If possible have a few hundred dollar nest egg set aside and forget about that money, if an emergency happens you’ll have a little money saved. Bank as much as you can and try to get a wad of cash in your pocket before you leave. A guy once emailed me and said he worked it so that he drew unemployment for 6 months while he started his Hoboing! Within time it gets easier, it not the living it’s you.