If you were homeless, how would you spend your time?

if i am homeless then i would spend most of my time in the temple and preaching the god and asking him too forgive all my sins so that when i die, my soul should be clean..........wow this topic made me spiritual....anyway if u like my response please give me a hit points.

actually,she has taken a very bold step . i do admire her for her courage.if only other women would follow her footsteps instead of being taken advantage of.if i were homeless ,i would do some work which will make to earn so that i could rent a place to put my head.have a good day.

I would probably do as she is, that is if I liked lifestyle. There is programs out there to help but never having been homeless Im not sure what they are like. I have heard good things and not so good. I read further down where you said that your town is small enough that people know her and help out and allow her to go to the library and such. Im glad as when we were down in Pittsburgh I was horified when I went to go the bathroom at McDonalds and you couldnt get in. You had to buy something and then ask for a token. I asked why? They said because of the homeless going in and washing in there. I thought it was awful and I just looked at them in shock and picked up my money and walked out. They are still human beings that deserve to be treated as such. Yes Im one of those if I see a homeless person I will go get them something to eat if I have any extra money on me and give it to them. I dont believe anyone starts out homeless wanting to be so. Anyways as for the question how would I spend my time I would probably spend alot of time in the library as she does. Breaks my heart thou knowing that people have to live like this.

there are a number of drop in centres here in the city where i live, so i guess i would frequent them; also perhaps the library. perhaps being homeless would be a more simple life but here in canada, it sure gets cold in the winter!

I think, GG, that I would spend much of my time in just the same way that the woman you speak of does. Believe me, I can think of many family members I would not want to voluntarily live with. There could also be some type of mental illness involved regarding this woman. Many mentally ill people are still quite capable of functioning on a day-to-day basis, and are pretty self-reliant and independent.

I've been homeless for a while in youth and it is not a experence I would choose to repeat. If the worse would happen again I would work to get myself to a better place.

On the first day of my Psychology class my teacher asked us if we had ever saw a person with Schizophrenia before. Of course, most of us answered no. He said, yes you have and I am sure that most of you see them every day. He said that the majority of the people living on the street have Schizophrenia. Now I am not saying that I agree with this. But I will say that in the average city, you do have a choice of whether or not you live on the street. I believe that anyone who chooses to live on the street hast to have some sort of mental disturbance. I could not imagine living on the streets. This is something that I would never want to experience or even attempt to imagine. There are those who have lots of money and corporate jobs who simply could not deal with their lives any more. I knew a guy once who had been an engineer. One day he had just snapped, when he came to, it had been two years later and he could not remember where his home was or even where he hd worked. By the time I met him, some things had come back to him, but he still could not remember where he had lived. He was not married and had never had any children and there was no one who could rememer these things. To me, that is very frightening. Imagine existing for two years and not remembering who you really are. Thar is really something.

I have never been homeless before but I did sleep on a friend's floor for a couple of months. I don't know what I'd do if I were ever homeless. But I'm sure it would involve finding a new home. I live in the Sun belt so we have LoTs of homeless around here. I think we even have some homeless "snowbirds". I hate to sound heartless but they are a real nuisance. They have to lock the first floor bathrooms at the library to keep them from trashing it when they "bathe". I often still walk in on half naked homeless guys throwing water all over the place on the upper floors. They congregate in front of the library and hangout all day. They throw trash everywhere and urinate and defecate all over the place. They lay out in parks in the daytime and sleep in doorways the rest of the time. I walk alot downtown and you never know when you are going to turn a corner aget hit in the face with the choking stench of urine. I used to talk to a guy named Leon years ago. (he hung out at the laundromat I went to.) He was Homeless by choice. He didn't want to have to work or deal with a landlord. He got a check from "We the people" every month and swam in the canals. He didn't want any (other) help. He was happy. I guess the Constitution allows that. I have a new friend who just moved here from Alabama. He wants to be a consevative but he just keeps thinking like a liberal. He said (as I'm sure some of you are thinking) "Well it sounds like they should have somewhere for them to live." Well we tried that. First, it attracted homeless people from miles around. Then the crime started. Constant fighting and stealing and before you know it the homeless didn't even want to stay there. They went back to the streets and those that came from miles around STAYED. So now things are even worse. Kinda like the Mexican border sitch. If someone Wants help, and they are willing to contribute to the solution, I am all for helping them. But for people who don't want help and just create a nuisance for the rest of us that ARE in the "Pursuit of Life Liberty and Happiness". I see harassment as the only option. Joking!!!!!! (a little)

The park, I guess, or find a place in a forest and set up camp next to a river and learn how to fish. To be honest, I have been employed without interruption for about 25 to thirty years and I have often thought of going to live in a forest or on a beach. The kind of society we live in is not an easy thing and there are too many people who do nothing but take advantage of you. In many ways this woman is blessed.

Not everyone CHOOSES to be homeless.... how cruel to think that? Obviously you have never been in that situation and it is just easy for you to judge someone you have seen. Did you ever approach that person, or offer to help? Maybe you were being tested did you ever think of that? Like that country song says, maybe Im an angel testing you? hmmm Becareful how you judge, lest you be Judged by God. Lish

I feel sorry for this woman that you are speaking of. I wouldn't want that life for myself. I would try me best to find the help I need. I know there are places that can help the homeless. I would probably make the best use of my time.

That's too bad, who knows why she choose this or if it was a choice... I personally would spend my time doing up my resume and job hunting so that I could get a good job and eventually get out the situation I was in.

oh that is really really difficult situation..I mean i don't know if I can handle to be homeless because we already know that it's really a bad thing to be homeless..I guess if that will happen to me,I will find a abandon area and stay there for awhile but i guess i will be confuse and scared..I can't imagine that..it's sad...:-( Well good luck to her I hope I can help...:-(

The woman you describe is obviously very confident about who she is and what she wants out of life. While it's hard for most to believe, some actually choose this way of life because of it's simplicity. She has no responsibilities other than her own personal hygeine. She spends her days people watching or reading at the public library, something she obviously enjoys. I can't imagine ever being out on the streets but if I chose such a life, I would head down to some place like Key West.

I don't usually admit to this, but I was actually homeless for 3 months after my divorce years ago. I suppose I could have went back to my family home, but they were having such problems, and I was the one who was always there for them. In my mind it would be cruel to have them worry so much about me when they were so ill themselves. So, I still took care of them, but didn't have the heart to worry them so much more. I had a nursing license, but since I wasn't working at it (I was taking care of my Dad & doing his farming for him) I couldn't get hired. The courts said that since I had the license, I should be able to get a job...and the places I applied to said I hadn't worked currently enough for them to hire me, and I would need to go back to school for my pharmacology (which I couldn't afford either.) I couldn't even get foodstamps because of the license that did me no good lol...so I got really ill! If I actually chose to be homeless, I'd probably live in the woods by a stream. There's plenty of food that God provides us in nature (and I'm thankful that I know how to survive that way lol :-) I would probably enjoy being more away from people, where I would feel more safe while I slept. I was lucky that I had my own car, although if you have to sleep in it routinely you get stiff muscles and all...but you feel safe locked in! During waking hours I'd probably hike and people watch. I'd also pick up cans and stuff that I could get extra money for at the recycler.

The library would be my main hang out. I would get a lot of reading in and maybe even use their computers. Our city is very strict against homeless people so you see very few of them and when you see them they are usually being scolded by the police. Now if you go about twenty miles south they have a lot of homeless people and have a large shelter for them

Between marriages, as a much younger man, I was homeless by choice. I rode the rails and lived in hobo camps, forests, sheds, lean-tos. It was a little dangerous, but unbelievably educational, exciting, boring, spiritual, godless...great and horrible. I wouldn't trade a second of it. On the other hand, due to a quick sale of our rented house of 10 years, my family was rendered homeless. This was a demeaning, gut-wrenching, awful time. We spent the whole time getting our kids to school...finding beds for the night, and saving enough cash to get restarted somewhere else. It's soul-crushing...looking the kids in the face and trying to convince them it'll be OK and they will soon have that safe and content feeling back again. We're back on our feet and I wish it all never happened. Screw any silver lining that could be found in the latter situation. I sucked!

If I were homeless, I'd probably park myself at the beach. I know there are people who do that in my country. Sometimes they were picked up by the welfare community. I presume they will be given some counselling and encouraged to find a job and put a roof over their head. I'd probably seek help from the government to see what they can offer me. A job or something...

If I were homeless, I would spend my time trying to not be homeless. I can't imagine why, in this world, anyone would want to be homeless. Your lucky if you only notice one homeless person in your community. I do believe that a person who "chooses" to live this lifestyle could very well be mentally ill, as are many homeless people.

I always feel bad when I see a homeless person. I know that some like it that way. But I think how in the world do they stay warm in the winter... I guess if I were homeless. I would do what she is doing. Hanging out in the Library, I would be able to read all day, or get online ( if I had a card ), be able to use the restroom, stay warm for several hours ( in the Winter) cool ( in the Summer ) and get a drink of water. Find a area where I can get cleaned up, and wash out some clothes. I imagine that I would be doing some dumpster diving for things like clothing and food. I would probly have to do some begging. I would have to find a spot that I felt safe, so that I would be able to sleep. I think that my biggest thing would be how do I get myself out of this situation and get a place to call home!