I've talked to you all about my divorce previously (15 years, wife decided she wanted to leave as soon as she graduated and got her degree after I supported her and worked multiple jobs).
She's officially moving out in two weeks. Then, my lease ends in just five weeks.
Landlord already told me they're going to be selling the home and also raising rent nearly 40% if I wanted to stay. Can't afford it. Have no where to go.
Going to transition to being a 'nomad', selling the remaining few things I own, and just bouncing from airbnb to airbnb along with camping. I figured this would be a good opportunity for me to get out, travel, visit national parks, kayak, camp, fish, see the US and get my mind off everything. It's not stable. But I can't find anything. Everywhere requires "3x income" or some ridiculous score that I don't have.
Anyway. Not sure why I'm posting this here. Guess I just wanted to share with you all since I never did give any updates from my previous posts about "what should I do?"
So, really, for me, the storm is here. And the "build back better" now makes so much sense in my personal life. Weird that now I now have to suddenly build my life back. I've completely lost my identity.
No clue where this road is going to take me. But it's either 'get busy living or get busy dying.'
Say a few prayers for me. God has been good to me recently and has gotten me into the 'acceptance' phase of all this.
Edit: By the way, if anyone wants to give me a follow over on X, I'll be documenting all of my journeys. Hoping to one day get some camera gear and a drone and film everything. Might make some personal podcasts and documenting my testimony. Maybe it'll help someone in the future. https://twitter.com/@thinktankfranks
You might want to try Glassdoor.com. Look for positions listed as Caretaker. There are plenty of resorts, estates, vacation properties, or for off-season care, etc... that need a live-in property caretaker, where room and board are included along with $$$ and insurance coverage.
A lot of those places are in more remote areas like the mountains, lake front, ski resorts, Texas Hill Country, etc... that just need people willing to watch over the place and keep things in repair, or be there to make sure it's being maintained.
If you want to start over and possibly get some you-time for a while, it's a good suggestion. Who knows? You might find your next thing.
I searched caretaker and it just kept popping up with "caregiver" for senior care living centers. If I search property caretaker it comes up with like property manager style positions. Wonder if there's another search term. I'll dig around on this.
I see yellowstone is hiring and they offer lodging, that's interesting!
really? that's interesting I haven't heard of that before. I will do a search, thank you for the suggestion