it was ok... i was actually couchsurfing and then living in my car for a very short while and then I was able to barter cleaning and a little $ for a room in a house and gradually able to get back on my feet, but the whole mental condition of that time was one of complete raw desperation so i would prefer not to go back to it... rather live on land in the country off the grid and not have the survival pressures of the city.