I want in (hi guys)

Welcome. I'm pretty new here myself and don't have much travel experience, but just look around at all the threads and you can find answers to pretty much all your questions.

Welcome!
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Lots of fantastic, and useful info about each topic/skill you mentioned.
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@f1ng3rz
Welcome aboard.

QUICK, a crack head is running up on you in a back alley, all you have is a live kitten and a dirty shoestring that is about to break. What do you do?

Before you leap, as it were, into a different kind of life, make sure your bag is packed with what you'll need. (and not packed with things that'll just weigh you down). This is especially important if there's no friends or family to store your extra stuff with. Life outside is way better with little comforts, like always being warm, relatively clean, and dry.

Also, you've got, or about to get a college degree? See if you can leverage that into some sort of online or seasonal work. Make a pile of money for a month or two a year, and then not have to worry bout dumpster diving or flying a sign unless you want to. It's all well and good to live "outside of capitalism" but knowing how to play the "making money" game can be useful.

EDIT: Spellin >_<

What you can do depends on your degree, I suppose. Lacking such a degree myself, my suggestions are limited. I've heard of people with tech degrees doing web design and programming while on the road. If you have a nature or science degree(driver's license and car might also be necessary?) of some sort, there are probably forest service jobs floating around. I hear firewatch will learn you all sorts of interesting skills, while getting to live in cool remote places.

If you really have to, any ol' degree along with some basic work experience normally qualifies you to be a manager at a wallmart or fast food place. Not exactly seasonal or great healthy work environments, but it's there.

I'd like to mention http://wwoof.net/ or http://www.helpx.net/ which are decent resources for somewhat legit volunteer and paid work. Be aware that those are there too, and it's free to browse host's profiles, you can always pay the sign up fees when you decide to pull the trigger, and keep your eye on the list of opportunities in the meantime.