@highwayman, I apologize. You do you and I'll keep my damned busy busy nose out of it. Who the hell do I think I am anyway? I've been better about that kind of thing but obviously the lesson isn't sticking.
Who the hell am I too? The more I think about it my wife & daughter are probably terrified about being homeless again. I can & have traveled for many years solo & can transition back & forth between both parts of my life (traveling & nontraveling). I think when the OP comes to our forum & asked to be taught, I automatically take the role of the educator. Almost Mr Miyagi like. I will & have taught many how to do many things on STP & in person from how to hop trains, hitchhike, earn $, eat, stay clean & happy while traveling here in North America. I have little to no first hand experience in Europe not that the OP ever mentioned where he intends on traveling but feel that a good foundation will work anywhere.
I would like to think that my philosophies will suit me everywhere since I improvise, adapt & overcome to obstacles in my environment naturally while on the road. Now having to rethink my methods of supporting a disabled wife & young daughter while refusing to work as a wage slave is another nut to crack but I will figure that out too. .At times I want to have a well balanced life of traveling, working & having a family & I fall short as I am only human..
The reality is that it is much easier for me to critique a new traveler on how to travel from point A to point B than it is for me to fix my own complicated life. I am not doing much in that department here online besides keeping myself busy while I patiently wait for lifes new twists. I will answer specific questions about how to etc & have posted quite a bit in about every section & subject here on STP. I do also want to encourage new travelers to respect the road & have some ethics & morals while traveling & feel its my duty from being around so long. Perhaps I was hard in trying to distinguish the difference between backpackers and vagabonds. But vagabonds dont bogart a savings account for a rainy day while others who have little to nothing share freely & openly everything with him.
It's sad when this website was made for travelers then we got all the people that live in homes fighting like children on here..
I dont think we were fighting, I sure wasnt. I wont apologize for having an internet connection, laptop, apt & or having been a long term part time traveler anymore then for the boots that have been on my feet for the last 10 years & hundreds of thousands of miles I traveled. I have lived & traveled plenty enough to sound arrogant online. I have a different perspective to those who are either simply homeless or housed up, vagabond versus nontraveler. I was,am or are all of those things. I have helped contribute to this website for the last decade all the while traveling & or not; all while attempting to learn, grow, teach & live the life I want. So forgive me for not getting all excited about your comment
@sean p after youve had an account here for less than 1 month. I have dirty laundry thats been piled up longer than that. I know I can travel anywhere today I want without anyone holding my hand, a ccg, a smart phone etc anywhere, anytime I want without a single penny in my pocket.
Running away from problems is easy, where as trying to do the right thing while being true to yourself is much, much harder.