Some people say a lot of cute shit like there is a difference between being poor and broke, like this individuals really have every perspective to know that, what is worse, typically it's not even mostly true. So I ask. Meaning what was your moment that motivated you out or up. If you are still poor and there please share YOUR experience.
Have you ever been poor and if so what was your worst experience being poor?
For me it was a process, being a kid I had been on section 8, food-stamps (Not the EBT Card ) and visited food shelves with my mom, it got much easier when I got old enough to work, me and my sister who is 8 years my senior.
However as a teenager I was a bit of a moron, not having filled me with a hunger to get what I never had, and ultimately didn't know I didn't need or should have. My priorities were out of wack.
So, my Ah Ha, Moment came as a very young adult, I had a roommate a worked a good job, but over spent and was an idiot, this lead me to not having enough to cover what I should, so eventually I had to turn to pawn shops when I did.
Nothing to me was more degrading than having to take your stuff you over spent for down with your dignity to a pawn shop, stand in line, while imagining all the circumstances that brought all this other sad souls to this place where you stood in line, felt like shit, had your valuables not as valuable as you thought evaluated, at the same time felt they were evaluating you.
It was a soul crushing experience for me, but that was my Ah Ha moment. Silly Stupid whatever, that was the spark beginning in life the fuel was obviously my family.
Again so How about you, what is your experience?