sj_zero on Nostr: If youre in the scenario described, yes -- among other things. Sun Tzu says you must ...
If youre in the scenario described, yes -- among other things.
Sun Tzu says you must win the victory before fighting the battle. This means finding a set of conditions where you can succeed. If there are no conditions where you can succeed, then you need to give up on your current strategy.
If you're homeless, about to lose the car you live in, have no money and no prospects for money, then your priority shouldn't be trying to become an elite by going to college. You need to be focusing on the immediate bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs -- finding long term shelter, finding food, securing your things such as your car so it doesn't get impounded when you can't afford insurance or after it runs out of fuel.
In the Graysonian Ethic I described how I had to drop out of college because I was in a no-win scenario, in my case it was a 2-hour commute each way that meant there was no way I could pass my course. In my case, I took the financial hit, went back to work, then tried again in a few years. Failure is an option, and it sucks, but sometimes you have to manage the failure. Nothing in the post suggested for example that the author was in their last semester of a high paying program, so you can't keep living in your car for years with no income and expect to get through college. Eventually just your situation will lead you to flunking out, but moreover, what if you graduate and can't get a job right away? You're not necessarily any better off than you were. If the OP has a few credits maybe they can start over when they're in a better place, just like I did, but at this point each day is a phyrric victory.
First step should be finding shelter, perhaps in a homeless shelter for now. There are programs in most provinces for helping people get back on their feet, might as well make use of them. The food banks are struggling because it's Trudeau's Canada, but they can still be utilized. Going out and finding a crap job isn't going to hurt, it'll mean some cash flow if they want their car to not be impounded, if they aren't living in their car maybe they can do Lyft or something on the side.
Sun Tzu says you must win the victory before fighting the battle. This means finding a set of conditions where you can succeed. If there are no conditions where you can succeed, then you need to give up on your current strategy.
If you're homeless, about to lose the car you live in, have no money and no prospects for money, then your priority shouldn't be trying to become an elite by going to college. You need to be focusing on the immediate bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs -- finding long term shelter, finding food, securing your things such as your car so it doesn't get impounded when you can't afford insurance or after it runs out of fuel.
In the Graysonian Ethic I described how I had to drop out of college because I was in a no-win scenario, in my case it was a 2-hour commute each way that meant there was no way I could pass my course. In my case, I took the financial hit, went back to work, then tried again in a few years. Failure is an option, and it sucks, but sometimes you have to manage the failure. Nothing in the post suggested for example that the author was in their last semester of a high paying program, so you can't keep living in your car for years with no income and expect to get through college. Eventually just your situation will lead you to flunking out, but moreover, what if you graduate and can't get a job right away? You're not necessarily any better off than you were. If the OP has a few credits maybe they can start over when they're in a better place, just like I did, but at this point each day is a phyrric victory.
First step should be finding shelter, perhaps in a homeless shelter for now. There are programs in most provinces for helping people get back on their feet, might as well make use of them. The food banks are struggling because it's Trudeau's Canada, but they can still be utilized. Going out and finding a crap job isn't going to hurt, it'll mean some cash flow if they want their car to not be impounded, if they aren't living in their car maybe they can do Lyft or something on the side.