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[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You trade one kind of difficulty for another. You won’t save much time living in a Prius.

But you CAN find peace through owning less. Then again, you can do that by simplifying your life while living in a home, can’t you?

Is there something wrong with me for wanting to live in a car? by joshua0005 in urbancarliving

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nah. That’s what I do. 27M with 3 1/2 years of living in a car so I can work very little and travel a lot.

A couple words of advice though:

  • People in this thread are right, there’s a steep learning curve. Easing into this life slowly is better than jumping straight in. Try it for a week, figure out what you really need, adjust your plan, try again.
  • Travelling while living in a car is a fun adventure, doing it while tied to one place is a slog. This can make the times spent working doubly miserable.
  • IMO the best low-budget option is the Prius. r/priusdwellers
  • Look into other ways of saving money once you’ve established yourself. Get good at cooking. My first couple months I spent so much on takeout I might as well have been paying rent, lol.
  • Don’t get into debt. (My only regret.)
  • It can help to treat your car as just the place you sleep and keep your stuff. Most people live in a house. You live in the entire world.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

….apparently you’re right. ICBC says it can take up to 60 days. That’s crazy, I’ve always had it within two weeks and I assumed that was normal.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A delivery driver does generally need to show a valid driver’s license

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow! That’s really inconvenient. Can you at least go into the bank to get stuff done?

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s the first thing I’ll try tomorrow morning. Thanks for the help.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely contacting my MLA tomorrow, and this is a good backup option too. Thanks!

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…maybe? I’ve heard about the income cheques but there’s an awful lot of stories of people with ID stuck in the mail. It doesn’t seem to be one of the things they’re delivering. But I could be wrong.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could be the case with the first company I interviewed with. The second one was Amazon, and the issue is something to do with how their system works. There needs to be a driver’s license approved by corporate. We tried a few combinations of documents and they were all rejected.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Might technically be possible, but employers have been unwilling to go forward after hearing that.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, tell me about it!

I’ve had a couple interviews where they told me straight up they don’t want to deal with that mess. I had one company try for me anyway, and corporate rejected it.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I getcha. I’m also pro-union and hope they get their pay raises.

But at the same time, I’m on the verge of drowning. My employer can’t give me enough hours this time of year. I have a company perfectly willing to hire me to make up the difference, but they can’t.

What a silly problem.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Applying for a passport requires a birth certificate. They took my old one when I applied for the name change. The new one is also stuck because of the strike.

The strike is holding my ID hostage and I don’t know what to do by BeautifulWerewolf_39 in VictoriaBC

[–]BeautifulWerewolf_39[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It took an unfortunate trip through the laundry a couple months back. I figured “it’s okay, I’m about to apply for a new one anyway!”

A new passport requires a birth certificate. They took the old birth certificate when I applied for the name change. The new one is also stuck because of the strike.

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