“Owning a small business. You think that you are out there just doing whatever you want, but nothing works that way. You are at the mercy of customers, suppliers, regulators, and market forces. You are responsible for literally everything that happens or doesn’t happen in the business. And nobody is buying your crap business if it fails.”

"I was one of the original 'van lifers' on the streets of NYC about 13 years ago (Brooklyn mostly). It wasn't trendy back then. I did it for three years. Summer and winter sucked because you had to run your generator constantly to cope with the extreme weather, so you needed to make sure you were always parked somewhere industrial so as not to bother anyone. It also requires more maintenance than anyone realizes. Propane refills, refilling your water tank (after two showers, they’re empty), and dumping your waste tanks, just to name a few."

"I agree. I was married for 20 years, and I'm so much happier living by myself with my silly cats. I've been divorced for 15 years now, and I will never even date again."

"I get headaches and body pain, which alter my mood, so I don't feel like myself. I dissociate constantly. Everything sends me into burnout, and I can't keep a job for even a few months. I need time to process every tiny little thing. When I tell people I have autism, they say something along the lines of, 'Aww, that's cool!' No, it's not, it's a disability."

"I remember opening up to a friend about something I had 'survived,' and her response was, 'You’re lucky. That’ll be an awesome college admissions essay!! I have nothing to trauma dump for mine.' My first thought was, 'Yeah, but then I’ll eventually fall behind in school because of the PTSD draining the life out of me, I already failed out once because of it, so what the hell does the admissions essay matter??'"

"It sucks. There's no room for anything, clutter everywhere, and they're harder to clean because everything is in such close quarters. Also, you have to design everything to be functional but also wanting it to look good. One of the biggest things is that you can’t get away from the person you live with if you need to. Having a fight? Well, unless you go outside, you’re forced to still be in the same vicinity."

"Yeah, being silent and mysterious might look cool, but internally re-living multiple events that no one should ever experience in the first place is f—ing brutal."

"It’s wild —wild— to me that anyone romanticizes that relationship. It was toxic as hell."

"This was my ex. It ended our relationship after five years, and after we moved in together. She was $20,000-plus in debt and refused to get any sort of job with longevity. I couldn’t take it anymore."

"Having witnessed my father make his hands raw from washing them in bleach, or waiting for him to check that all the doors were locked multiple times before he could leave the house, it’s really frustrating to hear people use the term like it’s a little quirk of personality trait. It’s a serious mindfuck for people. My dad became suicidal. It’s not fun to have intrusive thoughts hijack your mind."

"Bro, when people call ADHD a 'superpower', I hate that shit soooooo much. If I had three wishes from a magical genie, my first wish would be to rid myself of this bullshit, lol."

"40-hour work weeks are a lot as is. Whenever I've needed to do side hustles for extra cash, it's because I NEEDED to, not because I wanted to. One job should be enough."

"And people think it means you can take off whenever you want and work whenever you want. NOPE. You work more hours than anyone else."

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