Finding change on the ground and remembering that money comes in other forms than cans.
Stacking the can of beans from the food pantry on top of the other can of beans from the homelessness event next to the bag of dried beans from the church food box.
Collecting bags. Ziploc bags, paper bags, plastic bags, canvas bags, fashion bags. All bags are valid.
Doing literally anything to get a free tote bag.
Developing a system via which you'll know which tote bag any given item is in.
Slowly sorting through ten tote bags wondering which one the can opener will be inside of.
Searching for books on homelessness in the library.
Finding books on solving homelessness on a societal level and reading them anyway because there's not a lot to do.
Searching for the nearest wifi signal.
Hacking the password for the nearest wifi signal.
Getting the password for the nearest wifi signal in a legitimate fashion.
Learning that church is a free place to sit in air conditioning for about an hour.
Not ever having enough napkins.
Finding places that you can acquire free napkins and figuring out how best to hide them on your person.
Doing as many hygiene-related things during your allotted 15 minutes of shower time as you possibly can, thus learning to clip your nails while brushing your teeth and washing your hair.
Another jar of peanut butter.
Making almost every hot meal you eat in the one free-access microwave you can find.
Fifteen ways to prepare food using an electric kettle.
Fifteen public places you can plug in an electric kettle for long enough to cook something with.
The best instant ramen you've ever had.
A cleaner port-a-potty than usual.
Hearing someone sing about Jesus just as authentically and unironically as they are off-key.
Finding something your size at the free clothing closet and only realizing later it's completely mislabeled.
Acquiring pet food via luck, charisma and guilt.
Getting a tip on Ko-fi for writing this post.