My boring life story | Dana Seilhan | Substack

If I am absolutely, fearlessly honest about this and do not shy away from the reality, I have been homeless for quite a bit of my life. If you count the couch-surfing. If you count the two stints I’ve had in extended-stay motels with more than two decades between them.

Mar 19

If you keep up with me here but you don’t keep up with me on social media, you may not have been aware of developments in the past ten days. I’m not…

Feb 24

I mentioned a few posts ago that I had a second-round interview coming up. Well, I went through it a week ago. We were advised to dress professionally…

Feb 13

I’m having one of those days again. I am feeling extremely pessimistic and I really want to just give up on everything. It’s times like this I’m glad…

Feb 9

You thought this was going to be about the big man, didn’t you. Nope. I have a theory about dogs who bark at front doors. There are two kinds. 1. Social…

Feb 7

I don’t really want this to be a blog, but I thought I’d provide an update on my immediate situation. Had a second-round job interview today. Supposedly…

Feb 6

I’d love to tell the whole story of how I got where I am, but it’s a long story, and I’m not sure yet how to structure it. All you mad bastards out…

Feb 4

On 11 January, the day after my forty-ninth birthday, I was not allowed to renew my weekly extended-stay suite due to a bed bug infestation. It was not…

Jan 30

My boring life story

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