>>7Some tips though of a less philosophical nature are:
1. Be aware of other people and the help they represent. The right attitude, appearance, and suggestions can help you attain things from them for free. You can even hypnotize them to do pretty much anything for you!
2. Foraging isn't really a viable way to get food for yourself. I've done this a lot and even during the height of summer there's not enough food around to not starve to death. There really isn't all that much edible foods around even if you wander for miles like I would. Most of what I ate was invasive species of weeds that happened to be edible, there was a lot of that, but they're kind of sickening to eat so much. Really horribly bitter too.
3. Never ever waste any money you have on frivolities and make your health a priority. I eat a lot of oatmeal and jam and sauerkraut, these don't expire, and are good. Other food though like soups and fruits and so on you should get as much as you can… around here fruits are very cheap to buy in huge quantities and I often get it for free, I got a whole bunch of grapes all for free, an entire flat of them. Also a whole box of corn and a whole box of bread. I have tons of organic bread all the time.
4. Lots of people will provide you a place to stay rather than you be homeless, just be respectful and clean, and don't cause trouble for them. I prefer to be a ghost as much possible. Nobody really notices my presence and it's best that way.
5. Don't occupy an abandoned building, they can be a real health hazard, and you can get really sick and end up even worse off in life because of it. Likewise, even when staying over with other people, some homes are just really awful places to be because they're full of mold and whatever. I really recommend getting a whole box or two of sodium bicarbonate and just throwing that stuff all over the floor and any window sills and whatever and leaving it for weeks before vacuuming it up. Helps kills mold, clean the place, remove odours, etc.
6. Know where all the places you can get water and food are in the city. I go to random water fountains that I know where they are for water, many sports centres, gyms, etc. have them. I raid random gardens or know where stuff like patches of chives and other things grow in the city. It would be a good idea to plant more things that will just grow on their own out in the city alongside roads and whatever but beware of other people, animals, and lawn-mowers destroying whatever you planted. Only some places are suitable for that.
7. Avoid other homeless, they aren't helpful but just a huge nuisance, and will try to make you do drugs and give you new problems or steal things from you.
8. If laying on a bench, don't put you arm underneath your head, put a pillow or backpack or something else just never the arm. Doing so fucks up your arm. My right-arm's been fucked up forever since I once did that and never regained its full ability to extend itself all the way again.