HOMELESS JOURNAL

I Got Assigned to the “Nice” Homeless Shelter Dorm

But the people were not so nice

Paul Ryburn, M.Sc.
7 min readMay 1, 2024

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Homeless Journal header — shanty town with Downtown in the background
Photo by Chris John: https://www.pexels.com/photo/houses-near-concrete-road-2783232/ Edited by author using Canva.

This is the first in a series chronicling my day-to-day life without a home.

I glanced at the time on my phone as I walked up to the shelter’s front door. “6:32,” I thought. “Perfect.”

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Paul Ryburn, M.Sc.

I write about writing, ideas, creativity, homelessness, intuition, spirituality, life lessons. Ex-college teacher Twitter: @paulryburn