The travel itself is rather about between 30 minutes and 45 minutes, depending on the route of the bus (sometimes it goes into the nearby settlement, sometimes not).
The waiting for the bus is usually two hours. And the four hours is the work. I work in a four hours per day part time job from Monday to Friday. Part time, because I live with multiple disabilities, and I receive a very low (approximately $250 USD per month) pension-like income. But even if I combine my pension-like income with my salary, it still does not reach the local minimum wage, which would be approximately $550 USD per month, but my total income is approximately $470 USD. And the political leaders ask in propaganda "would you raise the minimum wage?" and other things. This is Hungary, the land of financial discrimination and the cheater, thief politicians.
That sounds insanely frustrating and difficult. I am constantly amazed by how much strength and resilience people demonstrate in facing the struggles of everyday life. Maybe you don't feel strong or resilient, but, reading about what you are facing, I am quite certain that you are both. I hope things get easier for you somehow. I have gone through some very difficult times, and it feels like they will stretch on forever. Then, one day, suddenly, things improve. I hope they do for you as well. Mind you, when people have suggested that things might get better while I was really struggling, I found it a bit of a nuisance sometimes.
@xplosive Two things struck me when I read this. It is a very adventurous and fascinating plan, and I wonder how serious you are and how feasible it is. It is sad that things are so bad that you would consider something so drastic. The second thing that occurred to me was that what you wrote was very interesting.
I found myself wanting to know how you know about this and more details of this cave squatter life in Spain. What I am trying to say is that I think if you haven’t already done so, you could write one or more posts discussing this despair and consequent cave-squatting plan.
I know you just wrote about it, but you could paraphrase yourself and expand in detail. It could be funny or sad, depending on how you want to write it. My point is that I think people would be fascinated to read it. I could be mistaken. That frequently is the case, but I suspect it would catch people's attention.
What catches my attention the most is authentic writing about the everyday struggles of life. What might seem ordinary or usual to you is unusual to others who are elsewhere.
Anyhow, I don't want to tell you what to do, but I really found what you wrote interesting and here it is buried in a comment thread. I think it deserves to be expanded in detail and length and turned into a post of its own.
I hope I am not saying anything crazy or offensive. I could not sleep last night and my brain is just barely functioning yet I wanted to get these thoughts out while I remember. I hope I don't sound like I lack compassion because I am partly focused on the "story idea" potential of what you wrote.
Honesty like that resonates with people I think. Plus -- living in a cave in Spain. It's not something we hear about every day. My daughter spent her 20's traveling the world on a budget of $0, so I do have some second hand understanding of how such things work. But your situation is quite different from hers in most respects.
The funny thing is, if you are serious, although I see drawbacks in your plan, I also wonder if it might bring you a lot of peace and satisfaction in some surprising ways.