Here is a great story of a woman who found herself living out of a camper in a Walmart parking lot at 24, with just her dog and laptop computer….and turned the experience into a blog aptly titled – a "Girl’s Guide to Homelessness" – and parlayed that into some pretty good publicity, a few cool TV show style auditions and ultimately today – a front page story on CNN. 

It’s truly amazing (and inspiring) what you can do with a voice and a blog these days.….and if you have a passion for something, probably NO excuse good enough to justify why you aren’t pursuing it to the utmost of your ability. 

As a quick side note – I lived in a tent for about 2 weeks a bunch of years ago, and it was much tougher than you’d think if you haven’t tried it.  Actually – it was myself, and 3 friends in a sort of poorly concieved, post collegiate "City Slickers" sort of experience, and the 2nd day in the ‘wild" we drove to a local wallmart and bought rug remnants to wall to wall carpet the tent.  

Which actually was pretty comfortable. 

And  is pretty much what happens when 4 Jewish guys decide to go camping.  

Anyway – kudos to her for a killer idea  – and a pretty inventive way of turning lemons….into lemonade.  Check out the story at the link below – and get blogging about something that inspires you, too..:-)

As she spent five months looking for jobs and blasting out resumes, often spending hour after hour at a coffee shop to take advantage of its free Wi-Fi connection, she also started blogging. The result, the Girl’s Guide to Homelessness, chronicled the ups and downs of her new life.She reminisced about adopting her dog, named for a character from the movie "The Princess Bride," and mulled the pros and cons of having a pet while homeless. She recounted details from failed job interviews and offered tips for other homeless women."I was trying to stay positive and cheerful," Karp said. "I started writing the blog in a tongue-in-cheek way to kind of laugh about my circumstances, keep them chronicled. I didn’t think anyone would actually read it." Video Watch CNN’s Ted Rowland’s report on Brianna. »But people did, including Matt Barnes, formerly homeless himself and running a Web site about his own homelessness issues in Scotland.He asked her to write for his site and would eventually become Brianna’s boyfriend.Another big break came through a shot at the weird world of reality television.

Blogging begins turnaround for homeless woman – CNN.com