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According to a formula that a a part-time tutor at Cardiff University pulled out of a hat, January 24 will be the worst day of the year:

The formula for the day of misery reads 1/8W+(D-d) 3/8xTQ MxNA.

Where W is weather, D is debt - minus the money (d) due on January’s pay day - and T is the time since Christmas.

Q is the period since the failure to quit a bad habit, M stands for general motivational levels and NA is the need to take action and do something about it.

This is not a book, but a blog with the intention of turning into a book: Survival Guide to Homelessness, by Mobile Homemaker. A very interesting look at the life of a homeless man in the US, full of practical advice about where to sleep, what to eat, where to take a shower, how to stay warm, etc. Very educational, and, as some have called it, “stereotype-shattering".

The most striking advice: get a car, whether it works or not, to use as a shelter and for storage.