Hope it all goes well for you. I think I was reading somewhere where you said you were near Tampa. I'm also in the same general area. Motels are expensive as opposed to roughing it. Getting a cheap room off facebook marketplace is your best bet. Meanwhile if you haven't been homeless before you'll need to find places where people don't bother that much. These places exist. You'll probably face heat, rain, and feel ostracized. Just make sure of a couple things. You have enough money for the bus. Second that you drink enough water to keep hydrated from the heat and enough food. Eat light cheap non perishable food and fast food. You will probably want to rent a storage unit for $50. You said college didn't work out. Did you get fafsa or owe money to the college? If not you could try again and use fafsa money if not working at a restaurant or walmart or something along those lines while you come up with a plan. You also need to figure out where being makes sense to you tampa st pete clearwater all are different. Also attempt to leverage what you have. I'm in college as well and pretty much if I were homeless tommorow my classes my experience my education doesn't seem like much in the real world to landlords people etc especially without a car. Whatever you do just try and avoid getting arrested. And be careful with other homeless. I'm not saying to judge but everyone is different and people are homeless for different reasons and you got to be careful. Same goes for those who aren't homeless, be careful trusting people so if your talking to someone and they say wait right here I'll be back be skeptical. And most importantly be strong a person down on their luck must be strong. Don't think of suicide, and be wise getting angry might be something that comes up but witholding might be enough to get by another day free. Notice the good things and keep going. 1 day becomes 2 and 2 becomes 3 and 3 becomes 4 and then a couple weeks and suddenly you got a job to make a little money. And then it's not as bad. Having been homeless before I'd say the worst thing is the people as well as heat and rain. Besides that let your sister know your ok she probably feels the same. You may be the one to convince your sister and mom to make the leap. And you say well it was hard but now I'm free from all that.