“Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuthola inkululeko iwukuba yilokho umphakathi okubiza ngokuthi abangenakhaya,” kusho uBob Wells, iqhawe lencwadi ethi Nomadland kanye nefilimu eyazuza i-Oscar yegama elifanayo. U-Bob akayona into esungulwe ababhali, kodwa ungumuntu wangempela. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, waqala ukuhlala evenini, wabe esesungula indawo eneseluleko kulabo, njengaye, banquma ukuphuma ohlelweni futhi baqale indlela yabo yokuphila mahhala.
“Ngesikhathi sokuqala ngithola injabulo yilapho ngiqala ukuhlala elolini.” Indaba kaNomad Bob Wells
Esengcupheni yokuqothuka
I-van odyssey kaBob Wells yaqala cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule. Ngo-1995, wahlukana nomkakhe, unina wamadodana akhe amabili amancane. Bahlala ndawonye iminyaka eyishumi nantathu. Waye, ngamazwi akhe, "esikweletini": isikweletu sasingu-$ 30 kumakhadi esikweletu asetshenziswa kakhulu.
I-Anchorage, lapho umkhaya wakhe wawuhlala khona, iyidolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke e-Alaska, futhi izindlu lapho zibiza kakhulu. Futhi ku-$2400 indoda eyayifika nayo ekhaya inyanga ngayinye, ingxenye yayiya kowayengumkayo. Kwakudingekile ukuba ngichithe ubusuku endaweni ethile, futhi uBob wathuthela edolobheni laseWasilla, amakhilomitha angamashumi ayisikhombisa ukusuka e-Anchorage.
Eminyakeni eminingi edlule, wathenga indawo eyihekthare lapho ngenhloso yokwakha indlu, kodwa kuze kube manje kwakunesisekelo nesitezi kuphela esizeni. Futhi uBob waqala ukuhlala etendeni. Wenza le ndawo yaba uhlobo oluthile lwendawo yokupaka, esuka lapho ayengashayela khona aye e-Anchorage - ayosebenza futhi abone izingane. Evala amadolobha nsuku zonke, uBob wachitha isikhathi nemali ngophethiloli. Wonke amasenti abaliwe. Wacishe waphelelwa yithemba.
Eya elolini
U-Bob wanquma ukwenza isilingo. Ukuze onge uphethiloli, waqala ukuchitha isonto lonke edolobheni, elala elolini elidala elinenqola, futhi ngezimpelasonto wayebuyela eWasilla. Imali yaba lula. E-Anchorage, uBob wapaka phambi kwesitolo esikhulu ayesebenza kuso. Abaphathi babengenandaba, futhi uma othile engezanga emsebenzini, babebiza uBob - phela, uhlala ekhona - futhi yileyo ndlela ayithola ngayo isikhathi esengeziwe.
Wayesaba ukuthi akukho lapho angawela khona. Wayezitshela ukuthi akanakhaya, uyisihlukumezi
Ngaleso sikhathi, wayevame ukuzibuza: “Ngingakumela kuze kube nini lokhu?” UBob akakwazanga ukucabanga ukuthi uzohlala njalo elolini elincane, futhi waqala ukucabangela ezinye izinketho. Endleleni ebheke eWasilla, wadlula iloli ebelishoda elibhalwe ukuthi SALE lime ngaphandle kwesitolo sikagesi. Ngelinye ilanga waya khona wabuza ngemoto.
Uthole ukuthi iloli laligcwele isivinini. Wayebukeka engabonakali futhi eshaywa kangangokuthi umphathi waba namahloni okumthuma ohambweni. Bacela i-$1500 ngayo; ngempela le mali yabekelwa uBob, futhi waba umnikazi wengozi endala.
Izindonga zomzimba zazingaphezudlwana kwamamitha amabili ukuphakama, kunomnyango ophakamisayo ngemuva. Iphansi lalingamamitha amabili nengxenye namamitha amathathu nengxenye. Igumbi lokulala elincane selizophuma, kucabanga uBob, ebeka amagwebu nezingubo zokulala ngaphakathi. Kodwa, echitha ubusuku lapho ngokokuqala ngqá, ngokushesha waqala ukukhala. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wayezitshela ukuthini, isimo sasibonakala singabekezeleleki kuye.
UBob wayengakaze aziqhenye ngempilo ayeyiphila. Kodwa lapho ethuthela elolini eneminyaka engamashumi amane ubudala, izinsalela zokugcina zokuzihlonipha zanyamalala. Wayesaba ukuthi akukho lapho angawela khona. Indoda izihlolisise: ubaba osebenzayo wezingane ezimbili ongakwazanga ukuhlenga umndeni wakhe osecwile kangangokuthi uhlala emotweni. Wayezitshela ukuthi akanakhaya, uyisihlukumezi. “Ukukhala ebusuku sekuwumkhuba,” kusho uBob.
Leli loli laba ikhaya lakhe iminyaka eyisithupha eyalandela. Kodwa, ngokuphambene nalokho okwakulindelwe, ukuphila okunjalo akuzange kumdonsele phansi. Izinguquko zaqala lapho ezinzile emzimbeni wakhe. Ngamashidi epulangwe, uBob wenza umbhede owumbhede. Ngangilala esitezi esingaphansi futhi ngisebenzisa indawo ephezulu njengekhabethe. Waze wakhama isitulo esintofontofo elolini.
Lapho ngingena elolini, ngabona ukuthi konke engangikutshelwa umphakathi kwakungamanga.
Amashalofu epulasitiki ananyathiselwe ezindongeni. Ngosizo lwesiqandisi esiphathwayo nesitofu esibasa ezimbili, wafaka ikhishi. Wathatha amanzi endlini yokugezela esitolo, wavele waqoqa ibhodlela empompini. Futhi ngezimpelasonto, amadodana akhe ayemvakashela. Omunye ulale embhedeni, omunye esihlalweni.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, uBob waqaphela ukuthi wayengasakukhumbula kangako ukuphila kwakhe kwakudala. Ngokuphambene nalokho, lapho ecabanga ngezinye izici zasekhaya manje ezazingamkhathazi, ikakhulukazi ngezikweletu zerenti nezinsiza, wacishe wagxuma ngenjabulo. Futhi njengoba imali ayeyigcinile, wahlomisa iloli lakhe.
Wabhidliza izindonga nophahla, wathenga i-heater ukuze ubusika bungabandi lapho izinga lokushisa lehla ngaphansi kweqanda. Ifakwe fan ophahleni, ukuze ungahlushwa ukushisa ehlobo. Ngemva kwalokho, kwakungasekho nzima ukuqhuba ukukhanya. Ngokushesha wathola i-microwave ne-TV.
"Ngokokuqala ngqa ngathola injabulo"
UBob wayejwayele le mpilo entsha kangangokuthi akazange acabange ukuhamba ngisho nalapho injini iqala ukuhamba ngocingo. Wathengisa indawo yakhe eWasilla. Ingxenye yemali etholakele ihambe iyolungisa injini. “Angazi noma bengingaba nesibindi sokuphila impilo enjalo ukube izimo azizange zingiphoqe,” kuvuma uBob ku-website yakhe.
Kodwa manje, lapho ebheka emuva, uyazijabulela lezi zinguquko. “Lapho ngingena elolini, ngabona ukuthi konke engangikutshelwa umphakathi kwakungamanga. Kuyasolakala ukuthi ngiphoqelekile ukuthi ngishade ngihlale endlini enothango nengadi, ngiyosebenza futhi ngijabule ekupheleni kwempilo yami, kodwa kuze kube yileso sikhathi ngihlale ngingajabule. Isikhathi sokuqala engathola ngaso injabulo yilapho ngiqala ukuhlala elolini.”