3. I Lived in My Car to Save Money for My Startup. Here's How It Went.

         This article is about Austen Allred who lived in a car for three months because he was saving money, therefore, he could not waste money on rent. He wrote about his experience while living in a car and mentioned the positive and negative side of this new lifestyle. He suggested the readers to only take what it is really necessary and leave the other things behind because it is better to have some extra free space in the car. He explained that he had to control his time because when the sun comes out, he cannot sleep due to the heat and brightness, but on the other hand, it forces him to not waste time and do something productive. The negative part of this life style is that he needs more time to accomplish everything that he does. He also mentioned that he got more stressed because he was worried that the people might see him sleeping in a car since he did not tint his windows. He was unable to change in his car due to the space so he had to drive to a place where he can change. Most of the time, he ate canned food because he could not cook inside his car and he did not want to go to the store everyday to buy his food. The last difficulty he had is when his car broke and he had to find places to live while it was getting fixed.

         Allred used simple vocabularies to describe his experiences while living in a car. He divided the essay into many different parts and named them, making it easy for the readers to locate themselves. The author`s main purpose is to reach the young adults who are planning to save money on rent but have a place to live too. He took pictures of his own experiences so that the readers can have an idea of this alternative lifestyle. The informal language makes the whole essay easy to read and it is suitable for its audience. He gave examples of the positive aspects of this lifestyle, but he also mentioned about the negative side. He should have given more advices to the readers who are planning to live in the car and not only talked about his experiences. Overall, the article is good because he was able to achieve his objective by using uncomplicated words to inform the readers about his unique lifestyle while living in the car. 

            

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