6 January 2022

Getting Ready To Leave Manchester

6 January 2022 · 7:55:04

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Summary

After seven months, he will not renew his Manchester lease, leaving for Edinburgh and considering hotels, capsule lodging, hiking, and camping. Stocks lost over £12,000; £2,000 of a £2,500 leveraged-trading account disappeared, so he stopped day trading and chose patience. Despite 1,500 poll respondents, only seven signed up; he continues developing a GameMaker shooter-platformer with weapons, enemies, health, and Patreon distribution.

Insight

Game-making and eccentric self-expression increasingly replace dating as coping outlets, but isolation, financial insecurity, and reputation anxiety persist.