Oh yes, the good old american "Why don't you pull yourself up by the bootstraps?"
Do you honestly think this person hasn't tried. And do you honestly believe that just because he spends his evenings on HN he's not a stand up person?
Do you honestly think this person hasn't tried. And do you honestly believe that just because he spends his evenings on HN he's not a stand up person?
I will bluntly state that if you have the kind of writing talent that OP displayed, and you cannot afford a bicycle, you are simply not applying yourself.
That level of skill alone could easily net you $1500/month+ on various writing services (at an extremely conservative 2000 words/day * $0.03/word * 20 days/month). Nobody said it'd be fun or easy, but hey, you'd at least have a bicycle after you got paid.