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3 years ago, after a breakup, Laurent finds himself sleeping in his car, because he finds himself without lodging. A continuing situation but which he is trying to get out of. For Brut., he recounts the day when everything changed.
“My first night out was here. This famous place. It was the place of my vehicle”, shows Laurent. He has been living in his car for 3 years, parked in parking lots. “The first night is the most difficult night because you tell yourself that you are in places where everyone knows you and you have a hard time accepting people’s reactions. Because people act blind, but because they don’t know.”
Despite his daily life, he tries at all costs to revive himself, prioritizing his needs differently. “So, in the morning, for me, it’s not complicated, it’s a glass of water. Me what matters to me is to be apparently very clean, my car as much. Because if you want to relaunch yourself… Clothes don’t make the monk, but participate in it. The first thing people will see is the outfit, if you show up somewhere. You have to manage to work because working means managing to get your feet back where you need to be. Not necessarily in the same place because you can’t do things in the same place, it’s impossible. I know it, I know that I’m going to have to move to manage to relaunch something, without people knowing me“, does he think.
For him, work is very important, despite his “two or three hours” sleep. “I work on Saturday, Sunday if necessary that does not bother me at all. Even if it’s not for much. The fact of working, it gives shape and it gives the desire to continue.”