“Njira yabwino yopezera ufulu ndiyo kukhala amene chitaganya chimachitcha kukhala opanda pokhala,” akutero Bob Wells, ngwazi ya m’buku la filimu yotchedwa Nomadland and the Oscar, yomwe inapambana mphoto ya Oscar. Bob sichinthu chopangidwa ndi olemba, koma munthu weniweni. Zaka zingapo zapitazo, adayamba kukhala mu van, ndipo adayambitsa malo omwe ali ndi malangizo kwa iwo omwe, monga iye, adaganiza zotuluka m'dongosolo ndikuyamba njira yawo yopita ku moyo waulere.
“Nthaŵi yoyamba imene ndinapeza chimwemwe ndi pamene ndinayamba kukhala m’galimoto.” Nkhani ya Nomad Bob Wells
Pamphepete mwa bankirapuse
Bob Wells 'van odyssey inayamba pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri zapitazo. Mu 1995, adasudzulana ndi mkazi wake, mayi wa ana ake aamuna awiri. Anakhala limodzi kwa zaka khumi ndi zitatu. Iye anali, m'mawu ake omwe, "pa ngongole ya ngongole": ngongole inali $ 30 pa makhadi a ngongole omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri.
Anchorage, kumene banja lake linakhala, ndi mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku Alaska, ndipo nyumba kumeneko ndi yodula. Ndipo pa $2400 yomwe mwamuna ankabwera nayo kunyumba mwezi uliwonse, theka linkapita kwa mkazi wake wakale. Zinali zofunikira kugona kwinakwake, ndipo Bob anasamukira ku tauni ya Wasilla, makilomita makumi asanu ndi awiri kuchokera ku Anchorage.
Zaka zambiri zapitazo, adagula malo okwana hekitala kumeneko ndi cholinga chomanga nyumba, koma mpaka pano panali maziko okha ndi pansi pamalopo. Ndipo Bob anayamba kukhala m’hema. Anapanga malowa kukhala ngati malo oimikapo magalimoto, kuchokera komwe amatha kuyendetsa kupita ku Anchorage - kukagwira ntchito ndikuwona ana. Kutseka pakati pa mizinda tsiku lililonse, Bob anawononga nthawi ndi ndalama pa mafuta. Kobiri lililonse linawerengera. Anatsala pang’ono kutaya mtima.
Kusamukira kugalimoto
Bob anaganiza zoyesera. Kuti awononge mafuta, anayamba kukhala mumzindawo kwa mlungu umodzi, akugona m’galimoto yakale yonyamula kalavani, ndipo Loweruka ndi Lamlungu ankabwerera ku Wasilla. Ndalama zinakhala zosavuta. Ku Anchorage, Bob anaimika galimoto kutsogolo kwa sitolo yaikulu imene ankagwira ntchito. Oyang'anirawo sanasamale, ndipo ngati wina sanabwere pa shift, adayitana Bob - pambuyo pake, amakhalapo nthawi zonse - ndipo ndi momwe amapezera nthawi yowonjezera.
Anachita mantha kuti palibe poti angagwere pansi. Anadziuza kuti alibe pokhala, woluza
Pa nthawiyo ankadzifunsa kuti: “Kodi ndingapirire mpaka liti? Bob sanaganize kuti nthawi zonse amakhala m'galimoto yaing'ono, ndipo anayamba kuganizira zina. Akupita ku Wasilla, adadutsa chigalimoto chochepa chomwe chili ndi chikwangwani cha SALE chomwe chidayima panja pa shop yamagetsi. Tsiku lina anapita kumeneko n’kukafunsa za galimotoyo.
Anamva kuti galimotoyo ili pa liwiro lalikulu. Anangokhala wosawoneka bwino ndi kumenyedwa kotero kuti abwana anachita manyazi kumutumiza maulendo. Iwo anapempha $1500 kaamba ka icho; ndendende ndalama imeneyi anaikidwiratu Bob, ndipo anakhala mwini wa ngozi yakale.
Makoma a thupilo anali opitirira pang'ono mamita awiri mu msinkhu, panali chitseko chokweza kumbuyo. Pansi panali mamita awiri ndi theka m’lifupi mamita atatu ndi theka. Chipinda chaching'ono chatsala pang'ono kutuluka, Bob adaganiza, akuyala thovu ndi mabulangete mkati. Koma atakhala kumeneko kwa nthawi yoyamba, mwadzidzidzi anayamba kulira. Mosasamala kanthu kuti anadzilankhula zotani, mkhalidwewo unkawoneka wosakhoza kuupirira.
Bob sankanyadira kwambiri moyo umene ankakhala. Koma atalowa m'galimoto ali ndi zaka makumi anayi, zotsalira zomaliza za kudzilemekeza zidasowa. Anachita mantha kuti palibe poti angagwere pansi. Mwamunayo adadziyesa mozama: bambo wantchito wa ana awiri omwe sanathe kupulumutsa banja lake ndipo wamira mpaka akukhala m'galimoto. Anadziuza kuti alibe pokhala, woluza. “Kulira usiku kwasanduka chizoloŵezi,” anatero Bob.
Galimotoyi inakhala kwawo kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zotsatira. Koma, mosiyana ndi zimene ankayembekezera, moyo woterowo sunamukokere pansi. Kusintha kunayamba pamene adakhazikika m'thupi mwake. Kuchokera pamapepala a plywood, Bob anayala bedi losanjikizana. Ndinkagona pansi ndipo ndinkagwiritsa ntchito chipinda chapamwamba ngati chipinda chogona. Anafinyiranso mpando wabwino mgalimotomo.
Nditalowa m’galimoto, ndinazindikira kuti zonse zimene anthu ankandiuza zinali zabodza.
Zomata mashelufu apulasitiki pamakoma. Mothandizidwa ndi firiji yonyamula katundu ndi chitofu choyatsira ziŵiri, iye anaikamo kakhitchini. Anatenga madzi m’bafa la m’sitolomo, n’kungotenga botolo pampopi. Ndipo kumapeto kwa sabata, ana ake aamuna ankabwera kudzamuona. Mmodzi anagona pabedi, wina pampando.
Patapita nthawi, Bob anazindikira kuti sanasowenso moyo wake wakale. M'malo mwake, polingalira za zinthu zina zapakhomo zomwe tsopano sizikumukhudza, makamaka za ngongole za lendi ndi zothandizira, anangodumphadumpha chifukwa cha chisangalalo. Ndipo atasunga ndalamazo, anakonzekeretsa galimoto yake.
Anakonza makoma ndi denga, anagula chotenthetsera kuti chisaundane m'nyengo yozizira pamene kutentha kumatsika pansi pa ziro. Okonzeka ndi fani mu denga, kuti asavutike ndi kutentha m'chilimwe. Pambuyo pake, sikunalinso kovuta kuyatsa kuwala. Posakhalitsa adapezanso microwave ndi TV.
"Kwa nthawi yoyamba ndinapeza chisangalalo"
Bob anazolowera kwambiri moyo watsopanowu moti sankaganiza zoyenda ngakhale injiniyo itayamba kuyenda m’nthaka. Anagulitsa malo ake ku Wasilla. Zina mwa ndalamazo zinapita kukakonza injiniyo. “Sindidziŵa ngati ndikanakhala ndi kulimba mtima kukhala ndi moyo wotero ngati mikhalidwe sinandikakamize,” anavomereza motero Bob pa webusaiti yake.
Koma tsopano, poyang’ana m’mbuyo, amasangalala ndi kusintha kumeneku. “Nditalowa m’galimoto, ndinazindikira kuti zonse zimene anthu ankandiuza zinali zabodza. Zachidziwikire, ndikuyenera kukwatiwa ndikukhala m'nyumba yokhala ndi mpanda ndi dimba, kupita kuntchito ndikusangalala kumapeto kwa moyo wanga, koma mpaka nthawiyo ndikhalabe wosasangalala. Nthawi yoyamba imene ndinapeza chimwemwe ndi pamene ndinayamba kukhala m’galimoto.”