Yesterday, I met up with N. for the first time. Like me, N. quit his job last year, traveled around for a bit, and has been living off his savings.
When I told him my situation, he smiled in knowing delight, "Oh, you're a bum like me!" He continued, "In Germany, we have a saying for people like us. They call us lebenskunstler, which literally means 'life artist' in English."
I like that term -- it certainly has a better ring to it than bum.
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