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Hare Krishna!

In today's environment, over 99% of the devotees of ISKCON live outside the temple, as they are householders.
Temple environment is definitely most conducive to spiritual life, but it is not a prerequisite to a Krishna Conscious life. In fact, if someone is not ready, then temple environment can scare them, because it is very austere and one has to be very surrendered to stay on in a temple for all of one's life.

You may have some way of earning a livelihood, think every morning who are you working for, not for your employer, not for your family, not for yourself, but for Krishna.
Chant Hare Krishna minimum 16 rounds and follow the 4 regulative principles strictly. This is 50% temple life.
In your home you have walls and book shelves, saturate them with Krishna and His devotees. You have some entertainment equipment? Listen to Krishna's devotees speaking.
You have some space in a clean comfortable corner of your home? Invite Krishna to come and live there, and care for Him at least as you would care for your dearest most respected human friend.
Every day you eat something. So please cook for Krishna what He likes, and take only His remnants. Krishna Prasadam.
Finally, according to your capacity, help the devotees who are not working to preach Krishna Consciousness all over the world.
Go to temple whenever you can.

In this way, we can strive to make our heart and home into a temple for Krishna.