i've lived under the poverty line my whole adult life, and i got sick a few too many times this year to be able to keep up with bills properly. i just recovered again and i'm back to work as of yesterday, but it's not very likely that i can make enough money to stay safe in the next five days just by grinding my unreliable gig jobs. the immediate goal for paying the most important bills before they're too late is $500. getting back to normal would be more like $800. it wouldn't cover everything i'm behind on, but it'd cover all the current emergencies.
i cut out a lot for the sake of brevity, but the main points were "i feel ashamed to ask for help, but i'm never ashamed of others who ask for help, and my friends would be upset if i were to force myself into extra suffering for no reason." so despite myself, i'm asking.
if anyone has the means and the will to help out, my donation link is https://ko-fi.com/phyzisist
if anyone feels like sharing this, i'd appreciate it, but i know sometimes it can be stressful to put stuff like this on your feed. thanks for thinking about me all the same. <3