Hi Everyone!
It's been a little bit x-x and like, we're all on new sites and everything
First, though, I need to do a quick update on what I've been doing
and kind of on that note... I gotta ask for help :<
My problem:
If you feel up to it, I'd appreciate it if you read my Gofundme, or you can read more below the cut:
So, as a basic summary:
I've been in a terrible situation for a very, very long time, and I'm trying to pull myself out of it. Fairly recently I cut ties with a lot of people and moved in with friends out-of-state. I have a ton of debt, some due to situations out of my control, some from just trying to survive. I never wanted this debt. Some of this I didn't even understand when I got it.
I'm being crushed by this. I can't even afford to go to doctors or feed myself without help. The resulting medical issues are definitely not helping me pull myself out of this x-x.
Months of unpayed bills, taxes from last and this year...
A lot of that has become pretty dire. At least one of my loans is now considered in default. I'm behind on my car payments, I get calls daily and I can't do anything about it.
In total the amount I need is... very high. Like, a grand total of 60k USD to find stability.
Additionally, I can't live in this house forever. My deadline to move has been postponed, but it's still this year. It gets more and more dangerous to live here in Texas... And, again, I don't make enough to feed myself let alone get out of here.
It feels like an impossible scenario to get over. So, I'm asking for help. :<
Though I'll make a better itemized list later, this is where the money goes:
- Paying last/this/next month's car bills. Losing transportation would be devastating...
- Going to the doctor finally, paying phone bills (which would also be devastating)
- Taxes for last year, taxes for this year. I apparently have made just enough with my job to have tax debt now also :C
- All other federal/private debt payments up to date.
- Moving to a safer place, food, replacing old clothes.
I'm working so hard, but I just can't make the amount I need on my own. Some of the things I'm doing myself to fix this:
- I have a part time job which I'm so thankful for and really enjoy, but it's often <40 hours a month due to the nature of the thing.
- I've been applying to jobs like crazy, whenever I have free time.
- I'm going through Vocational Rehabilitation! I'm on the final steps before they start helping me, but the process takes so long to even get started. It's been months since we began work... I've had evaluations, reorganizations, tests, there's more tests coming x-x
- I've tried doing credit counseling. I've had offers of help, and then denials of that help. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I think they said that I have to restart completely even b/c of something in the system. It's so much legwork x-x
- I've lost most of my possessions over the last few years, but I'm still going to sell a bunch of what I still own if it helps and I have the time to prepare all of that. I gotta get through this, no matter what :T
- Art Commissions! I know I have a ton, and I'm gonna finish them all. Which by the way if you're reading this and you have a commission in my backlog still, and I don't contact you soon, please contact me!!! Again, ty for your patience. I'm gonna make it worthwhile
- I'm going to try and update my Patreon so that it's usable again. I'm also going to finish all the promised Patreon Doodles too.
- Probably more stuff! Events? Streaming? I dunno. I just gotta make this work somehow.
Where the money goes, part 2:
There will be a tracker on my carrd for ALL income towards my Stability Milestones regardless of source.
These milestones will be based on where the money goes.
Like, my first will be "Being up-to-date on my car bills so I can keep my car and legally drive", for example.
The Final Milestone at this point will be when I hit about $60,000-$70,000 usd, which will be
"Stability! I can fend for myself now!"
This doesn't count moving costs, but if I get to this point, I think I'll be able to probably save up enough to do that on my own! I hope!
My Carrd, btw:
I'll show more in a later update, where it'll be more itemized about every milestone, where the money will go, etc. I'll try to break down the sources too, like from Ko-fi/Patreon/Gofundme/my commissions/any other work I do. I want to be as open as I can possibly be without straight up doxxing myself xux; I really want everyone to be able to see and follow my progress towards being stable enough to not have to heckin ask for help anymore!!! Especially for y'all who are supporting me through this.
Each milestone will be one brick in the foundation of my stability... uhm... building?
And by the end I'll have a whole heckin platform that I can then start to build a lil house on with my own two hands
Metaphorically :)
...something like that
All of this will probably happen slowly at first, but I'll keep at it until it's just a heckin normal thing :)
Also, pls remember that this thread is a quick update and request for help. My next updates will be quite a bit more detailed. I just really needed to get something out there for this one. I hope you look forward to what happens next <3
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Thank you so much, everyone, for any help you can provide.
Thank you so much for all the help you've already provided.
I wouldn't have gotten this far without it.
I don't know how to express my gratitude adequately...
...but I'm going to try ;u;
THANK YOU
