Hello. My name is Kale. I’m a 35 y/o full time artist from Canada. I’m a self published comics author and illustrator.
I’ve struggled with being financially poor my whole life. My family was never very well off, and they are simply unwilling/unable to help me. I don’t have a lot of connection, love or support from my family to be honest. Its really unfortunate, but that’s why I’m in a place like this seeking help from ANYONE who might be willing to help me…
I also struggle with adult ADHD (professionally diagnosed). It’s been a huge challenge running my own business this way, but I’m very passionate about my work so this keeps me motivated. I work much better running my own business than I do working for others.
I had been running a pretty sufficient small business selling my work since 2014. I’m an author of a currently ongoing comic series that I publish by myself, and I’m also an illustrator who sells my art products online. I was making a lot of great progress, until COVID completely ripped the rug out from under me. Everything I had worked so hard to build, what little financial stability I could obtain, my credit, was totally obliterated by the pandemic.
Now I’m in a fair bit of debt, and the payments I constantly need to make have made it impossible to save up for anything or invest in my business. I’m consistently struggling to pay my rent and bills. I’m living in constant fear of being evicted from my apartment. I’m currently only eating one meal a day because its all I can afford. I often need to sacrifice making a bill payment on time in order to keep my business running and my customers getting their products. Even this is a huge struggle, because I am also terribly behind on shipping my customers orders because the money always has to go elsewhere… I really need the financial help to deal with this.
The used car I drive is almost undrivable at this point and mechanics are telling me its not really worth repairing, and I live in a city where a car is very necessary for daily errands. I would really like to be able to afford to get myself another used car in better shape so I can stop worrying so much about that, also. I need my car to be able to do things like grocery shopping, shopping for work supplies, and other things of the like.
I’m on my knees pleading for any generous soul out there to help me get back on my feet. I really want to get my business back on track. I’ve been trying so hard the last couple years since the pandemic died down to do this myself, but it’s just no use. This is my last resort. Someone please help me.
Thank you for reading. my paypal link is below.
http://paypal.me/kalematsuba