Looking for small donations from others who have it to give. I don’t want to sucker anyone in with a sob story about how I desperately need help and take from the kind hearts of people who might not even have it to give but feel compelled to do so anyway, because, well… They are human and have a heart!
Yes I have a sob story as well, but Im not sure if that’s what I’m looking for. More or less I am struggling financially, yes just like everyone else!
I live in Oregon, that for starters should tell you that I’m in need of some funds. Gas prices are outrageous and the money I do come up with here and there barely gets me enough to continue trying to make more money! Oregon is also one of the most expensive states to live in. Cost of living vs minimum wage is sickening and literally requires you to work two full time jobs at minimum wage pay to make living wage. Wait what? Yeah… Thanks for setting us up for failure from the get.
Anyway. Besides the prices in Oregon, my personal situation has a bunch of messy areas that make it very hard to continue to live…
To list a couple I will just add some bullet points so that you get a general idea of some of my character defects and series of unfortunate events..
– dv…. Enough said
Jk
Okay well I am not joking but that’s not it… Unfortunately
– no job, struggling finding a job (employers in my town are more worried about giving the job to the college student who moved from states away than to locals. Trust me . I was told.. when I applied for a couple jobs in person around my town.
My town is home of the Beavers.. in case you were wondering. And it is a terrible town to be a local resident in to be honest. However I have a nice place and was fortunate enough to get it when I applied freshly out of rehab and DHS involvement ect ect. So it was truly a blessing in disguise as I was trying to move back to my original home town and probably would have relapsed apon arrival.
So I’m not trying to relocate but jobs around me are giving to college students. So I’ve been applying online for remote, at home positions and trust me I’ve applied for well over 100. I’ve had 1 application view. What… Do people even see my app? Am I really that unhirable?
I revamped my resume with better wording, layout and updates!
Still.. nothing.. sigh
I do odd jobs for friends and family and people when I can, I collect and turn in cans and bottles, I barrow from family and pay back in a timely manner but I can not keep asking them for everything, it hurts my pride, ego, and just isn’t what I’m looking to do forever.
So as you can see the money here and there is little, and barely gets me a gallon of gas to go and get groceries, visit with my children, do work, go to appointments ect ect.
I have animals that are my emotional support animal and my daughter’s once apon a time emotion support animal. They need fed regularly believe it or not. That also cost money. Yes I’ve utilized resources in my area and I am constantly looking for new resources.
I am building my credit but have no job so a credit card and loan are out of the picture.
Anyway, I’m doing what I can. I’m not even making ends meat but I am very resourceful and utilize every resource available to me. As why I am here.
I hate asking for help, most people see it as a hand out and not a hand up. I am not lazy, I am educated, I’m furthering my education and reapplied for college. I had to drop out due to addiction, DHS, treatment, dv, ect ect. I still owe student loans on that too..
I’m trying. I’m tired. I’m weary. I’m depressed and emotional. I suffer from major depression and anxiety disorders (yeah yeah we hear that from everyone too) but it’s real. Truama from childhood where I was a foster youth and aged out of the system, then experienced the same with my children. Please don’t comment on that because you have no idea.. it’s a touchy and heartbreaking story. I am and was a good mother. They were taken due to domestic violence and if anyone has gone through that they know what an entangled shit show you really are in.
I really hope people stayed til the end of this. I probably got side tracked and rambled off. If so I apologize. I just have a lot going on. More than I mentioned but I’m sure you get the point.
Hand up not a hand out. Appreciative, and try my best to give when I can and where I can. I think I do a pretty good job and it’s brought me some good karma, so I hope maybe I’ll have a little luck here too..
Mother, astrophotographer hobbiest, nature lover, sensitive, kind, goal oriented 26 year old, with two dogs, a cat and three beautiful babies that live with family.