Hello!
I will start with a simple introduction. I am currently 29 years old and currently working full-time while also attending college full-time. Originally I was attending college for a degree in Video Game Art and Animation, but that school ended up being closed down for fraud in 2018. It wasn’t until just last year that I found my true calling while working briefly in an emergency room: nursing. I now am pursuing a nursing degree.
The road has been very rough, I will admit, and has been significantly harder the last three years. I had attempted suicide in high school, and suffer from severe depression, anxiety, and ADHD. I bought my first house in 2018 and live with my best friend, who is also my dependent, and our pets. Things were okay…until COVID hit. I lost my job and was unemployed for 8 months, falling behind on bills and mortgage. I pushed on and had two more unsuccessful jobs – my job at the ER lasted only 3 months and fell through as I got COVID and was completely down and out, but they took me being gone to recover as me quitting. I went the next 4 months without any income at all until I found my new, current job where I’ve been 9 months now. Unfortunately, I’m struggling to make up the huge hit of no income – and it’s been worsened by getting COVID in November, causing me to miss almost three weeks, with no pay.
This also resulted in my newly acquired chronic illness worsening. I’ve ended up in the ER several times because of it, just since December, and have to see specialists now. On top of this, my water was shut off (it is back on now), and my heat has been threatened to be shut off as well. Thankfully they haven’t, since it is still Winter in the Midwest. And…my only car has also been going through the ringer, and I have a broken tooth causing severe pain and frequent infections. All of these things combining has made it honestly very difficult to push through. I feel hopeless…
Working full-time isn’t enough; I don’t even make enough to securely afford food anymore. I am also taking my best friend and her retired parents on a trip in May (it was originally planned for last year, but COVID caused us to reschedule. We have no choice but to use the plane tickets now or we lose out on all the money I spent on them) – we’re splitting costs but all low income, and I was hoping to be able to contribute more on my dependent and I’s end, but right now I don’t know how to make that happen.
I know this is a lot, but I would be unbelievably appreciative of any sort of help. I have several goals, a wishlist if you will, which is why I put it under the Wishes category:
-Catch up on Mortgage & Utilities.
-Buy a new car, so that I have a reliable method of transportation.
-Have enough money to not have to worry about groceries for a bit while I catch up on bills.
-Have enough to pay for the hotel so that my dependent’s parents can save their money
-Have enough to pay for my CNA License in Fall or Spring
-Start repairing my credit by paying off some of my debts
Honestly, anything helps. I know there is a lot going on in the world right now…Thank you for your time and consideration.
My paypal is: paypal.me/woozis