Help me avoid homelessness

What Happened


This has unfortunately been a long time coming, but I like to think of it as a hard but ultimately positive thing. When I was younger I had to give up my job in order to take care of my parents full time, and when they both passed away I reacted very badly. I was already struggling heavily with untreated mental illness, and when I lost both of them within a year of each other - my whole family - I spun out and made some very bad choices because I didn't plan to survive. I was planning on taking my own life.

Right at the very end, though, after the damage had been done but before I followed through, I finally hit rock bottom and realized I wanted to live. And if 2018 had been any easier to the people I knew, I'd be borrowing their couch while I get my feet back underneath me and I wouldn't have had to write this. But 2018 had destroyed any sense of stability for everyone I know, and it's taken miracles and a lot of work just to avoid going to a homeless shelter while I got my car fixed up. But because I've been trying so hard to get the car fixed and keep a roof over my head (while dealing with the trauma of losing everything and trying to stay sane), I haven't been able to dedicate enough time to the job search and now I'm facing a good chunk of winter with no job, no source of food and trying to find a job while living out of my car. Which is where you can help.

What I Need

Donations from this page will go towards two things: securing my immediate needs like food, cell phone bill, and other things that I need to really hit the job hunt, and saving up towards rent so I can stop living out of my car. Ideally, with your help, I might be living in a room with a roof by late February; it would be fantastic to not live out of my car during my birthday.

I appreciate every bit of help anyone can spare, even if it's just retweeting or sharing this around. I wouldn't ask if I didn't need it, and every cent raised from this campaign is going to my survival or to securing a better future for myself. Thank you so much.

The cover picture is of my dog Ziggy. He's safe with a friend and well taken care of, but the faster I can get my feet back underneath me the faster I can take him back; I miss him very much.