Hi friends and loved ones, I found a beautiful, affordable place to live - finally! - and I need your help to make it real :)

 

As we all know, I'm a bit of a hurricane. Never staying in any living situation too long, never keeping my jobs or career prospects in a straight line, often appearing with intensity and disappearing without a trace for months at a time. I have chronic pain, ADHD, CPTSD, am very likely autistic, and I've been encircled by depression and anxiety for my whole life. I work really, really hard, and then I crash -- and this cycle has taught me a lot. All my weird, wild adventures and explorations have taught me A LOT. I'm also in desperate need of settling down, and I've found the place I want to do that.

 

I am asking for your help to buy myself a little cabin in the woods to settle into. A place that supports me, soothes me, and that I can sustain myself. It's going to take a community make this happen.

 

 

 

 

I came to Newfoundland this fall to accept the enormous generosity of my friend Michael, who was letting me house sit for the winter because I couldn't afford to rent a place for myself. I had never been here before, but I am so glad I took the leap. I feel so lucky to be here. While the world keeps throwing hard things my way, and into the lives of people I love, this land is supporting me more than I knew it could. In my incredible luck, I found a small cabin -- just my size, and to my taste, on an acre of beautiful land, and fully furnished, winterized, ready to be lived in and to be loved:

 

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1597834271

 

(That race car bed? That'll be the bed you sleep in when you come visit me. Just sayin'.)

 

The current owner of this cabin and land is a wonderful new friend, who has turned down other offers because she really wants to sell specifically to me. We're taking a chance on each other, creating a bond than a transaction, and it feels really good.

 

The brutal individualism of our capitalist, colonial world has infected my mind with the belief that I MUST do this alone, that I cannot have a life I want if I didn't earn it in prescribed, productive ways. I don't want to continue believing that. I want to live within my means, in alignment with my health, in supportive community webs. I want to live in a world where we help each other, even in big unexpected ways.

 

I'm very lucky to have found a few beautiful, solid friendships in other young queers living out in the woods (the dream!!). If this cabin becomes mine, I will be receiving so much help and knowledge from my friends who took this leap before me, and I'm happy to say we really enjoy each others' company. I feel so lucky.

 

 

 

 

The monthly expenses of this home will be lower than paying rent, and far more peaceful, far more of what I actually need, than my other options. It's the stability I've been longing for. Here's where you come in: I need help to cover my closing costs by February 10th.

 

The costs are as follows:

Down payment (5%): $6,450

Lawyer fees: $2,500

Land Survey: $800

Home Inspection: $1,200

Roof repairs: $5, 000

Moving and Setup: $3,000

Unexpected costs (always happens): $1000

TOTAL: $19, 450

 

This could be achieved by 150 people giving an average of $130 each, or 200 people giving $100 each, and that looks really doable to me! Even $25 dollars from a handful of folks could make a really big difference.

 

For everyone who wants one, I'm offering a thank you card, illustrated by me, that can become wall art, if you so desire. If you want a card, please send me an email with your address in it, and I will send love back: [email redacted].

 

 

 

 

As a chronically ill, mad artist I have always been in some amount of debt, scrambling to met my needs and manage my pain. It's not news to many of you, because you're living it yourselves, but the reality is that if I want to give myself housing security and work off my debt, while keeping my health a priority, then buying this house is my best - and happiest! - option.

 

My parents are unable to help me with this purchase, and as I thought about asking someone else in my life to help me, I realized it is too large a burden for anyone to bare on their own -- but many people could contribute a little, and help a whole lot. So, what do you say? Help me set my feet in the dirt, and see what I can be when I'm not a tornado?

 

THANK YOU