help theresa get stable housing
so i really hate to do this because our capitalist reality tells us that asking for help makes you weak but i seriously have no idea what else to do.
i don't wanna reveal much about my life because i don't want to further the sense of trauma porn on this site but as the kids say " i am down bad"
before the pandemic i was struggling. i moved to chicago because of environmental pressures and no other chance to move anywhere trustworthy at time. I came with $600, $450 of which i had to pay rent with and $80 to buy a phone with because i didn't have a phone for months at that point and was left with $70 to live for the month. it was a horrible time one of which i always bring up because i was eating just noodles for a month until i gave myself a gluten intolerance, and ended up finding a job at the end of the month which gave me enough time to afford paying for things. after that i went from job to job constantly having to borrow money and do other hustles in order to feed myself. during this, i was able to build up my dj/music career, making a reputation and providing a good time for many irl in clubs and bars, and url l on datafruits.fm. the revenue streams were coming in good and for a moment i felt like i could even taste the air above water. but when the pandemic happened i lost my job, lost the ability to do shows, and in essence was brought back to square one. during the beginning of the pandemic mutual aid was popular and i was able to get that which kept me alive til the summer of 2020. i got my job back but it went from being able to pay the bills to barely being able to pay my utilities monthly and became so exploitative i had to leave. i struggled through all of last year living on donations, music sales, and bandcamp fridays. during this i have attempted to get unemployment, but only got it for a month. it was yanked it away from me because i verified for two weeks instead of just one week and since i have not been lucky enough to get in contact with them regardless of how many times i call them up and leave my number to be called back (which i still am calling them to get my money but to no avail). after this i managed to live briefly because i had a record released on a popular berlin label in which i made money and got several commissions at the time. all this is has since dried up and i am left to hang dry.
on top of this i am being currently priced out of chicago. since the pandemic rents have only gone up and unskilled labor has dried up. i have applied for over 300 jobs since the beginning of the pandemic and have only gotten callbacks from a handful and job interviews from under 5 on the basis of the legality of my identity and the fact that in cishomogenous society. if you are different you are a diversity choice at best and a liability at worst. rents have also risen in my neighborhood and have gone up in my whole area. i have to move back to metro detroit and have managed to find a place to live and this time it will be with people i can trust and a price i can afford (in theory). i have made is this far and it's been awful. i need help to secure this place and make sure i can afford to pay rent until shows come back or i manage to land a job which has proven to not be certain. i do not have a parents house i can just move back to, i don't have a savings in which i can rely on. there's literally nothing i am banking on to survive but hope.
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tl;dr
if you know my music, me, have been to my irl or url events, u know how hard i go and u've seen how people react to my stuff. i am loved and respected in music alone, everywhere else i do not get that treatment. i have been freefalling since march 2020 and at this point i need support. if you've ever even smiled at one of my blends i ask u to please donate to this. if you've booked me for something i ask you to pay me my fair share finally. i have brought life to thousands of people at this point at the expense of my own health and happiness. i am now asking for relief. i need peoples words to actualize into cash.
i am only asking for 5k because ultimately i should be able to figure it out within a year and it's not like i make $0 but i seriously haven't been able to afford basic necessities without donations for years. i will still be looking for a job when i move back and still have prospects with music coming up but unrealised gains are not real gains. titles don't pay rent, and endearment doesn't put food on the table.
if you truly care now is to the time show it when i seriously in need of help
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thanks for bearing with me to the end and i'm praying the best.