Jason needs some help to get back on his feet.

UPDATE: September 12, 2023.

Thank you to all of my friends out there who have rallies behind me and tried to help as best they could with money, gift cards, and food, during this time.

I was able to get everything out of storage and moved into my apartment on August 21. It doesn’t feel like home having what’s left of the estate set up around my apartment, in the hopes things might sell quicker now that they’re out of storage and staged so people can see them. So far, I was only able to sell one small end table to a really nice woman who bought it for her husband but I hope more things sell soon.

If you didn’t see my post or didn’t know what was going on, I was excited to get back to work and had clients booked already. Labor Day weekend I wasn’t feeling right and Sunday my ankles, feet, and hands were really swollen and would get tingly and fall asleep whenever I sat down or put any pressure on my body. I had two clients I was going to work on Monday but I didn’t sleep that well, and asked them if we could push it back a couple hours, and they were very kind to do so. I laid down to rest and woke up with a massive headache, and my feet and ankles were even more swollen and hurt a lot. I went to the ER and was there overnight while they did blood work and ran a bunch of tests. The end result was a stern warning to go home and rest, no work, not to do anything that could raise my heart rate too much, follow a really strict diet, and follow up with cardiology. They found my cholesterol had skyrocketed from November to June and my numbers were even higher in the ER. My white blood cell count was elevated, and the EKG showed my heart was, at times, either missing a beat or would do a quick double beat.

I finally got the first available appointment on October 3, and will get a call if anything opens up sooner. Until then, I’m to do what I was told in the ER and if anything gets worse, to come back in.

Needless to say this wasn’t great news and I’m concerned. However, I found the silver lining in being safe in a space where nobody could harm me, and I could take care of myself again. With that, my mental health has felt really good and I’m trying to take a positive look at everything and stay busy without physically being busy or doing anything that I’m not supposed to.

Since I wasn’t able to start work on my clients or take the Amazon Job I was offered, I still need help while I’m dealing with this. I was only able to pay a small portion of Septembers rent and was just given this letter with the order to pay the past due amount within ten days of receiving it. That was two days ago. I held $200 aside for food but took $150 of that to pay towards this past due amount and now have 8 days to come up with the rest.

If you’re able to help, with anything, I would obviously appreciate it. If you can’t help but don’t mind posting this for others to see, that would be appreciated also. If you want to help but don’t want to do it through gofundme and you’d like to help through Venmo or pay something towards this directly to the property, message me and I will let you know how we can do that.

This has not been fun to deal with nor does it feel good to have to beg online for help, for months on end. I am doing everything I can to try and sell what is left from the estate but obviously can’t count on that. I owe a lot of thanks and gratitude to so many people and I keep pushing forward, no matter what comes up. The only thing I can do is try and manage my way through all of this, as best as I can, until I am able to fix whatever is going on with my body and get back to work as soon as possible.

Thank you for supporting me and showing me a lot of kindness during this time. Sobriety and life are not easy but I continue to fight and I’m not going to stop.

As soon as I have more to tell, I’ll let you know. Until then, feel free to reach out and say hi.

I love you all. ❤️

UPDATE: July 6, 2023.

First of all, I want to say thank you to my friends and strangers who have so graciously helped me with money, food, and temporary housing. If you've ever been in a place like the one I am currently in then you know, without a stable place to stay, it's difficult to be able to handle anything else, while also trying to deal with mental health issues and start over.

I wouldn't ask for help if I didn't need it and I'm doing everything in my power to get out of this position, into a stable living situation, and on my own feet again so I can work, continue to take care of myself physically and emotionally, and be in a much better position than I have been. Some days it was all I could do to just take a shower, brush my teeth, or eat. One person can only take so much and I found myself in the darkest place I have been in since I started my sobriety journey.

Each day that goes by, I feel stronger, more capable, and more hopeful for the future. I have 6 more days to stay with the couple who graciously opened up their home to me before I have to stay somewhere else. I still need a little more help but I'm so close. If you can donate, that's fantastic but if you can't, please take a moment to share this page. Sharing this page can help not just financially but it can give me leads on places to stay, things to do for work, etc. I can and will do whatever I can to move forward.

People's kindness and generosity have not been lost on me. I know what it meant to people I have been able to help when I was in a position to do so, and I feel that now I am in the position I am in and asking for help myself. I don't ever want to be in this position again and I look forward to not worrying about where I will be staying, or what I can afford to eat and I can focus on work, moving on, and showing everyone I am worth it.

Thank you so much for your help and words of encouragement.

Love, Jason

Hello Everyone. By now, most of you low everything I’ve been through over the last two years, especially the last six months.

After I was assaulted and ended up in the ER with a broken nose, I finally had what I needed to get out of the situation I was in and away from the person I had been trying to get away from for

over two years.

I had planned to move to Asia, where I knew I could work on myself mentally and physically, and do it on a budget, that I would not have been able to do in the US.

I had a $5000 budget which I knew could

last me six months here in Asia. However, when my ex decided to leave with nothing but what he could fit in his car, left me with all his things, my trip had to get pushed back a couple of weeks which took money away from my budget for Asia. Then, on the day I was set to leave for Asia, a woman who had no idea what she was doing, made It so I could not take the trip, and cost me even more money, time, and pushed my back even further. When I finally was able to leave, it was 20 days later, and took away almost everything I had set away for my

budget.

friends kept telling me. It to worry, to get on the plane anyway, and things would work out. I got to Vietnam and had to go to the doctors and couldn’t get medicine I needed, which cost even more money. When we left to come to Malaysia where I’d be staying with friends, half of a back molar of mine fell off and now I have to get it extracted on Friday at 11am.

This is very serious for me. I’ve had a couple of friends help keep me afloat the last couple of weeks, because my budget was completed depleted from

things not in my control.

I absolutely have to ask for help

and desperately need it. With no home to fly back to and not being able to stay with friends forever, I am trying to find the means to get back what I had originally budgeted to get me on my

feet so I can get a place to live and have a place to start over again, work, and do what I came here to do.

I haven’t been in this financial position since I had to file for bankruptcy many years ago. I know I have friends who love and support me and im

begging for that help. Remember, I’m in Asia and everything is cheap so my budget was set to get me through six months so I could get back on my feet, anything you can help with is a huge help

whether it’s $1, $5, $10, or more. If you can help, please do, and if you can’t, please share this.

I never could have known what was going to happen to me and I certainly thought things were going to be much different right now. My tooth is supposed to be

extracted Friday, and after everything else that happened, PLEASE, PLEASE,

PLEASE. Help or Share. I’m actually desperate.

These funds will go towards the medical bills, living expenses, and get me where I need to be and in a good place. I moved here out of financial necessity because everything is cheap, not for a vacation.

I’m grateful for anything you can help with and if you can’t help please share to your friends and let them know I could really use their help.

I love you all and I finally got out of my

dark two year living situation and I’m working as hard as I can to move forward. Please help me so I never have to do another gofundme campaign again.

thank you so much,

jason