
I've struggled to find work & am now fully broke
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Hi, my name is Saga and I am a trans woman in my mid 40s. I have been in the font industry for 12 years, working for myself since 2016, but the pandemic put a damper on typographic work and I have been unable to recover. In that time, I have been applying for jobs in different roles such as project management or UX design but, seemingly because I have no formal experience or certification in each – regardless that my professional experience has been almost exactly those things – I have only had two interviews in the last year (and zero in 2021).
I have been making ends meet with Doordash and the like but gas prices have made it so that actually making money doing that is hard. I have applied to simpler, no-training-necessary positions but have not had any callbacks there either. I have been living on credit cards and the generosity of my mother but now my cards are maxed out and my mom is stretched thin.
I have $45000 in credit card debt. I also have a $1400 car insurance payment due at the end of the month. I am looking to pay down my credit card debt by 10% or so and to be able to pay my car insurance for the next six months (the $1400 is a one-time payment that will cover me until July; monthly payments are 1/6 of that $1400 plus 10% in fees so the single payment is far more economical).
I would like to raise $5500 by the end of the month. I know it is a lofty goal and I know that, really, I have been very lucky in how I have been able to live relatively securely for the last two years, but I need to find some stability as I consider a career change (to what, I don't know: I just need an income!).
Or, please, somebody hire me and we don't need to worry about fundraising.
Thank you very much. I know this is a rough time of year for spare cash but I'd like to start my 2023 with some optimism.
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Saga Soderback
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Providence, RI