After half a year of emergencies and obstacles, I was in a car accident on June 30th and my car I owned for a month was totaled. Insurance did not cover the remaining financing on this vehicle, so I am still having to make payments toward this.

My car was the main goal I had this year in order to open up possibilities for selling my clothing in person and creating a wider audience, as well as finding a part time job to supplement savings since I have had no time to recover between life events and emergencies.

The accident caused me to be unable to work the entire month of July and I ultimately had to make the decision to deactivate my made to order products in order to properly catch up on orders. Unfortunately, both factors have severely impacted my income. I plan to reopen at full capacity, but have been healing and taking the proper time to

Despite the lack of transportation, I did manage to find a part time job but it is a seasonal position. In this process, I’ve found myself in a position of essentially couch surfing. Family relationship trials and stressful events have led to this being the better solution for this time, but I feel out of norm and a bit detached from myself.

Donations up until this point have been helping me keep bills paid and groceries on the table. Ready to ship orders kept things secure for a moment, but September was a very slow month with B2B festivals all month, not to mention how much everyone as a whole is struggling at this time.

As things stand now, my main goals in fundraising and saving are funds for a new car and a safety net to allow me to move from my current house and have a place I can live and work as I truly need. I am saving all that I can towards these goals, but need as much help as I can in order to truly find a place of stability both mentally and living wise.