Support Gil's Journey to Stability and Hope

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Welcome to my struggles. My name is, Gil. I'm 55. Unfortunately, I’ve come under some serious hardship. I'm a screenwriter/musician/filmmaker with many years of experience under my belt. I was working regularly until 2013, when I started having severe chronic pain. My body didn’t want to cooperate anymore, so I had to stop working 16-hour days on set and had to rely on remote work, which turned out to be temporary. Been looking for something more steady since. Things went downhill after that time. When Covid hit, I had no income. Then the SAG strike prevented any more work for a while. After losing a lot of money to a scammer shortly after that, 2 years ago, I’ve been trying to get back on my feet. Since then, my best friend died, my pug, Otis. I tried to get another dog only to be scammed by a fake dog rescue. Yes, people suck. Especially those trying to take advantage of others in their vulnerable states. Later that year, after I lost more money trying to make up for the original losses, my uncle died on my mother’s side and left a lot of money to me and my family only to be challenged by a lawsuit prompted by another uncle’s greed that included my aunt's as well. He won and the money mostly went to them. Money that would have helped me and my family get out of a dire situation. My aunt died a year later, leaving my father the last of his siblings. Then I got sued for the money I lost and, while drinking one night out at a bar with a few friends, I drank, (obviously a bad choice), drove home, and got hit by a drunk driver from behind. I don't go out, practically, ever! It was the one night a year I go anywhere and the fluke happened. I had to sell my car, and got a DUI myself from that incident, (I had a plan to get an Uber or have my friend drive me home, but they left early and I didn’t realize it), now my license has been suspended for two years and I can’t drive anywhere. To put the icing on top, my wife has decided to leave me and asked me to leave the house by December. Great! Just in time for the holidays! I’ll be spending Thanksgiving alone and possibly Christmas as well. I lost everything. I never, in a million years, thought this would happen to me this late in life. And all in a two-year period. When I go down, I guess I do it right. I could name more things that happened indirectly to me through family struggles and whatnot, but It’s too much to go into. Why am I telling you this? I have to find a place to live now with no money in my pocket. I plan to go on SSI, but that will take 8 months to a year and hopefully, I'll be employed by that time. So, sadly, I am selling the last of what I have. All my computer and pro-audio equipment. I work as a musician/screenwriter and filmmaker, so it’s a lot of stuff. I'm waiting to sell my computer because that's where I do my work when I get it. But I might not have a choice. I calculated I need at least $5000 to move out and selling everything I have left isn't going to be enough. But it'll get me settled in a new place and set me up for a few months or more until I can put my life back together. Thank you for viewing and listening. I don't like to ask for help, but this is a last resort. If you can donate something, please do. It won't go unappreciated, and I'll keep you updated on my progress. I am planning to move to the LA area or at least the West Coast, to be closer to my friends and family and to enhance my chances of finding work in my field. So please, click on the GoFundMe link and give if you can. If you know someone or are someone yourself in the LA area and can help, please reach out. I appreciate any help I can get. Thank you ahead of time. Much love. Funds will be used, if I wasn't clear, for food, rent, bills, while looking for work, and getting my stuff from here to there, wherever "there" is. I'm looking to get to the LA area or at least Cali. Maybe New YorK? I'll keep you posted.