Help me out? (Paying it -> later)
Donation protected
I need money for rent. I've been trying to skirt by for a long time now and I'm pretty reticent to ask - I try to keep my costs really low and I've been getting by on my student loan reimbursements for the most part but... those are hard to come by in the summer and are drying up for my last two semesters at Guilford.
So, here's the deal: If people donate me money, at the point in which I have money again (whether it be because I get my loan reimbursement or because I get a job (which is the next step, I think but I'd been able to avoid throughout most of my college experience) - I will donate the same amount raised to the Homeless Union of Greensboro.
I'm doing this because I have no single person to ask. My mom is disabled and in pretty bad need herself. The few family members or family friends I can ask have been stretched past their means of helping. I'm in a hole and I don't really expect this to work, in particular but it seems like something to try.
I will also note, while being pretty uncomfortable with pumping myself up too much, that I do feel like I've been doing a lot of good works during the time that I've not really been making money. For one thing, I've spent the last year doing work with the Urban Survivors' Union here in Greensboro - something that I can't claim I wasn't paid for but that I definitely have never been paid for in a way that was able to really sustain me in any way. In spite of that, for much of that time I was working 25-30 hours a week, I'd estimate, with them.
As a white, oftentimes cis male appearing person, I can appreciate not being the most worthwhile cause with the world as on fire as it often is of late. That said, I'm a non-binary person on the autism spectrum (I have a non-verbal learning disability but heck, I don't think it's worth getting into the particulars) and this would be the first time as an outwardly queer identifying person I'd be seeking employment, which is giving me a lot of anxiety, as well. Don't love to use marginalized personhood as a cudgel but that's all true.
At the end of the day, while my best laid plans have never been as well laid as I wanted them to be, and while this moment involves a fair bit of chicken's come home to roost (lots of mixed metaphors here), it's also serving as a learning experience. And as noted, I want to pay any kindness forward, when I'm able. If you could help me out, I'd be sincerely thankful. If you can't - you're good. If you don't think it's a worthwhile cause - I feel you. But I'd really appreciate it!
So, here's the deal: If people donate me money, at the point in which I have money again (whether it be because I get my loan reimbursement or because I get a job (which is the next step, I think but I'd been able to avoid throughout most of my college experience) - I will donate the same amount raised to the Homeless Union of Greensboro.
I'm doing this because I have no single person to ask. My mom is disabled and in pretty bad need herself. The few family members or family friends I can ask have been stretched past their means of helping. I'm in a hole and I don't really expect this to work, in particular but it seems like something to try.
I will also note, while being pretty uncomfortable with pumping myself up too much, that I do feel like I've been doing a lot of good works during the time that I've not really been making money. For one thing, I've spent the last year doing work with the Urban Survivors' Union here in Greensboro - something that I can't claim I wasn't paid for but that I definitely have never been paid for in a way that was able to really sustain me in any way. In spite of that, for much of that time I was working 25-30 hours a week, I'd estimate, with them.
As a white, oftentimes cis male appearing person, I can appreciate not being the most worthwhile cause with the world as on fire as it often is of late. That said, I'm a non-binary person on the autism spectrum (I have a non-verbal learning disability but heck, I don't think it's worth getting into the particulars) and this would be the first time as an outwardly queer identifying person I'd be seeking employment, which is giving me a lot of anxiety, as well. Don't love to use marginalized personhood as a cudgel but that's all true.
At the end of the day, while my best laid plans have never been as well laid as I wanted them to be, and while this moment involves a fair bit of chicken's come home to roost (lots of mixed metaphors here), it's also serving as a learning experience. And as noted, I want to pay any kindness forward, when I'm able. If you could help me out, I'd be sincerely thankful. If you can't - you're good. If you don't think it's a worthwhile cause - I feel you. But I'd really appreciate it!
Organizer
Ryan Tardiff
Organizer
Greensboro, NC
