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Need my professional certification

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I will open with saying that, in light of everything happening in the world, this likely seems trivial. However, I hope my explaining why I'm asking for help will clear the air. 

Currently, I am taking 5 different pills for my depression and anxiety a night. I'm, essentially, drugged to the gills in a desperate attempt by my psychiatrist to keep me from truly "going off the deep end." I am, at this moment, a public accountant in the auditing field. My typical work week is anywhere from 50 to 75 hours. Recently, I've been having trouble sleeping because of the pressure and anxiety I feel about my projects. It is quickly becoming completely untenable.


But if I'm honest, has been untenable for the five years I've been in public accounting. I now have the pleasure of looking like a job hopper because I've been looking for the "right fit" for public accounting.  The thing is, at the end of the day, my mental health will not be able to maintain "busy season hours" to the extent that every firm I've been at requires. It's not that I can never work 55 hours. But I can't maintain working 55 hours for months on end. Because of a job change, I've been in busy season, effectively, for 18 months and I'm work completely out.

However, because of my level of experience (mid-sized firms, auditing private companies), in a city the size of Houston, getting my CPA license is really a huge key component of me ever being able to find a more tenable situation. I did manage to take one of the exams before we were hit with bills, bills, bills. Health issues, mental health issues, a new car because of a totaled car, credit card debt from having to move across the country for health reasons, the list goes on.  I'm by no means in danger of losing my house, but at this point, I have no idea how I will be able to get my CPA license in the next 4 years and...truly, I'm not sure how much longer I can do what I'm doing now. It's bad when in-patient sounds like a welcome respite more often than not. 

This money would cover the cost of the study materials I will need (just the bank of test questions, I wouldn't ask for the full package) as well as the fees to register and sit the next three exams. 

I feel weird about doing this, but any help to get this done would be so FREAKIN' appreciated, I can't even say. 

Thanks.

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Hannah Elisabeth
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Richmond, TX

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