09-27-2023, 06:49 PM
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I'm going to copy and paste from my GoFundMe since it sums everything up pretty well:
Hi everybody. It's me, your friend or acquaintance (or potentially a stranger?) that lives paycheck to paycheck. Well, actually, not even that. I haven't had a paycheck in 6 years or so. I had such bad panic attacks at my job that I had to stop going, resulting in an eviction from my studio in NoHo.
Over the last 6 years, I've relied on some good friends to help find me a living situation that is VERY affordable for most any place, but especially in Los Angeles. Even without an actual W2 job, I've managed to get buy with dog walking and sitting, something I absolutely love to do. Also, the occasional acting gig and a little bit of PA work. As horrible as the pandemic was, the unemployment I received during that time really helped me get ahead.
With those extra funds, I invested in the stock market. Apparently, I'm trash at it because I've lost about $13,000 in the market over the course of the last two years or so. And now I find myself back where I was, scraping to get by. Now, that might have been fine, but I also racked up some debt during that time by getting some equipment for zoom meetings and streaming. I have a twice weekly acting class over zoom. I also put a lot of necessary home improvement costs on credit cards, adding to the debt. All the while, thinking it would work out ok if my investments paid off. Well, they haven't.
All of this would be problematic enough if I wasn't faced with another issue. My roommate of the last six years is going to be moving in with his boyfriend very soon, sooner than had ever been previously discussed: December 1 of this year. About two months.
I was already massively stressed about my finances, but this adds another level on top of all that. I've applied for SSI because my mental health has made it impossible for me to maintain a long term job. Again, dog walking and sitting and acting jobs are all short term gigs that I can manage. The decision for SSI likely won't come for 3 to 5 months and I either need to find a way to stay in my place (with even one roommate, it might be very affordable, assuming the landlord doesn't raise the rent to an obscene degree since it's been rent controlled for about ten years), or find another place to live. That would be extremely hard without any nest egg or reliable income. I'm already stretched pretty thin, so this seems like an impossible situation for me.
Thank you.
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://gofund.me/90597067
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[color=var(--primary-text)]https://venmo.com/u/trekkiemnstr[/color]
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://www.paypal.me/trekkiemnstr[/color]
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://cash.app/$trekkiemnstr
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[color=var(--primary-text)]https://venmo.com/u/trekkiemnstr[/color]
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://www.paypal.me/trekkiemnstr[/color]
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://cash.app/$trekkiemnstr[/color][/color]
I'm going to copy and paste from my GoFundMe since it sums everything up pretty well:
Hi everybody. It's me, your friend or acquaintance (or potentially a stranger?) that lives paycheck to paycheck. Well, actually, not even that. I haven't had a paycheck in 6 years or so. I had such bad panic attacks at my job that I had to stop going, resulting in an eviction from my studio in NoHo.
Over the last 6 years, I've relied on some good friends to help find me a living situation that is VERY affordable for most any place, but especially in Los Angeles. Even without an actual W2 job, I've managed to get buy with dog walking and sitting, something I absolutely love to do. Also, the occasional acting gig and a little bit of PA work. As horrible as the pandemic was, the unemployment I received during that time really helped me get ahead.
With those extra funds, I invested in the stock market. Apparently, I'm trash at it because I've lost about $13,000 in the market over the course of the last two years or so. And now I find myself back where I was, scraping to get by. Now, that might have been fine, but I also racked up some debt during that time by getting some equipment for zoom meetings and streaming. I have a twice weekly acting class over zoom. I also put a lot of necessary home improvement costs on credit cards, adding to the debt. All the while, thinking it would work out ok if my investments paid off. Well, they haven't.
All of this would be problematic enough if I wasn't faced with another issue. My roommate of the last six years is going to be moving in with his boyfriend very soon, sooner than had ever been previously discussed: December 1 of this year. About two months.
I was already massively stressed about my finances, but this adds another level on top of all that. I've applied for SSI because my mental health has made it impossible for me to maintain a long term job. Again, dog walking and sitting and acting jobs are all short term gigs that I can manage. The decision for SSI likely won't come for 3 to 5 months and I either need to find a way to stay in my place (with even one roommate, it might be very affordable, assuming the landlord doesn't raise the rent to an obscene degree since it's been rent controlled for about ten years), or find another place to live. That would be extremely hard without any nest egg or reliable income. I'm already stretched pretty thin, so this seems like an impossible situation for me.
Thank you.
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://gofund.me/90597067
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[color=var(--primary-text)]https://venmo.com/u/trekkiemnstr[/color]
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://www.paypal.me/trekkiemnstr[/color]
[color=var(--primary-text)]https://cash.app/$trekkiemnstr
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