Hey there

I sincerely hope all me comrades are having a nice day

I’ve been in a somewhat not amazing situation for quite some time (not best mentally, in transitioning and unemployed again), thought I’d ramble a bit and ask for a little advice. I despise almost every job I get and years of constant stress are ruining my physical and mental health to the point where I struggle to keep on going at all. I don’t want money from anyone here but I’m trying to figure out how I could fill my budget before I stabilize a bit more and will be able to keep a job which should happen later in the summer.

A friend suggested a free psychological counseling available here where I live which might be a good start.

I’m getting a little bit of income that pays for ~40% of my room rent and receive some help from the family (mostly food). I generally stick to intermittent fasting and get ready to sell some music gear I don’t use much. I used to make some small money doing side gigs (physical labor) or constructing a tiny website here and there but I’m not an experienced developer and it shows so can’t do it professionally. I found learning python and c++ fun btw (clears my head from worries (: ) but it seems I have to sort out adhd stuff to think about rebranding seriously.

Generally if anyone has any ideas how I could earn or save some extra cash to deal with a small crisis, I’d be very happy to read some advice.

Hugs

  • freagle@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Tap every social service you can. Food benefits are often the easiest to get. Find a free health clinic, find a place that does free meals for the poor. Take every opportunity to receive help from others.

    While you’re doing that, you will meet people. Some people may have job opportunities for you. Some may have volunteer opportunities for you. Keep the conversations going.

    Don’t worry about not being professional enough to do web development. Just do it and get paid. It’s ok to fail a couple times. Do local, get paid cash, keep your world turning.

    Find other free resources. Your public library might have tons of things happening that could benefit you. There are other institutions that I doubtedly do free things in your area as well.

    But most of all - believe that you will make it, believe that it’s possible, believe that you can both heal and obtain the resources to live. Because you can and because believing it will help you psychosomatically and psychosocially.