I hate my life... · 2:27am Jan 6th, 2020
No, that doesn't mean what you might think it does. Allow me to enumerate what it does mean:
1. I've got about 3 1/2 weeks to make $200, else not have a car, and no job to make it with
2. Pretty bad depression coming from the same, and being otherwise trapped in my parents' home
3. Not even a glimpse of silence around the house...
4. Fever? Check.
With those four factors, the first three of which combine to become the reason my stories have been so slow to update, I've come to the conclusion that I hate my life... right now. Once the fever gets down into submission, though, I should be back, well, alive. And, hopefully, productive... both here and in the financial world.
If you feel like helping me out financially, go ahead and join my Patreon... even though it won't pay out fast enough to save the car, no matter how many people pledge how much. If you want to help me save the car as well, let me know- and I'll figure something together to make that kind of support possible. At the moment, it's more hassle than it's worth, I think.
In the end, if the car goes away... as much as my last post said it was my lifeline, I've since had a few friendly discussions with my family, and it is no longer my lifeline. If it goes away, I simply go back to the beginning... and save for however long I have to to buy a new one.
Soo.... yeah. Happy reading.
Have you tried Ko-Fi? I don't believe that's restricted to a monthly payout.
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I could, I suppose... (I actually did think of that... and PayPal transfers, those are free & "instant" as well)
But honestly, is it worth the effort to set up? As in, would anybody click it?
I had my Patreon link up here for over a year... to the point where I took it down because nobody ever clicked it. Just a few months ago, I had someone asking for it, so it's back up again... and all of one patron. Out of, like, two or three years, technically, of campaigning. And more recently, I've put Patreon links in the A/N of the last few chapters I published... no results. So...
Is it worth the effort? Is my work of high enough quality that anypony might actually want to donate money to it?
I'm willing to help out but I'm not sure about the situation. Is the $200 a monthly payment or one time need?
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... Technically a one time need... On the 30th... to keep the insurance from cancelling. Add ten days, and there's another $200 min payment to keep them from repossessing it... after which both monthly payments scale to about $500 each because the payment agreements and deferments that allowed me to hold onto it as long as I have won't hold it off forever...
In the end, if I lose the car, then oh well, I lost the car. It's only a car...
I think I just found me a solution...
Uber throws me out for encountering sour pusses? I expect that, any more.
Lyft throws me out for no apparent reason (they said it was 'low ratings', but my rating was the highest it could possibly be)? That hurt.
But they're not the only ones on the block... and my record is almost overwhelmingly positive. Takeout delivery doesn't make as much money... but honestly, it's probably a bigger market in State College than it was in Harrisburg, where some 15-20% of trips were to the (very small) college campuses nearby! And of course, my minimum required income is lower than it was when I supported myself and an apartment with rideshare...