I don’t really like asking for help or talking about my financial difficulties, but things have been extremely tough since our welfare was halved late last year and our rent increased.
At the moment I have an electricity bill that is over $1000, the reason why it’s so high is because it has taken me 6 months to try to pay it off and the amount just keeps going up (somehow, miraculously, we haven’t had our power cut yet). We were recently without a car for 3 months while we tried to save $3000 to get it fixed after an accident, and now only a couple of months later, it’s broken down again.
We’re trying to survive on one of the worst welfare systems in the world, with 3 neurodivergent kids. My partner and I are trying to look for work but we both have disabilities and there’s nothing around here as it is. I have bipolar, adhd and autism and I’ve been told I’m practically unemployable (not to mention that time some months ago when I was fired from a job I hadn’t even started yet, due to failing my medical). I have spent the past 5 years struggling to finish off a 3-year bachelor’s degree in psychological science in order to get off the welfare system and provide for my family, and so far it has gotten me nowhere.
I’m at my wit’s end, everything is coming to a head and I just feel so overwhelmed. So I’m going to leave my ko-fi here, just in case anyone wants to (and can) help out. I know it’s not going to be a cure-all, but anything might buy me a little more time. Thanks for reading <3
https://ko-fi.com/melidraws
(silly bats for attention)
