QuietValerie
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The future is terrifying.
🕑 Added 2023-09-03 12:24:50 +0000 UTCHi everyone. Not a fun update, but shit's looking pretty dire down here in our NZ polycule. Despite the massive generosity of every single one of you, and the frankly incredible multi-thousand dollar donations from some people, our finances are in the red. Ashlyn and Lumina haven't been able to get jobs so far, and Chiri's income is by chunks. So, all 3000nzd monthly of my patreon money is going towards keeping the roof over our heads and the lights on and there's usually no money left to spare afterwards. Everything on top of that, like food etc, was from savings or the various donations people have given us. All our savings are gone. Only 500 of the donation money is left. Even then, Chiri's visa will require a massive amount of money to file for and her meds are scary expensive too. We're fucked, and I don't know what to do. We need advice. How can we get the money to survive? What do we do? We have no capital to get a loan, we have no assets. All we have is this patreon. I'm so scared. Sorry for rambling. I know many of you are worse off than us. I just... Yeah.
Comments
Lucy Stella Kitsune
I fear all I can do is upgrade my subscription ^^" Edit: Something to get more money you could do is add higher tiers for idk like 60-100$/month where people get to commission a chapter of a story each month. PurpleCatGirl does that and a lot of people are commissioning stories from her this way (Myself included ^^")
fennek
Oh, another idea! Try to get on the CritRpg podcast! It's not that big right now, but that could get you more exposure... Mostly, I want you on a episode of that podcast ;D
靖婷 黃
I would suggest trying the stock market for now with the ones that you need to look closely at? It isn't the best suggestion, but considering how desperate the situation seems maybe you could try it for a little? Once you get that rolling and have more money, then try long-term investment since short-term is more like gambling and can take you too far...
thereisnobeth
Its not much but the company i work for is NZ based and we're doing our annual intake for entry level jobs. If any of y'all have a tech background (or even just an intrest) I could put in a good word!
Rachel Mary Winter
days like this I wish I could just win the lotto. I think it's $101us million at least. But sadly I'm on my VA pension which is barely enough to live in California.
FallingToAsh
Definitely look into food banks and government assistance programs, I don’t know how much you could get but it can’t hurt to check. I know some folks I follow run art and/or story commissions (usually chapters or one-shots) and that might also get y’all some breathing room, especially because IIRC several of y’all write? Also, even if you don’t think you qualify for help from the LGBTQ centers you know of, you should check. They might have programs you don’t know about, or be able to direct you to other groups who can offer you help.
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