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I have proudly just managed one full year as a FULLY self-employed, single mom. Considering the amount and number of bills I have to pay, and WITHOUT getting child support, that is a miracle. Unfortunately, I just hit a dead period and need major help!
In addition to my holistic business, I also have a part-time virtual assistant job and my hours just went from 20 per week down to around 10. I have not recieved child support in about 6 months. On top of that, my busy holistic business just turned into crickets due to the arrival of the summer season.
The last few weeks have been extremely difficult. Phone bill is past due and $93 due this Friday or phones will be shut off - which hurts BOTH of my jobs. There is a balance from May's rent and now June's is coming up, the electric bill needs to be paid by the 7th or shut off, and other bills are coming up very soon.
What has got me through being self-employed is my attitude that "God pays the bills, not me". And it has always worked! The clients or students always come as soon as I need money for a certain bill. It is really a miracle. However, God can't force people to come to my classes or sessions when they want to go to the beach or take a summer vacation.
As a solution to my slow periods and to bring my teaching to a wider audience, I am in the process of building an online holistic healing school. This school is accredited by a highly respected association for holistic healing professionals. Once it is up, it is sure to become another great stream of income. However, it takes a lot of time to get the clasess up and is not going to solve my immediate issues this week.
Also, in the meantime, I am trying to get some of my hours back at the part-time job, but that still doesn't help with this immediate situation as they only pay me once per month.
So, I am asking for help from anyone who is willing. I am creating this fundraiser with hope that there may be people willing to help out of the kindness of their heart, because realistically, I cannot promise a payback as being self-employed means you don't know when your money is coming in, so I will not make promises I can't keep.
If you are as proud of me as I am for making it this far, any amount you can share to show support will be more than appreciated.
UPDATE:
The Bad News: We did not make June's rent and were not approved for St. Vincent De Paul rental assitance. I now have a court date of July 15th. If I can pay all of June rent before I owe for July, court would be cancelled. If not. then I will have to pay both June and July for court. If I can pay all of it when I get there, I don't get evicted. If I can pay at least half on the court date, my landlord will work out a weekly or biweekly payment plan, but the problem is I don't get paid weekly or biweekly on all of my work.
The Good News: I just got more virtual assistant work with a lawyer in NJ which pays well and gives me another 10+ hours per week. I also finally started getting child support payments again. Business is starting to come in here and there but still slow for the season. SO IF WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP, WE SHOULD BE OK FROM HERE ON OUT!
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