<p>These last few years have lead me down a rough, bumpy horrible road to say the least. When I was young I made some bad choices that lead me down the wrong path, with wrong people wrong circumstances, horrible experiences, even to the point of homelessness. But I decided to try ans turn my life around, I moved up north from where I live, began college and was trying and starting to put my life back together. When bad things again happened to me, out of my control and everything important to me was lost once again. I have eliminated people, environments and those things that have been so detriment to my well-being. I have am now living a healthy lifestyle with someone that truly supports me and the productive, healthy respectable lifestyle that I live. I am enrolled in school and am planning to get my AA in psychology. But I have reached a point where I am fearing my future. When I first began college a couple years back I had used the federal pell grant and loans offered to me. When my life took another uncontrollable turn for the worst again while I was in school, I was left with bad grades that took my GPA down, long story short, now I am unable to receive federal financial aid. Even though I did turn in a petition and then an appeal with supporting documents and a written document of my very extenuating circumstances, as well as progress reports of my current grades with are all A’s; they did not give me a second chance. In order to receive federal financial aid again my GPA needs to be raised again, this can take as much as 3 to 4 semesters (even when I work hard and get A’s); that means I need to pay for my semesters now. My loan is not in default, I got that under control right now, it is in determent, as I am in school f/t right now. My living circumstances are so difficult right now. I am trying so hard, but feel as if I can’t get anywhere. I am so deep in the hole, I don’t see the light, I can barely even reach ground level, how am I going to get further. I am a very humbled, understanding person, I always try to stay positive, but it is scary because I feel that harder and harder to do so today, and can not see my future right now. I literally have had to build my life from the floor up. I don’t have much, its hard enough just to have money in my pocket let alone pay for everyday living essentials. I am able to have a place to live and some things because I have a loving and supporting significant other. He works and also goes to school. But we can not survive on what we have. We live in an area from which circumstances make it difficult for me to have employment. We desperately need to get out of the neighborhood that we live in, as it is unsafe and limits me. We barely have enough to live day to day let alone try to save to move. I am a very strong person and have been through a lot of experiences that have made me strong. This is so difficult for me to say, but I feel hopeless, and helpless. At this point I don’t know what else to do. We are both very capable intelligent individuals that want to prosper. All we want is to build our lives together find happiness and stability, being able to be productive and pursue our passion. I am very hard, working, determined and very capable. I don’t understand why things have to be like this for me, but they are, and I need to get out. All I want is to be able to provide for my family, have stability, security and feel safe.
So if anyone knows of anything/resources, private loans; I don’t have the greatest credit and no cosigner… etc… I am scared right now. All I need is a helping hand, a chance to begin again. I am doing all the right things, I don’t know where else to turn or what other possibilities I may have. If anyone can offer any help or if you know of any foundations, private loans etc, that could help me and my family, Please let me know. Thank you for listening to my story. I am not crying for myself, this is not meant to be a boohoo story. I just need help. I want more for myself and my family and am looking for the help to be able to so. I will work hard, all I want is stability and a chance. Thank you</p>
<p>Please believe me when I tell you that the loans are not the deliverance you need right now. You need to get some forebearance on those loans, and look for a job to get yourself on some firmer footing. Not the dregs you have left from loans and aid after the school takes firsts on that money. You need real money, the full 100 cents on the dollar, to get yourself into a better living situation. There is no way you can do that with left overs from Federal monies, and you may be using up your eligibility without being able to optimize it. So, please focus on finding work that nets you enough to get out of your unsafe living situation. If it means two jobs, three jobs, so be it. Better now while you’re young and able. My kids worked three jobs over the summer to accrue as much as they could as they could not work during the school year while they were full time students. They are working two, three jobs now, finished with college, trying to make ends meet, but the saving grace is that they do not have school loans hanging over them. You do, but you can end it right here. </p>
<p>You need to make some money and get into a more stable situation. That is your first priority. College is not the be all to end all, and if you are burning the candle at both ends while trying to get your GPA up with terrible consequences with one misstep, it means a lot of pressure and a lot of risk. Better you work on one thing at a time in your life.</p>
<p>I know I need work. And I do help my sister as a kennell tech when I can and she has work. She own her own dog breesing business we started 20 years ago. That’s great but not much. And it will be hard for you to understand, but in my particular living situation, the circumstances are unsafe and I can not find much, or work right now, beside in home work. Speaking of that,
Does anyone have any information on any legit, work from home employment, that is actually legit, no scam. I can work with that deffinitly right now. But it is so hard to find actually real legit ones that actually pay you and not just b.s. I am more than willing to work hard and actualy wish that I could work right now, it’s driving me crazy. I need to be able to move first and what comes before that; having money to move… vicous vicous circle. I am definitly a hard worker so don’t mistake me for sitting around on my butt. It’s that I don’t have the POSSIBILITY to do so right now.
Work from home jobs? …anyone?
I have 5 years experience in administrative feild I’ve worked as a front desk receptionist and secretary in a real estate office. I also have experience in the animal field, as I once onwed my own dog breeding business and also worked with my sister and her 20 year dog breeding business.
In my younger days I also worked in a flower shop as a flower arranger, sales, and in an alzheimer’s home. So don’t think I’m someone who just has been a total screw up and didn’t give a damn and is just not cool on working for things in their life. No. I’ve had bad things happen to me, some of which were of my bad choices, but now I am still getting crapped on in my life and making the right choices so… I just need to make through this all. I no I can do this, but I can’t wait for something to happen, and I need something to happen, I need to make it happen, i need resources something to get me to where I can stand up and just run full force into life.</p>
<p>Have you looked into low income housing or section 8 for a possible move? Move and find a job in a better location. Work from home is very limited. But I do know there are sites like that one [Fiverr:</a> Graphics, marketing, fun and more online services for $5](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■/]Fiverr:”>http://■■■■■■■■■■/) that people do small tasks. But its very small amounts of money. My brother created his own business but he had capital. He bought stuff at estate sales and sold them on ebay. Think of what skills you have that you can sell and do from home.</p>
<p>Beyond that yeah the suggestion above is probably the best. How much is CC tuition at your local school? Do a budget figure out a goal you need to reach. Then start figuring out how to reach it.</p>
<p>Whatever the tuition is, it’s too much right now. OP does not need any more expenses. I do not know of any home businesses unless you are trained and certified. Something like court transcription, medical billing, statisitical analysis, fact checking, proof reading are available, but you need to have the stuff to do it and there are college grads, math majors, English majors, certificate holders all competing for these things. </p>
<p>For now, the best I can think for you to do is look for kennel work, work in a nursing home, and try to get some outside Granny sitting, companion jobs. </p>
<p>Can you move in with your sister, or does she know someone that will take you in as an American au paar of sort? A live in baby sitter or granny sitter? Look at some au paar arrangement. Many of them include a paid community college course, and time off to take it and study. Pick a program that will get you a certificate in something that will get you a job, a directed type of program if you can find a taker.</p>