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People acting like being isolated is something new, don& #39;t know what to do with their extra time. There are people in the world like me who have to live like this 24/7/365, pandemic or not. I& #39;m tired of being silent so I& #39;ll tell you about my life.
I have a mental illness that prevents me from working a "traditional" job. This mental illness causes anger and stress at levels that an average person does not achieve. I& #39;ve been advised by doctors and therapists not to work jobs that would trigger this. Those being the likes of
retail, fast food, anything where customer interaction is involved. I have tried part-time work at food places before, it didn& #39;t work out. I either quit or got fired because I couldn& #39;t handle it. How do I support myself then?
Lack of work is where low income comes in. Obviously I& #39;m not making money in this case. Unfortunately I am on government assisstance. It sucks, I don& #39;t like it, but that& #39;s my reality. Lack of money means I can& #39;t have my own car.
I can& #39;t buy or save for one or afford the insurance. I get exactly $783mo from the gov. Most of it goes to rent, bills, and other necessities. No car means I am stuck in my house most of my life. I can walk to anything withing walking distance.
I go outside or walk to the general store next door. Neither of those are exciting like the mall or having a job to support myself. Yes, my city has a very unreliable bus system that I& #39;ve wanted to use for years, been trying to figure it out how it works for years.
It is confusing, most of citizens of this city will you that. I& #39;ve needed help figuring it out. No one has stepped up to help because they don& #39;t understand it. For years it& #39;s been my mom who has taken me out to run errands instead. Recently my brother has been helping too.
I feel bad for having them help even though they don& #39;t mind. This is why I& #39;d love to use a bus. Anyway, with all of this I am stuck at home 90% of the time. I have discovered ways to pass time through the years. I learned to sew and other DIYs. My writing has improved.
I started youtube and became an internet personality and vo artist. While a lot of good has come out of this, my fincial life has suffered. I rarely make money from the creative things I do online. If you& #39;ve followed my voiceover and other youtube things for years,
it may look like I have money from it. I never have. I suffer financially. Being on gov assistance is lonely and depressing. It keeps you from doing the most simple of everyday things in the outside world. What I create online stem from keeping myself occupied, from boredom.
I would love to do everything on my own: grocery shopping, taking myself to doc. appointments, simply going to the bank, etc. everything that any adult does on their own. I can& #39;t! I have to wait for a relative to pick me up. Sometimes I wait days. This is my reality.
Back to my budget: When I find something that I really want I have to save for it. It& #39;s always a small thing. Sadly I can& #39;t save for a car, it would takes years with the little bit of money I get. Sometimes I am able to give myself something special.
There is a lot more detail to my life story. I would love to write it all on a blog. Next time you joke about being isolated during this pandemic please remember to keep it low key, remember this is a sad normal for some people with or without a global outbreak.
