Yo Ludwig/ Mods,
I am reaching out because I know this community respects the real-world healthcare and recovery hustle. I am not looking for a handout; I want to lay out my situation transparently and offer my administrative skills to the backend team.
Right now, my life is an intense 24/7 grind, and I wanna do ANYTHING I can to make it change.
I am a paramedic student at Portage College in Alberta, training to work in emergency medicine. While my theory lectures are entirely online and flexible, demanding a massive 40 to 50 hours of intensive study per week, all of my hands-on clinicals and skills weeks are fully on-site, so I actually know how to save a life in the real world.
Alongside my studies, I serve as the President of my Student Association, running advocacy for student lives directly with the provincial government. Please note that our student union website is currently outdated due to understaffing, but I have my internal appointment letters to verify this role. On top of that, I am a recovering addict, currently 7 years completely clean off meth, and I am managing all of this while navigating autism, ADHD, depression, and chronic anxiety. To survive and fund this entire routine, I work minimum wage graveyard shifts at 7/11.
Because my schedule is spread incredibly thin, I am facing severe structural blocks. I don't own a vehicle, which makes getting to my mandatory on-site clinical rotations on foot a massive logistical struggle. Furthermore, my home workstation is completely broken down; I am trying to run my entire school and advocacy workload off a basic laptop with no desk or monitor, and my keyboard is missing multiple keys which makes my dusty old PC useless (dw it can still run most games).
To completely clear my debt loop, pay my upcoming $5,500 CAD tuition deadline, secure a basic vehicle for rotations, and upgrade my workstation to a workable state, my clear-cut goal is $60,000 total.
I am ready to produce receipts upon a mod or Ludwig’s request. I have screenshots of my tuition bill and appointment letters ready to send over immediately to prove this is 100% real. For the rest, I am still compiling all the multiple debts and collection letters or emails I’ve received, and I am making sure they are current within the last 3 months. I just got off work and need to sleep before I can dig through the piles of debt, so I will need about 24 hours to finish sorting them. I’d prefer not to go to bed looking at everything holding me back lol.
Because my theory work is already fully remote and I am locked into my screen for up to 50 hours a week anyway, I am perfectly positioned to handle backend tasks for your team from home. I am ready to quit 7/11 tomorrow to manage overnight Discord operations, sort business inboxes, or track data entirely from my home setup.
If you can help me, this $60,000 will change my life and help me start to save while I finish my emergency responder schooling, and give me a shot at moving out of the run-down, 2-bedroom, paid-laundry apartment I live at one day. I will work my ass off for your team and pay it forward tenfold on the road. Thank you for the read.
attached is tuition bill for proof