FYI: Catchup and Help Keep My Blog Alive
Tuesday was a horrible day for me for several reasons:
- My girlfriend and I are separating, which means the custody of my daughter is going to be split into 3-4 day chunks. Going from nearly 24/7 to only 72/3 is going to be painful.
- I received an email from one of my clients saying he will have to suspend my contract because his hotel isn’t ready to open yet. That was a big blow to me, because I had given up another client in anticipation of having to spend a lot more time with this new one. After weeks of getting non-answers, not receiving the images and information I required, the first email I receive in a long time is the one saying they want to suspend everything.
- My domain and hosting accounts are up for renewal, and the combination of the two previous items means I am running short on being able to fund it. I have not been savvy enough to earn a lot of money through affiliate marketing to cover the expenses like I had originally planned last year.
These items are all rather embarrassing for me to admit, especially in such a public forum. There is a lot more I could write about the first item but I am real hesitant to do so. I worry that it will become more of a vent than anything of value. The second item is something I will write about. It has been the biggest hurdle with all of my clients – communication and the lack of it. The third item, well, I am stuck. That is why I am turning to the readership of this blog, to my Triberr members, and Twitter friends for help. I have seen the donation button on a lot of other websites, and the long product reviews telling people to purchase the product to help them out, but I have resisted doing such things on this site. I do not know whether this is a quality of being an introvert or not, but I have a real difficult time owning up to my mistakes and failures. Asking for donations is not something I want to do, but at this point, I have no other choice. I need $120.00 to pay for hosting (it’s for multiple sites for when I am ready to launch the business web site). At minimum, I need half of that in order to keep it afloat. Otherwise, the ship goes down for a while in hopes of re-surfacing at a later date. Worst comes to worst, I will open up a WordPress.com blog and keep going. Anything above and beyond the $120.00 I am asking for will either get divvied up between the donators or I will send it to Kiva. One final thing I will mention. With my daughter being away from me now for 3-4 days, I will have a lot more time to write on this blog, write comments on yours, and be more active in the community. Writing has always been and always be an outlet for me when coping with stress and depression. I am sure I will find renewed strength in writing again and rediscover my voice – hopefully, less snarky. I have made my case, and now it goes over to you to help me out. Thank you in advance to anyone that takes the time to donate.
Where is the link for making a donation?
Sorry for your multiple troubles; perhaps I help too.