u/BrokenNoodle79

Happy weekend everyone, I truly hope it going well.

This is hopefully my final update for being homeless as I have made so much progress and will be housed in the next 2 weeks.

Thank you for all of the support, advice, positive vibes and prayers, through that and a lot of hard work and literal pain I believe I am back on life's track.

I start my new data job Monday, Yay me. I have found a private landlord that is working with me and deferring my first and last month rent until I get my first pay and is allowing me to fully move in with only a three hundred deposit, of which I am a third of the way toward. So worse case I am using planet fitness to shower, library to work and benches to snooze for only two more weeks. It has been a wild and rough ride.

I tried to do some "daily work" but unfortunately with my severe anemia I can't do physical labor jobs, but I gave it a shot anyway. I did get in contact with some local businesses that want/need some websites built as well as some marketing automations dn lead gen but so far, they are still in the thinking phase, all good, it takes time, but just one of them would allow me to move in sooner, so I'm still hopeful.

I just want to say that I am so amazed by the kindness of the people of St. Louis. We get a really bad wrap because of some bad apples in some bad areas but for the most part we are an amazing place to be from.

I hope that everyone here is having a blessed day and that you get all that you deserve from life. I'm hoping that someone in a similar position can take what I've done and learned and use it for themselves to get into a better position.

Thank you all and God Bless.

Update: First, thank you all for the kind messages and positive vibes. Thanks to a certain person I am already a third of the way to my deposit. Hopefully all goes well and I can find some work this week and maybe get into the place this weekend. I might try to do a job a bit more physical just to see if I can get away with it but also know my limits. Also if there is anyone reading that needs some tech work done, websites, algorithms, data, business automation, or AI that is my background so I would be happy to help.

Good morning everyone, I hope all is going well on this Monday!

A bit of an update, mostly good news. After all of the walking (55 miles worth) to hand in applications and all of the resumes sent out, I can now say it was all worth it. 119 total apps and resumes led to a handful of interviews and eventually an offer in healthcare data analytics, which is the field I enjoy the most.

I was notified today that I passed the background check, which was never a doubt, and my official start date is next Monday, so things are looking up. I managed to find a private landlord in the CWE that will use my employment contract as verification and even wait until my first check to collect the first and last month's rent. They also lowered the initial deposit from one thousand to three hundred just to be able to get me in sooner and I am so appreciative of that and will allow me to move in with just the deposit. It shows that there are still some really kind people out there. So, by my account, with pay period every two weeks, I only have about three weeks of planet fitness showers, library office hours and metro link bus stop bench sleeping left.

I'm going to spend the rest of this week that I can trying to find some daily work type jobs or freelance development gigs to get the deposit but so far am only finding heavy labor, but unfortunately in my condition I am unable to do. So, if anyone knows any week or day long temp work I can do to get the three hundred, please don't hesitate to throw it my way. I have been in and out of the hospital this last week for treatments but have Wi-Fi and my laptop so I can get as much done as possible.

This has been a truly rough and wild ride, and I thank all of those who have sent me inspiration and helped me along my way. I hope to one day pay it forward to someone who ends up in a similar situation.

I hope this journey can serve to help others in the same spot. Don't give in, don't give up and as long as you are motivated to help yourself, you will make it through.

Thanks everyone and God Bless!