[0:00]Hello YouTube. So if you're just finding
[0:03]this video randomly, this video is not
[0:05]for you. It's not personal. I'm just
[0:07]trying to save you some time here. This
[0:09]message is for my audience, for the
[0:10]people who actually know me, who've been
[0:12]following my life for the past
[0:14]year. Um because I have a request to
[0:16]make of
[0:17]them. I want to start by telling you
[0:19]what's going on with me. So today's my
[0:21]birthday. It's my 48th birthday. I'm
[0:24]super happy about this. Excited. I love
[0:26]birthdays and I just This is my 48th
[0:29]birthday. It's awesome. One year since I
[0:31]started my my journey of um different
[0:35]life, different
[0:37]lifestyle and you know it's a big moment
[0:40]for
[0:41]me. So
[0:43]I I have some good news. I'm going to be
[0:46]volunteering somewhere. It's going to
[0:48]take about a week before I can start
[0:50]though. Um there's a bunch of things I
[0:52]have to do. Um I've already met with the
[0:54]people. I've already just I've already
[0:57]um um explained everything that you know
[1:00]I've been doing here in Oregon. The
[1:02]things you know the other volunteering
[1:03]I've done all of that. So everything is
[1:05]good. Uh, I just got to um have to drive
[1:09]somewhere 90 miles away in order to um
[1:12]do a background check and
[1:16]um they get that back in two business
[1:18]days and then um very soon after that
[1:20]they can get me to the campgrounds and
[1:22]this is somewhere that I can volunteer
[1:24]for for um potentially years. It's a
[1:28]nice place. I'm going to love it there.
[1:30]I'm sure of this. It feels feels perfect
[1:33]for me. And because I'll be in a stable
[1:37]situation and I will be near um one of
[1:40]the bigger cities on the Oregon coast, I
[1:43]can look for work um locally, not just
[1:46]online. So, you know, I can find like a
[1:48]you know, a grocery store or a gas
[1:50]station, something like that to work
[1:51]where I can make extra money while I
[1:53]keep working on my um freelance business
[1:55]that I'm rebuilding, my programming
[1:57]business.
[1:59]Um, this is a path forward for me and
[2:04]I'm grateful and excited about this, but
[2:06]I have to navigate the next week and I
[2:10]have no money. Um, my um I I have to
[2:14]leave this campground tomorrow morning
[2:16]and I don't even have time to go looking
[2:18]for a place to scout because I have to
[2:20]drive 90 miles away to do this this last
[2:23]step for
[2:24]them. And I just need your help. I need
[2:27]$200. I have asked everyone I
[2:30]know. I have tried every path I can
[2:33]think of and this is the only one I have
[2:35]left. I would greatly appreciate it if
[2:37]you could help me. I'm going to leave a
[2:39]PayPal link in my description. Even if
[2:41]it's just $5, it helps. I've been asking
[2:45]for help for a couple of weeks because I
[2:47]knew the situation I was in and I've
[2:48]been trying to navigate this and you can
[2:51]see I'm making progress, but nobody's
[2:54]helping. And I think it's because they
[2:56]think that, you know, somebody else will
[2:58]and they won't. Other people are not
[3:00]going to help. One person out there is
[3:02]probably going to help
[3:05]me
[3:08]maybe.
[3:09]So, the way I'm framing this is even if
[3:13]it's just $5, if a handful of people
[3:15]send me that, it's going to help. It's
[3:17]$22 a night to stay at the campground
[3:20]I'm at, and I have to navigate one week.
[3:23]I cannot end up on the side of the road
[3:26]right now. It's just not going
[3:29]to it doesn't
[3:32]feel I will do it if I have to because
[3:35]that's life. I'm asking my audience
[3:37]please help me not have to be in that
[3:39]situation. I am very close and I need
[3:41]your
[3:42]help. Um I guess I'll just end by saying
[3:45]my subscription service is active again.
[3:47]So you can sign up for that if you want.
[3:48]I have nearly 700 videos of my life on
[3:50]there.
[3:52]Um, I'm going to keep sharing my life
[3:55]cuz this is year two now and it's I'm
[3:58]building new things in year two. I did a
[4:00]lot in year one. Very proud of myself
[4:04]and I see the momentum. I see the growth
[4:06]and I
[4:08]see I see really good things in my
[4:11]future and I hope you'll be there to
[4:13]witness it.