I hear you on that whole self-talk "must not ask others for help" thing. Especially the government, for all the guilt and big brother that it invites.
Fwiw, some other people I know who primarily need financial assistance of varying kinds have set up PayPal accounts for themselves. This way, people can donate as much or as little as they'd like, somehow, PayPal cuts you a check (though personally I have no idea how), you cash it, and there you go.
The advantage there is that in future calls for help, you can just say "I'd like to make these pins, but I'll be needing some brass. If you feel inclined to contribute financially to this project, please donate to here (PayPal)."
And just from my own personal messed up history, I find that it helps to tell people what you've done with their cash. "I recieved $10 today; I now have all the brass I need to make the pins. Thank you." That sort of thing.
And finally, is your email address as posted in LiveJournal a valid way to reach you, for those of us who would be happy to help, but who would rather not discuss our help over the internet? -H...
"I hear you on that whole self-talk "must not ask others for help" thing."
Thanks. I think I needed to hear that someone else does that. I mean, knowing Ugol's Law, I knew I wasn't the only one (in fact, I suspect it's not rare), but it feels different hearing someone else say that.
I've already got a PayPal account (dglenn@radix.net), but I keep forgetting to mention it. Whoops. And that address (dglenn@radix.net) is my main email address. dglenn@livejournal.com works as well -- it forwards to my Radix address. (I keep forgetting how many people know me here but don't already know the rest of my online presence. Sorry.)
"And just from my own personal messed up history, I find that it helps to tell people what you've done with their cash."
*nod* I'll do that. One thing that'll be interesting is sorting out who appreciates being publically acknowledged and who wants to remain mostly (or entirely) anonymous.
Thanks for the response. I'm feeling a little fragile in the aftermath of posting that, and the feedback helps.
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Fwiw, some other people I know who primarily need financial assistance of varying kinds have set up PayPal accounts for themselves. This way, people can donate as much or as little as they'd like, somehow, PayPal cuts you a check (though personally I have no idea how), you cash it, and there you go.
The advantage there is that in future calls for help, you can just say "I'd like to make these pins, but I'll be needing some brass. If you feel inclined to contribute financially to this project, please donate to here (PayPal)."
And just from my own personal messed up history, I find that it helps to tell people what you've done with their cash. "I recieved $10 today; I now have all the brass I need to make the pins. Thank you." That sort of thing.
And finally, is your email address as posted in LiveJournal a valid way to reach you, for those of us who would be happy to help, but who would rather not discuss our help over the internet? -H...
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Thanks. I think I needed to hear that someone else does that. I mean, knowing Ugol's Law, I knew I wasn't the only one (in fact, I suspect it's not rare), but it feels different hearing someone else say that.
I've already got a PayPal account (dglenn@radix.net), but I keep forgetting to mention it. Whoops. And that address (dglenn@radix.net) is my main email address. dglenn@livejournal.com works as well -- it forwards to my Radix address. (I keep forgetting how many people know me here but don't already know the rest of my online presence. Sorry.)
"And just from my own personal messed up history, I find that it helps to tell people what you've done with their cash."
*nod* I'll do that. One thing that'll be interesting is sorting out who appreciates being publically acknowledged and who wants to remain mostly (or entirely) anonymous.
Thanks for the response. I'm feeling a little fragile in the aftermath of posting that, and the feedback helps.