help Frankie recover from burnout!

My name is Frances Aveline Green, aka Natalie Tautou, or Frankie, for short. I'm a trans woman in her 30s who just quit her job after a long and difficult period of burnout.

As a care worker, I quickly found my work extremely triggering, requiring excessive amounts of emotional labor which proved ultimately unsustainable for me. Before this, I was working as a line cook. I burned out there as well, although the toll was more physical than psychological. Nevertheless, my working conditions were similarly unsustainable. I quit there because I was the only line cook who hadn't tested positive for COVID and was working by myself over several consecutive double shifts because the owner requested the COVID-positive employees to rest up to work our big New Year's Eve event, despite being sick. Needless to say this was infuriating, unsafe, and exhausting. I was in a dark place and drinking heavily to cope and decided ultimately quitting would be best for me.

Since this is my second time quitting work this year, I find myself in a precarious spot financially. I don't have a job lined up, and I don't have any money in savings. To be honest, I've made bad financial decisions in the past. As a mentally ill person I struggle with impulsivity under duress, which means I'm more or less wiped out at the present and in need of financial assistance.

I am asking for $2500 to cover expenses for the next couple of months while I recover from burnout and search for a new field of work. Hopefully this won't take longer than a couple months. I feel like this is a reasonable amount to ask for; for transparency's sake, my rent is $860/mo. I feel like $2500 would be adequate to keep bills paid, food in my fridge, and a roof over my head during this transitory period in my life. This would also give me some much-needed space to refocus my creative efforts as a writer. I plan to update donors when I am do pay rent, so I can hold myself accountable to using donations for the purposes I've stated above. Thank you for your time. <3