Would you be my angel so I can once again be an angel to
others?
MY STORY IN A NUT SHELL
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about something?
Ask me.
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FAQ.
Read what
steps I'm taking
to move ahead.
For
years I was a sought-after consultant, speaker, writer
appearing often on national radio and television first as a
guest and later as co-host and host. (My income dropped
significantly when I met my future husband and rose
significantly when I finally left him.) But being able to
earn again I was in a position to spend money helping
people in need. I gave to others less fortunate rather than
save for my own emergency or retirement. I know, not smart,
but I didn't see myself as someone worthy of taking care of
or protecting. (I do now.)
Following a face-to-face home invasion, where I put the man
in jail who had been robbing my neighbors' homes, I was
suddenly and astonishingly the target of two hate campaigns
- possibly the result of senseless envy - which resulted in
piles of debt and homelessness... and my life changed
drastically. The full story is too long to post here (it
will be in the book), but I endured months of death
threats, years of being terrorized by neighbors, two law
suits, threats of violence with weapons, harassment and
bullying, loss of my constitutional rights and freedoms,
vandalism to personal property, substantial financial loss,
and an accumulation credit card debt in order to keep the
mortgage paid while being forbidden from earning income.
What do they say?
No good deed goes unpunished.
During these 12 years I continued to exercise what I call
"creative
generosity"
in spite of all the negativity around me and all the
hardship I was experiencing. You can read an example of one
of my "experiments"
which is an excerpt from my forthcoming book,
The Generosity Experiment.
For now I call it The Benefactor, and
it appears here courtesy of BuyMyMobileHome.org.
Being educated, intelligent, hardworking, optimistic, and
generous to a fault, I believed people would rally 'round
me in my time of need and would lend a hand to help me
start again. Instead I've been treated as if I were the
scum of the earth when I asked for help. Not financial help
so much as just kindness, generosity of
spirit.
Not all homeless people are alcoholics, drug addicts,
gamblers, mentally ill, lazy or lacking in good character.
I was none of those. But I was treated as if I were.
This is the van I lived in with my cat after losing my
home.
I've since changed the name Kindness to Generosity because
it's a more accurate description of my mission.
Most
of my long-time friends have dropped me, treating me as
though homelessness were
contagious.
It's not. For now I do have an apartment, and up till now
I've been on top of the rent and utilities as I've been
assisting my 89 year old father, but now that he is doing
better, I need to catch up and earn income to keep going. I
could use some cheerleaders...I encourage and appreciate
your support of my work. (I'm not lazy; I like to work.)
This web site is a journal about my holding onto
hope and
the efforts I make on a daily basis. I hope you will read
and witness my moving forward and my daily victories, even
the tiny ones. My goal is to simply become "successful"
enough to be financially independent again and eventually
help others bounce back. But this time, its me first and
others second.
Now I'm feisty and fighting to put my life back on track. I
have a few heroes to emulate, among them: Liz Murray,
author of
From Homeless to Harvard,
Debbie Reynolds, star
The Unsinkable Molly Brown,
who is no stranger to hardship herself. (And with the same
last name, how could I not be inspired?)
Here's
what I'm doing to rebuild my life and my financial
security.
1. Writing letters to recover money that is rightfully
mine.
2. Promoting the manuals, reports and handbooks
I've
written for marketing advice.
3. Promoting the affordable tip sheets, article reprints, and
booklets I
publish.
3. Promoting my consulting services
to
practitioners, practices, and partnerships.
4. Promoting my money recovery services to others who have
experienced losses.
5. Promoting my services as a home economist
(HandyAnde.com)
in my local community.
6. Promoting my services as a speaker on:
Money Recovery, Million Dollar Advice Empires, Creative
Generosity, traveling in the van that I lived in.
MY
"BAKER'S DOZEN" GOALS, IN SEQUENCE:
√ 1.
Eliminate from my life all the people who are
toxic,
cause me stress, waste my time, sabotage my efforts to
bounce back, expect free work, tell me to accept far less
money for my expertise and services than they are worth
(out of envy or contempt), and are not only non-supportive
of my goals, but are bullies. (Done! I have only 1 friend,
who is at a distance, remaining in my life.)
2.
Start taking care of myself:
eat healthier foods, exercise daily, get more sleep, lose
weight, find/sew flattering clothes.
3.
Recover money owed to me as
a result of unpaid work I've done (or work not done for me
that I paid for), or as a result of damage or loss
sustained because of people's carelessness, negligence or
unprofessional, unethical conduct.
4.
Begin to be visible again,
after having to hide from the public eye for my safety, by
doing radio and press interviews, and some public speaking.
(Not ready for television yet. That's how the death threats
started.)
5.
Start again to generate income from
my consulting, speaking, writing, publishing.
6.
Bring in enough income to cover my living expenses
every
month to eliminate the feeling of anxiety.
7. Put a
small emergency fund in
place for things like emergency medical/dental/veterinary
treatment or automobile repair so I won't be caught in a
panic.
8. Create a separate
fund to cover my upcoming health and dental expenses
which
are going to be expensive so I don't create more debt.
9. Pay off all my
past debts so
I can sleep at night.
10. Build a
one year emergency fund so
I can feel safe and secure while I write this book (working
title: The Generosity Experiment).
11. Create a separate
legal fund to handle complex cases,
and there may be several in the future.
12. Build a
substantial retirement fund by
age 67 so the interest alone will support me so I can
travel as a speaker, and when I can no longer work. (That's
only 7 years away.)
13. Create a
self-perpetuating foundation to assist any other
authors who
are forbidden to write and publish as I
was.
You are welcome to:
1.
Send me the money you *owe me. Here.
2.
Buy my books.
See the list.
3.
Retain my brain.
Here's how.
4.
Book me to speak.
See my topics.
5.
Fulfill a wish.
See my list.
6.
Offer me a writing assignment.
Questionnaire.
7.
Publish my news release in your blog, paper.
Here it is.
8.
Sponsor a web page.
Here's info.
9.
Sponsor my next book.
Here's how.
10.
Send me your kind encouragement. Contact me
* Or make a donation toward
any purpose you want to designate.