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Where will the Money Come From?

1. Win a lottery. (Little chance.)

2. Receive an inheritance. (No chance.)

3. Book Sales (None of my books are selling. I need cover designs, copyright registration and ISBN numbers to get them on Amazon.)

4. Public Relations Consulting (There doesn't seem to be a need for PR services in my area... but there are other states and other countries.)

5. Negotiating Speaker Contracts for a fee or commission (Nothing yet. Speakers expect me to go out and find them paying gigs. That's not what I advocate.)

6. Money Recovery (I send out letters to people who owe me $ and they ignore me.)

7. Social Security/Totalization Program between US and Canada (I've applied with all the necessary documents, but I've been ignored for more than 18 months.)

8. Supplemental Security Income (SSI, I have a telephone interview in late March. Fourth time maybe the charm.)

9. Estate Sale (This brings me less than $100 a month)

10. Class Action Suits (I've applied for several - small amounts - but I don't expect much of a response.)

11. Rent out my condo. (This would not be cost-effective and I would lose money as I'd have to rent storage space for my things and would have nowhere to live.)

12. Corporate Sponsors (I will work on this for large sponsors.)

13. Patrons See my GoFundMe Campaign: https://gofund.me5fb9136d

14. Affiliate Programs (I have had my savings account with Ally Bank, an online-only bank, since 2010. If you open bank accounts with Ally Bank you may find their interest rates are quite favorable. Here's my affiliate link: https://ally.com/referral?code=3X8B4Z5H2D )

15. Chores (In my community men get hired for chores; residents here don't want to hire a woman to do the work. And it wouldn't pay me enough.)

16. Voice-work (I'd like to do the kind of voiceover work I used to do: TV commercials, video narration, audio training programs for Bell Canada, etc.)

17. Speaking to Audiences (I haven't been offered payment to speak since I've returned to the US. I have offered to teach some classes for free here, but all were rejected.)

18. Grants (These are tricky to write and I don't have any experience.)

19. Kickstarter Campaign for my books (Later I plan to launch APlacetoWrite.org as a publishing house for books I publish. Patrons would receive finished books.)

20. Social Security (I need 13 more credits to be eligible. At this rate I will be 85, maybe.)

21. Reverse Mortgage (If I cash out my home's equity and spend it on my condo costs, I'll have nothing left to pay for my nursing home care when I need it.)

22. Win big on a game show. (If only there were big game shows nearby, not California.)

23. Offer my bedroom to a traveling nurse or other health professional for 90 days, and hope my condo board doesn't kill the deal.)

24. Book editing. I'm a good copy editor, correcting missing punctuation, misspelled words, poor sentence structure, and I check facts.

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Turn Adversity Into Adventure... from hermit to digital nomad