So I am wanting to raise some money to spend three months in Toronto, Canada, my SO's city, in hopes of finding an internship there. I will be participating through the SWAP program to get a visa to legally work there over the summer. It gives us a good chance to see how well we mesh together for a longer period than just a few days, all the while giving me control over the living situation so if things go sour, he can just go live with his parents again, and I won't be out of a place to stay while I'm there. (I HIGHLY doubt this would happen, as we seem to mesh together extremely well, and I love the bejeezus out of him, but I gotta be a realist here.) All the while, it gives me a good feeling of how the city works, as well as giving me experience in my career of choice.
While I would love to have a paid internship, there is always that chance that whatever I would get will be unpaid, so I need to ready myself accordingly. Yes, I do have a job currently, but it pays me maybe around $400-$500 a month, due to the fact that it's only a bit above minimum wage, and I am going to school full-time, so I don't have very much time to work. I do expect to be able to save around $2,800 from work from now until I plan to leave next year, and approximately $3,000 when taxes come around, due to education credits, and what I will get back from work. However, that leaves me at $5,800 saved, and I would ideally like to have around $7,000 on me when I leave.
So with needing to find some way to make $1,200 by May of next year, I pose this question... Does anyone know of some way to make money? I cannot donate plasma, due to my veins being too shallow, and I am very iffy about doing medical case studies just for the money, even though you get compensated very nicely. I dunno what I would do a fund-raiser for, and I highly doubt people would donate to me at all. I am an artist, and I am familiar with doing personal commissions for people, but with working and going to school full-time, I dunno how many I could take without being overloaded.
So, needless to say, I am at a loss. Anyone have any suggestions?
While I would love to have a paid internship, there is always that chance that whatever I would get will be unpaid, so I need to ready myself accordingly. Yes, I do have a job currently, but it pays me maybe around $400-$500 a month, due to the fact that it's only a bit above minimum wage, and I am going to school full-time, so I don't have very much time to work. I do expect to be able to save around $2,800 from work from now until I plan to leave next year, and approximately $3,000 when taxes come around, due to education credits, and what I will get back from work. However, that leaves me at $5,800 saved, and I would ideally like to have around $7,000 on me when I leave.
So with needing to find some way to make $1,200 by May of next year, I pose this question... Does anyone know of some way to make money? I cannot donate plasma, due to my veins being too shallow, and I am very iffy about doing medical case studies just for the money, even though you get compensated very nicely. I dunno what I would do a fund-raiser for, and I highly doubt people would donate to me at all. I am an artist, and I am familiar with doing personal commissions for people, but with working and going to school full-time, I dunno how many I could take without being overloaded.
So, needless to say, I am at a loss. Anyone have any suggestions?
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