I'm sick of being too poor to afford some "FFS" and get my body to reflect how I feel inside. Even though it's minor in comparison to the starvation and the suffering of the world, there's people who have money to afford everything. Even if I never do hormones, or breast augmentation, or even "transition" I guess I see the FFS as the most important part of transition, since I don't see myself truly living until I have a nose job. The nose is the most important, next to the brow bridge, then the chin, and an eyelift, and then dermabrasion.
Beauty isn't too important, but I guess to me it's the most important "materialist" object to achieve. I am going to save money for a few years and then pay for some surgeries one day... but waiting is hard. I wish I had 40 k to do this all, but I'm going through college right now.... I guess my life could be worse and I'm too vain.
How do you guys deal with having no money to afford surgeries?
I have no money to afford it. All I do is try to make the money to afford it things. Right now I don't make even close to what I need to.
However, there are plenty of ways to make more money. Education, certifications, experience, etc all of these things can get you more money. If I work hard towards my goals and make no excuses to myself, I believe I can accomplish anything.
The one thing that you probably can't do without though, is time to actually make the money.
I try hard not to think about the parts of the journey I cannot afford. It gets me down too much. Instead, I just try to enjoy every minute I can with those friends of mine who know and accept. Feeling like you belong, even if just with a few friends in someone's home, can be a wonderful morale booster.
Quote from: Dana_H on July 24, 2011, 05:53:17 PM
I try hard not to think about the parts of the journey I cannot afford. It gets me down too much. Instead, I just try to enjoy every minute I can with those friends of mine who know and accept. Feeling like you belong, even if just with a few friends in someone's home, can be a wonderful morale booster.
I feel the same way. I still can't find a job, I'm barely making any money selling the things I make, and it doesn't look like it'll get better any time soon. Ben keeps talking about setting up a CD and just pouring any extra money we've got into it, but that still feels like it's an eternity away, which is...agonizing right now, when I'm sweating my ass off under binders that still don't do enough. But coming home, or waking up, to a house with people who know me for who I am, and still love me, makes it tolerable. I'd lose my mind if I didn't have these guys.