On November 13, I submitted Part 1 of my latest blog titled "From Tiers to Tears." The title came to me after my initial attempt at Patreon, a website which helps bloggers, video gamers, and other entrepreneurs in social media, receive financial support from those that value their output. When you sign up for Patreon, one of the suggestions to receive assistance is to give back to your donators with "tiers" of rewards.
The process of coming up with those rewards was an effort in humility. I have nothing to give anyone that supports me other than my heart and promise not to let the diseases I live become an excuse for failure. Upon realizing how little I have, I started to cry. Hopelessness overtook me in the way in which I began to doubt everything about my life. The voices that discourage and prevent me from trying started to ring louder in my head.