Please to be giving this moneys

[batskeets]

I'm taking a moment to tell you about drjeff's Kickstarter project: A How-To Guide for Therapy Clients. I really want you to throw money at this project, for several reasons:

• It's an important topic that nobody's talking about. I briefly tried therapy back in 2006, and gave up on it, because I didn't see how it was helping me. The real reason, however, was that I hadn't found the right therapist, I wasn't patient enough, and I didn't go in with the right mindset. When I tried it again (successfully) in 2009, I finally understood why it didn't work the first time, but only because I found the right person (a wonderful LCSW) who knew how to guide me and explain it to me, and because I refused to give up.
  
  Even now that I'm out of therapy, I still can't help thinking that, if I'd known all of the ins and outs of finding and working with the right therapist--the information drjeff will be sharing in his book--maybe I'd have succeeded at therapy the first time, and saved myself a lot of pain and heartache.
  
  
• It's a project that he's passionate about and expert in, and it'll mean a better life for him. He does good work helping people every day, and he loves doing it. But, it's not exactly high-paying work. Making this e-book project happen would be a wonderful way to keep him doing the important work that he loves doing, while also making life better for him and his family.
  
  
• It's a project he's chosen me to design and build. He's putting the words to pages, but he knows that he needs a professional-looking book, and a pro-stylie web site to stand out, and he'll be using some of the Kickstarter fund to hire me to do that work. He's also respectful enough to know what I'm worth, and is endeavoring to pay that rate without hesitation. So, yes, my livelihood is invested in this, too.

So, yeah, here's my plea to donate to the project  and make it happen. If the project doesn't make its goal, then it gets ZERO funding, so if you have a few bucks, throw it in today. <3

Comments

[uberjackalope.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've seen you post about this on ye olde Facebook a few times now, but I have been lazy and overwhelmed by charity requests lately, so I admit I had not clicked on it before. But now that you've drawn my attention to it again and I've realized you're actually going to be involved with the project, I'm definitely going to try to kick in a few bucks before the deadline! Do you know if Jeff needs an editor? (I'm not looking for a paid project necessarily; this is just a topic I'm personally interested in as well and I think it could be fun to work on something totally different than the stuff I edit in my daytime job.)

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! I super-appreciate your donation. :) I have no idea if he's looking for editorial help, but I can certainly mention it to him. Woo!

[uberjackalope.livejournal.com]

Okay--donation done! It's not much, but I hope it helps Jeff reach his goal by the deadline.

Please do let me know if he's interested in any editorial help--I'd be happy to do what I can, even if he just wants a quick copy-edit before putting it online!