What a great idea to start a non-profit to help people with mental health issues with career-building.

I have many of the same problems you have; of big gaps in my employment history. I have had a lot of different jobs because of depression and dealing with past abuse as a kid, not getting a fair start in life, having a spotty educational background, etc.

I also have a hard time getting recommendation letters because I work at places for a short time and have to quit after a bit because of mental health issues. I have one great reference but it is from 2016 and I don't feel like I can ask anyone for a reference lately.

I do get around some of these issues a bit by having an online freelance writing business that is sporadic.

I have had the site for a few years and have a lot of articles in my portfolio over the last few years. So I just put that down as my long-term job and fudge things a bit to make it look like I am OK. I have become a bit of a genius at getting hired for jobs and looking "normal" but then I have trouble staying with a job long-term because of low pay and boredom issues etc.

I really want to work from home and not have to deal with the anxiety of being around a lot of other people every day, so I have recently started learning web design more seriously after dabbling with it for years and thinking I wasn't smart enough to be a web developer.