Anyone else swimming against the tide?

[SimplyMum]

Hello all,

So, I work 4 days and study for 1 day and 2 nights. I live on my own (am single parent) and my car keeps breaking down. I'm on such a tight budget at the moment that I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to buy milk next week!

But I feel like I'm swimming against the tide. Like, I'm not doing the norm (to go on benefits and be a SAHM) and I feel like the world is trying to tell me to stop trying to be better and just conform to how it is 'supposed' to be!

I'M TRYING TO GO FORWARD HERE- STOP PUSHING ME BACK!

Added to this- I don't like the person I'm becoming. I'm getting more and more cynister and nasty. I find myself critisizing people for all kinds of things- I never used to be like this and I don't like it.

[2sweetgirls]

:hugs: Being a parents is really tough, being a sinlge parent i can only begin to imagine.

I understand the overwhelming feeling to strive and get ahead, but maybe you need to stop and slow down a little, there is no running out of time.

Not having enough money is a tough one, I know that feeling well, I hope that you have some good support around you.

Try not to be too hard on yourself. you will get there, dont be scared to ask for help.

[silvercat]

Yes Extraordinary,I am swimming against the tide also.Some times I feel like just giving up,as to be honest I think it would be much easier in the short term,and going on benefits etc.I survive the knocks and the sheer hard work of it by keeping my eye on that point in the future when my son will be that little bit older,and it will all be that little bit easier,and I wont have left myself out of the job market so long that getting back into paid employment a real issue.End result,a better life(I hope).:fingerscrossed: