Being a single parent comes with a lot of stress. One of my stressors is the fact that I can’t take risks. Specifically with work. I can’t stand up for myself because I may be fired. I can’t just drop everything and chase a dream because what if it doesn’t pay? Everything has to be calculated and put through risk assessment. I live paycheck to paycheck and I’m stuck because I can’t take the leap. If I fall I may lose it all. Does anyone else feel this way?
I could not start with the study I was offered that could lift me up in my job. I just didn’t had the time left to do that. I am so happy with my work becouse together we made a good deal. I dropped one day at work but split it about two middays. I work every day but on monday and tuesday I can pick up the kids from school. I had my own coaching company but had to drop that becouse it could not combine. I am scared to get in a fight with my ex so I do calculate what to say and not to say. My dreams have to be on hold but I do also think you can combine dreams with single parent but you need Some help sometimes.
I had to give up my dream job because the schedule demands didnt fit with single parenting. I’m still in the fog of trying to figure it all out so I haven’t gotten to the point yet of considering risks and how they would impact my situation. But I totally understand that feeling of being stuck.
I can empathize with you. I closed a growing business that was ready to expand. Just dropped it because I couldn’t be there. It’s crazy watching everything you created go up in smoke.
@Single Parent Society I’m so sorry that you had to do that. I can’t imagine what that was like for you. There so many ripples that I don’t even know to consider until they hit.
Yea, it’s wild but if you did it once you can do it again. Annoying but worth it.
I'm a lot more grounded now that I'm a single mum - I've got a job that fits perfectly with the type of parent I always wanted to be (I work at my kids school as a teacher aide) but the pay is low. My challenge is to stay in the moment, enjoy what I have because it's awesome, and not lose myself to worries about the future. The old me used to think I needed to "be more" but now it know better.