Lurch from one disaster to another?

[newbathroom]

Ok disaster may be exaggerating a lot but do you ever feel as if you sort one problem out for another to rear it's head? Honestly I feel as if this happens all the time to me ☹️

I used to feel like this and I had a lovely childminder who used to say ‘That’s family life’ and she was right.

It took the heat out of it. Everyone is dealing with lots of things every day. That’s family life.

Is that you, Boris?

I feel like that a lot. My DC are all grown up but I’ve had a week of stuff in the house needing fixing/replacing.
I had a day off yesterday and spent the whole day trying to sort all sorts of things. There always seems to be something but some weeks are worse than others.

Yep! Always got some sort of drama/issue that comes up

I used to and it wasn’t good. But, it’s only a disaster if you make it that way. Having watched a fellow mum deal with a disaster calmly, efficiently and with empathy and humour I’ve decided to do better. We had a disaster last week- I took the necessary action (ongoing) put a smile on and refused to feel sorry for myself at all. Focus on the positive, do what you can to deal with the problem and be determined not to see it as a disaster but a challenge you dealt with brilliantly. For me, that’s the difference between sinking into low thoughts and coping.

None of my stuff this week was a ‘disaster’ as such but I do think there’s a cumulative effect and it feels like everything is a disaster as a whole and you just wonder what’s next.

@SouthOfFrance

Is that you, Boris?

Definitely and I don't agree that everyone has their fair share of shit either ! I know people with amazing lifes where nothing ever seems to go wrong.

I don’t agree, I saw a talk before and a woman said ‘hands up if you have been affected by bereavement, abuse, miscarriage, debt, divorce, illness etc.’ Listed loads of things. And there was hardly a anyone without a hand up. She said a lot of resilient people know this, that everyone is dealing with difficult stuff at some stage. Knowing that is really helpful for building resilience.