Alternative ways of life

[Boredbumhead]

Just asking for ideas and advice really. I am a single mum. I work full time in a full time job which is difficult and somewhat high pressure. I have two DC's aged 4 and 8. But I'm rapidly burning out. Something needs to change. I spend all day in office and feel me and the kids are disconnected from nature and exhausted. I keep watching Ben Fogels escape to the wild, and needing an escape. I can't keep doing the rat race and living for contentment around the corner. Just asking for advice. Help something. Perhaps I need to change career to something with more meaning and purpose. I don't have many friends and I don't have a support network, so I'm pretty isolated.

I had a stressful (but very rewarding) professional job for 50+ years. For 40 of them, I've lived on tidal waters on boats of various descriptions. My colleagues with young children did too. There is a good community on the water, and we helped each other out. The key is to find the right place. Countryside all round and resources nearby. I'm surrounded by beautiful countryside, with a good village school, green playground, shops that stay open each day, less than a mile away up the road and all sorts of schools and resources for children 3 miles up the other road. Just a few thoughts for you to ponder. Good luck.

I should have mentioned that I was near to fast motorways to get to London and major cities in the south east of the UK, and if they were blocked for any reason, there's always a connecting rail service nearby. These are still available now. I don't use any of them much as I have hobbies much nearer now!