Just wanted to share for anyone in the same position, or thinking about starting a course-
When I was pregnant my child’s father was not a nice person. Of the many, many things he did, cheating on me with multiple women was probably the hardest thing to cope with. We’d been trying for a baby for nearly two years and when I eventually became pregnant he accused me of ‘it’ not being his, and told people I had tricked him. He left me unable to pay for a flat, working a part time dead-end job with no savings or support. I didn’t have a close relationship with my family at the time and he even reached out to them to tell them I couldn’t cope with life never mind a child…
In the four years it’s taken me to complete this, I have raised a beautiful, kind and compassionate little person who has been my motivation for everything. I have worked largely full-time since the end of mat leave and I’ve increased my earning potential quite substantially. I have done this mostly by myself and having to deal with child’s father who never even bothered to acknowledge my hard work. Next year I’m applying to do my doctorate. I spent a very long time letting other people decide what I was capable of, or what I was allowed to do. It’s nice to prove people wrong.
Self-congratulating much? Yeah, totally. I’ve never been more proud in my life. Some times bad things happen and it’s feels like the end of the world, but it doesn’t have to be and you don’t have to let it ruin your future.