Sick

[Tulua2]

Feel like I’m failing miserably since becoming a single parent after a horrific divorce

have 2 children one primary school other middle

i work a very manual job on minimum wage and i feel like I’m scraping by with the kids, not being able to afford them to go to extra curricular activities, being shattered on a night time so no fun for them, wanting to literally just put the duvet over my head each morning. They go to their dads one night a week so I do the housework and food shop then

I’m disorganised but have no motivation to get my arse into gear. I used to have a hobbie but gave it up due to time capacity

i vowed this term to be the organised on the ball mum yet here I am again, an exhausted mum trying to keep it all together

no maintenance as he has now got quite serious I’ll health

Sorry I don't have much advice but I didn't want to read and run!

You're not failing, it's not easy being a single parent but your kids will appreciate all that you do for them (if not yet, they will show it one day!)

Do you have anybody that can take them for a couple hours every so often so you can relax a wee bit or get back in to your hobby? Friends/family maybe?

The day that their Dad has them try and have even an hour for yourself to try and recharge. Go for a bath, watch a movie, get a takeaway- whatever helps you relax! Do the food shop online to save time on doing that so you can spend it doing something for yourself

Thankyou for your words. I never considered doing an online shop but I think that would help with time and money as I can be a lot more controlled with what I order 🫣

I don’t really have support with family but I think if I maybe bought a calendar and diary I could be more organised. I could maybe then make time on a Thursday to do my hobby again as I miss it and it was sort of the only thing I did for me

i frequently look at the job sites as I think if I had something that wasn’t so manual I would have more energy

I used to have quite a high up job but got made redundant then became a single parent so have been doing anything I can to make ends meet