Does anyone feel overwhelmed by life in general..?

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Cost of things, kids, looking for decent work, a mostly grumpy husband, trying to have some own/leisure/quality time, socialise/keep in touch...

I'm an introvert and have always struggled in certain jobs! I'm stay at home to a 6 year old son, have worked part time for few years, but it didn't work out, now looking for work that pay's decent..

I get anxiety and am generally not enjoying life right now.. always searching for something to change/better myself, my family.. it's exhausting..

What would your ideal life look like? What do you want from life?

Are there any small changes you can make now whilst working on future goals?

Also should add the constant house tidying, cooking and not seeing old friends feeling bit shit - life feels heavy but I’m always supposed to be happy and grateful

Do mums ever get a proper break where they can switch off entirely..? We have no support always me and husband

You don't always have to be happy and grateful you are not a robot.

Life is a grind sometimes.

Can you split up your time right now.
For example: after morning school run spend an hour doing household jobs, an hour dedicated to job hunting, then have an hour doing what you would like to do.

Then you tick all your boxes and carve some time out for yourself as well.

If you can start to accept that some changes or bettering are just impossible, been marketed to us all via SM as achievable if only you paid money to buy or do this then your life will be better. It's smoke and mirrors.

Yep I hear you. Life can feel like a long hard slog at times and as an introvert I feel like I'm living in an extroverts world. So many expectations, it's difficult.

My DC are teens now and my world is shrinking because I don't feel like I've got the energy to maintain the life expected of me. I've stopped making an effort with wider family, I have just a couple of close friends now, I do the minimum I can get away with at work. I'm just slowly moving towards the quiet, simple life I want.

So my advice I guess is that you're in the thick of it at the moment but as your DC gets older, you will get some time and head space to yourself.