I've been back at work after I had my 2nd DD for 2 years now. Ever since I went back I've struggled with my health (depression and anxiety, and now something else too which has yet to be diagnosed) which has seriously affected my ability to do my job.
My company are now starting formal capability procedures against me, and it's making me re-assess my priorities.
I've realised that 4 days a week of just trying to get everyone to the end of the day so they'll be ready for the next one, followed by a 3 day weekend made up of recovering from and preparing for those 4 days is making me really unhappy.
Unfortunately I can't afford to give up work altogether. My youngest will start pre-school in January and I'd love to find something that I can do which would fit in with this so I don't have to pay crippling childcare costs anymore.
That leaves me with a few problems, though:
a) I don't know what I want to do
b) I need to earn £7k a year minimum (net) for basically working 4 hours a day, 3 days a week, term time only
c) I'm not sure I can make it til January in my current job without either being sacked or having breakdown
I'm really at a loss as to what to do and want to cry whenever I think about it so I try not to think about it at all. Obviously that's not helping because I need to deal with it or nothing will change.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.