u/AdamCainErotica

I work over 50 hours a week and I’m still only just covering rent and basic food. No savings, no buffer, no real way forward. I work in childcare and other similar fields. I live in a high rent area but due to illness in my family can’t move. My dream is to one day have a garden but it seems a long way away.

I’m not sitting around doing nothing—I’m actively trying to improve my situation—but it feels like I’m running as hard as I can just to stand still. I do a day job five days a week, then two hours extra in the evening and have now started working weekends. The way the work is set up isn’t always as consistent as I’d like and I have no security for time off. One lot of flu from working so close with children and I’m in debt…

Working these extra hours has got me into a better place. I have got my credit card debt down to £1000 which is great for me, however this can change on a dime, wind blows wrong direction and I’m suddenly drowning.

I trying to develop another third income, I spend evenings writing erotic fiction, making things to sell online… I am trying so hard, but balancing it with my family’s illness, my own health, and my ridiculous working hours… I just struggle.

I don’t know if this is the right place to post, but I’m open to advice, resources, or anything that could help me move beyond just surviving. Also, it has just made me feel so good to lay this all out. I know I’m not in the worse situation in the entire world, but it eats away at me.

Age [30], is it too blown out? Is there anything I can do?

Am I doing this right? 😂 think boy needs a daddy’s helping hand… do they hang too low?