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Originally Posted by LearningMe01
Honestly, lately I've described my life as a "black hole". It's the same thing every single day.My child is absolutely beautiful and I'm so glad I had him, but I'm finding it SO hard to find a balance between taking care of him, and taking care of me. There aren't enough hours in the day. I'm currently a "stay at home Mom." (not by choice) This is not the life I was designed for. I feel like I was meant to do something "big" , I just don't know what that thing is. He's a year old now, and I would be okay with sending him to daycare while I worked, but our income doesn't allow that. So here I sit. Wasting away. This is not how my life was supposed to go....I believe there is a way to change it, or make things better....I just can't seem to take any steps in that direction. I don't even know where to start. I'm so lost, and so stuck.
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How long, will it be, before you'd be able to return to the workforce? I wouldn't call the infancy years, boredom, but I would refer to it, as monotonous, at times. Stuck, is a word I have, at times found myself using, when I was once a stay at home mom, I was with three little ones, and for a couple of months, changing three sets of diapers.
It's easy to start feeling disconnected from the life one, used to know. And it many ways, it can be career stagnating, and frankly, that's a fear for anyone with ambitions and intelligence.
What about a co-op daycare, where you can volunteer for a fraction of the full price? Or, even finding time, to read, research, connect online with other stay at home moms? Learn some new skills, while you bide your time, waiting for the day, you can find out what you'd like to do with your career life?
And, have you seen a doctor, about how you are feeling?
