Having working two jobs seven days a week for several months I was forced to quit my main job that I did during the week.
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Having working two jobs seven days a week for several months I was forced to quit my main job that I did during the week. I had started having mental breakdowns on the way home from work and panic attacks in the bathroom. I worked at a busy doctors office that was very short staffed and I felt like I was always overwhelmed with checking people in, checking insurances, the phone was ringing off the hook, people could be nasty and demanding and I sometimes had to go chase the busy doctors down. It was overwhelming and as a single mom I found myself coming home to a moody teenager and I often lost it on my poor kid who as it turns out was being bullied in school. So I had to end up cyber schooling him which is a challenge as he has ADHD. On my 40th birthday I made the decision that since I had money saved I needed to make a change. So last Friday was my last day at the doctors office and now I just have my weekend job of caring for my mom. I also have the job of making sure my son is attending his online classes and he loves having me home as I never got to see much of him while I was working. The problem is I don't know what to do with myself. I have been working practically non-stop since I was 15 years old. The only time I took a brief break was after my son was born. Now I find myself freaking out. As a journalist who once did it full time years ago and who still writes for a few sites now I have been trying to find a remote freelance writing job but I keep getting rejected. Does anyone have any advice on how to move on when you make such a big decision? Please no tearing me down. I need some uplifting advice.


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