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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so exhausted every day: work, teens, their drama, house chores...None of it is fun. My teens are generally ok but rotten teen attitudes at times especially from ds, so any moment not spent at work is spent dealing with teen moods, schedule, cleaning, cooking. I hate it all and there is zero fun to my life. I feel like it is never ending.[/quote]

I found that I solved all of my problems when I became a SAHM.  Of course, I had to sacrifice my paycheck.[/quote]
I can see how this was true for you.  I had a 5 month gap between jobs 5 years ago.  It was probably the best time of my life.  I was able to be fully present for the kids, I worked out after school drop off, had time to properly meal plan, shop, and make dinner, the house was in order, planned and planted a garden... everything just ran really well and I wasn't exhausted all the time.  Alas, my family needs my income and my SAHM stint had to end.  Now I have to cram all of that stuff into the hours before 8 am or after 6 pm.  It's a lot.

OP, you need to find some sort of joy amidst the grind.  What is something you look forward to or makes you happy?  You need to find a way to work those things into your everyday life.  If you are able to downshift at work (and can take the economic hit), do that.  If not, get your kids to step up more.  Lower your standards of what is "good enough" (I know I have).  [/quote]

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