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These last couple weeks have been hard, stressful, exhausting, I’ve struggled to put food on the table and gas in my car. But I have also had some moments that were simply breathtaking, happy, blissful and carefree.
You see almost 3 weeks ago I walked out of my job. I was already feeling unhappy and dreading the 45 minute drive to work and the next 10 hours a day driving all night. It was wearing heavy on me and for a couple of months I had been thinking of leaving. I had even started putting applications in all over the place in closer locations.
But that day a couple weeks ago, the ball dropped and I left and didn’t look back. I called my parents and started working for them. But I couldn’t start until they came back from vacation. And that was 8 days. So I did what I knew to do and door dashed. But in my area unless you are too dasher, there’s not many orders to go around. So I’ve had many days where I was struggling to put gas in the car just so I could do it again. It’s definitely not gonna make me rich but at least it gave me a few dollars each day to feed my kids. I know my struggles are far from over but at least today I can breathe and just see a glimmer at the end of this wild and ever long tunnel.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!! And as always thanks for reading.
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