You are right March, job hunting, number crunching and covid make an appauling mix!
Here's the thing; I am great at making monumentally bad decisions in life.
I trained as a teacher. Great job, no kids, own house, in control of own finances etc etc.
BUT then.. I start a long distance relatiosnship, have a baby, decided to quit teaching job, no money, claim benefits, sell house, move south to north in new mans house, leave family behind, no job, have another baby, still no job, about to return to teaching, get breast cancer, even more time out of employment, recover from BC, in and out of employment, have to use house sale money for essentials, find a TA job, no stress, it's okay. Oh but it ISN'T okay because if necessary I cannot afford to live on my own again!
That is essentially the last 15 years of my life March..
I am an expert at making bad decisons! So, aged 51, I now need to be making the right decisions in life.
That link looks interesting and as long as I am paying into a pension pot of some kind, I will be happy.
HOW do I stop dwelling on the last 15 years of screw ups?
The issue now is, that my parents are getting older and I am miles away. One thought is to try and sell the house and move further south when our son who is currently 14.5, finishes school. But then, what if he doesn't want to move?
C.C we are in a similar predicament then. What would you like to do??
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How long have you been there?