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When life takes a left turn; dealling with stress
Topic Started: Dec 12 2012, 03:06 AM (117 Views)
mackbolan
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What to do when life throws you a curve ball. This has been, to say the least, a trying year. To begin I am a 51 yr old married male (26 yrs) business owner(10 yrs )/manager, dual property owner, 3 cars in the driveway, parent (1 child ) , in other words life is grand or was. It began in April with the loss of a major contract dealing a hefty blow to my small business. In June my in-laws (whom we bought a house for) walked away from their lease leaving all the bills for us. While leaving they caused a considerable amount of damage to the house. When we reminded them of their financial obligations they blackmailed us (another story). 4 months later and $ 25k poorer the house is back in shape but vacant. In September, worried about my dwindly savings, I went back to work running a company I left 10 years prior. Although I am still, compared to others, in good shape financially the level of stress is wearing me down. The hardest pill to swallow is the abrupt change in my life, my daily routine. I left the company to strike out on my own for personal reasons, a chance to spend time with my daughter, to be a part of her daily routine. In the beginning I left my office and would get her from school (she was 7 at the time). Until this past September I picked her up almost everyday for 10 years. I am not the only one dealing with this abrupt change, she is also. To top it off someone rearended me out front of my house.
How do you put it behind you? How do you soldier on in the face of adversity? How do you forgive?
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