My life is on the cusp of an enormous change as my ex-partner (of 13 years together and 3 years apart) finally moves out of our shared home. I might have been a single parent in name starting 3 years ago, but co-parenting whilst he’s still basically been in charge of all the money/bills/bin schedule has meant that I haven’t really had to face the reality of single parenthood. I am also soon to be a sole homeowner.
He moves out in t-minus 7 weeks and I am vacillating between a lot of joy/relief and abject terror that I’m going to mess up my children’s lives by not being able to cope — especially with finances. For context, I am Autistic w/ADHD and have a history of not being great with money management and had problems with debt that I eventually resolved but I am honestly so scared I’ll mess up again, bury my head and I’ll lose custody as they go to the more stable parent (who makes a lot more money than me).
The stakes feel extremely high and I’m panicking/carastrophising and that’s okay, but I’d really like to work on encouraging those panicking parts to realise I can do this on my own.
I really really would love book suggestions to give me confidence. Books about people who made huge mistakes in the past but are stronger for it, or at least can cope with new challenges because they’ve learned not to fall into the same traps. Can be fiction or non-fiction but would love to get some recommendations please.
by DilatedPoreOfLara