Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try, you just can't get ahead or even keep up? 1 (28M) am a father of 2. Last year I lost my job. I did whatever jobs I could but eventually found a new one. It made $11/hr less than I was making but had unlimited overtime opportunities so I was planning on just taking 2 days off a month. Now they've cut me back to only 4 days a week. I can't afford to live. I've sold everything I had of any value. I've tried looking for other jobs or even part time work to no avail. I struggle to pay rent every single month and am barely affording groceries. I fell behind on bills so my credit is shot. I can't even get a loan. My daughters had shit birthdays. I have to continuously tell them no on even small things they want. have cut out wanting breakfast and lunch to try and save money. It just seems like no matter how hard I try, nothings good enough. I'm supposed to support my family and I'm failing. And it seems like I have no power to change it. All I can think is that my life insurance payout would help my girls out way more than I ever could. I know they'd miss me but they're still pretty young so I think they'd get over it pretty quick. I've never felt this low or useless in my life. I hate that I'm letting them down. I hate that their lives are shitty and it's my fault bc I can't do more. Thate having this constant stress of not being able to provide that I literally vomit. When I'm at work, I don't take breaks. I try to stay as busy as possible so I don't get the chance to stress about how I'm going to pay rent. I have 8 years as an industrial maintenance technician and I worked my ass off to learn everything i possibly could to be the best at what I do. Little did I know that it actually didn't mean shit. Hell target turned down my application to work there part time. TARGET. Im not sure what to do with my life. I don't know how to fix myself or the hole Im in. Has anyone else gone through this and somehow fixed it? If so, how'd you do it? How do you continue to go on?