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alice
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Hey kathryn
sounds like you’ve got so much racing around your mind at the moment! You sound pretty stressed. I know that you are really busy at the moment and have your family to think about but maybe finding an hour each week to spend some time just for yourself may help. Whether that’s an hour in the bath, an hour going for a walk or for a swim or even maybe going to the pictures on your own and catching a film? It may help you to destress a little bit!
I don’t know if you’re like me and do lists but I find they can help when you have so much to think about. Write a list of the things that need doing or a list of the things you need to pay for and how much it will be. Just a thought.
Oh my god listen to me doling out all this advice when my life isn’t particularly in anything other than a mess right now!
Can totally understand your worry about your son. he’s your boy and you want the best for him. Let us know how it goes with the pediatrician on friday.
You’re doing great with allowing time for the gambling urges to pass before acting on them. i think you’ve hit the nail on the head with the extra expenses of christmas coming up causing them. i know that when i worry about money gambling pops into my head. Makes no sense  in reality does it?!
You’re doing well. Tell yourself that each day because you do deserve to hear it.
Alice x"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." — Ralph Waldo Emerson