If you are a woman and you are also a single mother, you may think that you don't have time for anything. This can make you feel unhappy, depressed, anxious about your life, and so on. If you are also a worker, now you may feel these more intense feelings. You may have many responsibilities a day in addition to moving your house and your children forward.
Maybe when night comes you feel like you can't take it anymore, that the day has passed too quickly and even that you have hours to go. Maybe when you were married or if you have not had a partner, before having children, everything was easier. You may feel like you don't even have friends you can turn to when you really need help. on your homework or when you want to relax and take a break.
If you try to control everything that happens in your life without the help of other people, you will feel overwhelmed and without strength most of the time. Possibly all the responsibilities that you have have kept you from having time for yourself and from finding time to socialize, to make friends OR to keep them that you already have.
The importance of friendship
Maybe making friends after a divorce or when you have so many responsibilities can be especially difficult. When do you find the time to hang out with like-minded people? Where do you find them? How do you open up and establish an honest friendship around your circumstances? How can you feel like yourself again after a great transition in your life?
Making friends is a vital component of self-care. Just like you need to take care of your body by exercising, you need to take care of your emotions by investing time in your interpersonal relationships. People often overlook friendship as a component of personal care. We cannot afford to overlook this because relationships are the key indicator of long-term happiness. When we don't have time to make new friends, we run the risk of being unhappy, of being depressed and anxious in our lives. That is not a pleasant way to live ... And you don't have to live this way.
Make friends as a single mother
The biggest mistake single parents make when trying to make new friends is talking about their problems. To have close, meaningful and trustworthy friendships, the people you surround yourself with have to feel good around you. You will have to feel accepted. You don't have to be liked by everyone but you can have real friends with me even if they are few.
You must remember that it is about quality over quantity. Relationships are not about how many friends you have on social media… The key is to start taking an interest in other people. In this way people start to take an interest in you. The mutual interest you develop between yourself and others will turn into meaningful conversations that will later lead to coffee dates, parties, weekend trips, and movie nights. Soon you will have a small group of close friends who will text you to verify your presence and you will feel great!