Gap Year: What do you suggest I do?

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shalomandme

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I'm due to take an unplanned gap year this coming January.

Needless to say, this has left me very stressed. Trying to find a housemate replacement is not going so well so far too. One person has shown interest but I have not heard from them so far.

- I have a part-time job and a potential promotion (interview takes place this week)

- I also do work with a political party which will help to open several doors.

Thing is, my student loan stops in January. My parttime monthly pay is directly equal to my monthly rent.

I don't mind moving home but I don't think I can handle the stress of living at home. My mum and dad are a lot to handle. (Financially and emotional) I don't also want my mum to remind me of how I failed or stop me from travelling. I want this year our to be an experience. However, £400 to pay rent when I can save it at home.

What do you suggest? X x
 
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shalomandme

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Anyone?!!!
 
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gley

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hmmm...for practical reason, i think you should come back home and settle things first with your mom and dad. then start planning for your career and studies, i think it will be a lot easier coz you have your family to support you emotionally and spiritually.
 
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shalomandme

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gley said:
hmmm...for practical reason, i think you should come back home and settle things first with your mom and dad. then start planning for your career and studies, i think it will be a lot easier coz you have your family to support you emotionally and spiritually.
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Yes but my mother makes me want to kill myself. It is because of her and my father I am in this position!
 
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megroses

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I know that living at home after you have been on your own can be rough. I went away for school for 2 years but had to transfer home because the university I was at was BEYOND expensive. I lived at home for my last 2 years of school, and have been graduated for over 2 years now but still have to live at home. Due to my student loan payments being so high I can't really afford to live on my own and make my loan payments. Living under my parents roof still is super hard, but financially it's the smart thing to do. Really it's a situation where you have to take it to God and see where He leads you.
 
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StandStrong

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Phillipians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
I was praying earlier today about a situation between myself and my in laws, who greatly despise me btw, and after i prayed i was kind of fumbling in the bible looking for the passage that talks about the sea of forgetfulness when i came across the one i posted above. Basically at the end of the verse paul is saying that he makes a conscious effort to forget the past and strive for a better future. then i sent my mother in law a text that roughly said this, "I am willing to work on mending broken bridges if you are, but for this to work we have to find common ground." I fell that the first thing to do in mending broken bridges is to forget the transgressions each has caused to the other. I know this is easier said then done most times but sometimes we have to be the bigger person and take the first step. In psalms 103 He also said that "I have cast your transgressions as far as the east is from the west" I believe that if God can love us enough to forget about our past sins that we should be able, through Him, to do the same one to another

Remember in this time of trial we are always here for you, as we are called to bear the burdens of our brothers and sisters in love and understanding.
 
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