Jamie's Situation Is Unfortunate, but

Jamie's situation is unfortunate, but nonetheless common. She may feel that she is drowning in her personal issue because she doesn't see any relief in sight. However, with several applied techniques she can emerge from her situation feeling hopeful and ready to tackler her issues head on. By applying the proper time management, stress relieving and financial stability strategies, Jamie will come out on top. All that is needed on her part is a little guidance and perseverance.

Jamie is worried about finding a good balance between being a single parent, school and spending quality time with friends. In order to achieve the ideal balance for her situation, she should try tracking her time for several days to get an idea of how much time is being spent on each task that she sets out to accomplish. Once she finds out how much time is being spent with her son, with school and with friends and family, she can sit down and create a time log.

By doing this, she can decide how much time is spent on the things that she values most. The log should be precise, but not so inflexible that it cannot be tweaked or modified if something arises that she must take care of. By sticking to her time log, Jamie will get a lot accomplished and may even find that there is time left over for her. This is extremely important. In terms of reducing stress, the time log will be instrumental in helping Jamie to do this.

Once she is comfortable with her time log and has been faithful with sticking to it, she will more than likely find that there are some time slots where she can take time out to focus on her. This could be early in the morning before her son wakes up, or in the evenings after she has put him to bed. She could make use of exercise dvd's designed to reduce stress such as stretching techniques, yoga or deep mediation.

Since this would not require any gym membership fees, this would be ideal for her. She could also check out local programs at her park district which are free or low cost provided she can find a relative who doesn't mind babysitting for no fees. Jamie's husband was wise to leave an insurance policy for the family to take care of any immediate expenses, but she is realizing that she will need to find employment to in order to better make ends meet.

There are several avenues Jamie can take in order to bring more money into the home. First, she could register for eBay and then do an inventory of things she has in the home that she no longer needs or is using. It is said that one person's junk is another person's treasure. If she and her deceased husband both had MP3 players, for example, she could sell one since it will no longer be needed.

She may be surprised at the things she finds around the house that can be sold on eBay for a nice profit. In the long run, she will eventually need to find steady employment. She could always apply to be a student worker at the school she attends and work hours that coincide with the time her son is in school. There are other opportunities also, such as tutoring and work at home opportunities.

She could apply to be a research assistant for one of the professor at her college which wouldn't require her to come to an office every day since.