I was married for 6 years, I found myself in a marriage where I stayed after being cheated on, he would go clubbing when I worked late or night shifts, I would come home to him drunk, he would often ignore me for his video games and on top of it all he controlled all my money, my entire paycheck would go to him and I earned a lot more than him.

Though to be fair I didn't know of FDS but I got fed up. My parents were concerned after I got a phone call where they could hear him yelling at me for spending $30 on an exam to get my driving licence.

But since that day I left I have done a lot. I left in early 2019

  • I moved to the outback Australia (I am Australian) to work in rural and remote nursing
  • Out there I made the switch from general medical nurse to scrub and scout nurse
  • I made new life long friends
  • I got my licence and lived on my own for the 1st time and controlled all my own money
  • I traveled to Europe for the 1st time in 10 years!
  • I applied and got a job in London UK with full paid relocation
  • I worked over time during the Australian Bush fires to help my fellow Aussies (nursing)
  • I traveled to Tasmania on my own as I had never been
  • Relocated to London
  • All new job in cardiac nursing
  • started a new job just before a global pandemic hit.... And it hit London hard
  • Got said virus myself and survived on my own!
  • Met a HVM in the process of being sick (he would drop of food, blankets, pillows for me at my door when I was ill)
  • Turned 30 surrounded by all the amazing people I have met here in London
  • Finally getting the chance to travel around the UK as lockdown eases including going to Northern Ireland in 2 weeks

The point of this post is to show I am living my best life! I have done more in these 18 months than I did in a 10 year relationship!

You're not too old! You can do this! It DOES get better!

When you drop the dead weight you will fly!