I just want to be free

I feel like a slave. I work an average of 70 hours a week, enduring disrespect, bowing my head, and constantly telling a team of fully grown adults to behave like adults. It’s Sunday night before work, and I just want to cry and scream at the thought of going back.

I’m only 23, and I have to bow my head and take the bullshit because I’m trying to secure my future. Most people my age are in college, but I’ve had to work for as long as I can remember because I just didn’t have that kind of situation at home.

It feels like I’m building my future not just for myself, but for my family — because we have no wealth, and inside, it’s so heavy to carry. It feels like I’m dragging chains just to make this happen. But if I don’t do it, then what? Nothing changes. The cycle just repeats.

I don’t want my kids to watch me struggle the way I watched my mother struggle — working two jobs and going to school just to support me on her own. That’s the only reason I keep pushing: to build some kind of foundation.

I’m tired, but I’m going to keep going.

Thank you for reading — I just needed to vent this out to real people.