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Diary entries cover a variety of topics, some of which you may find triggering. These topics include self-harm, suicide and domestic violence.
9 Jul 2023
Diary

Roxy N

Really upset today, Sunday and what does my son get for tea the majority of a tin of beans, while most others get to have a Sunday dinner, feeling like a failure and worry about what to do rest of week as there’s no food not even any bread not that I could toast it for him anyway the toaster broke a few week ago and I can’t afford to replace it when I can’t even afford to buy food. One last toilet roll to last until Friday, this is the life of a single mum who works full time, it’s beyond a joke and to top it off I got a email from gas and elec to say it’s going down but as I’ve got a budget plan (where I pay the same amount each month to build credit for winter) my price won’t change until the annual review which I’ve just had so another year of paying £210 per month, do I stop paying but can we live if it gets cut off, I work from home a lot too so I need it, but I’m also not earning enough to live anyway

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Changing Realities (2023), Roxy N. https://changingrealities.org/e/X4Sdb (09 Jul 2023)
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