Does anyone else feel it is all too much sometimes?

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I am going to have my first moan...and it goes against my better judgement because there are a lot of people worse off out there than me.
But does anyone else feel that they are on a rollarcoaster and can't get off, never have any time to yourself and totally knackered all the time? It cant be just me can it?
I love my horse dearly and would never ever consider giving up my horsey passion but I get so tired of all the running around trying to fit a full time job in with several part time ones too and doing the horse...I would not mind only he lives out 24/7 on hay and water...so why am I so tired all the time? Is it just the winter I wonder and it will all get better in the summer again...who knows.
Anyway I there are worse than me out there and I am sure I am not alone...so will stop moaning now!
Thanks for listening in text!!!
 

I decided it wasn't worth it, if you're so knackered that the rest of your life is affected something should give.

I decided to put work and career first - why should a hobbie come first to the extent that you're knackered and working so hard all the time? Not to mention the expense of horses. I'm young myself though so career is important.

Anyway I still have my horse but I stopped riding and moved her to a cheaper livery. She's a spoilt pet and I love having her but I'm not shattered, she doesn't take up all my time and I've got more money to spare.
 
i am always running from one thing to another my calendar is filling with vets and farriers along side school xmas concerts. i am so tired i fall into bed at night (poor hubby) but i would n't change it
 
I'm permanently knackered, insomnia not helping things much and there are times when I'm low I think "oh F**k it" but I know I'll not stop doing what I do, I've wanted to do this since I was a little girl and finally after years of toiling away in bloody awful jobs I can, so nothing will make me give it up now though there are times I think I've had enough!
 
Tell. Me. About. It. I am on DIY (but thanks to a lovely mate don't have to go up every evening as she gets horsey in and puts to bed for me) and have an hour's commute (each way) to an enjoyable, but very demanding, job. I get home at 6pm earliest, and need to think about going to bed around 8pm, 9pm absolute latest or I will oversleep my ridiculously early alarm. I am fiercely defensive of my free time which means friends get bored of me always turning them down. However, if something has to give, it will never, ever be the horse! I have a plan hatching to stash (instead of fritter) what money I can away, and investigate down-powering in the future. Just knowing I can do that some day is helping. I do know exactly how you feel - and I agree, life really is too short!
 
im only a teenager and i know how you feel! I Was on DIY,But now my yard owner put me on Part without upping the price:) but yer in a morning i get up go down there feed the neds then go 2 school then after school i go there and groom,ride what i can ect,and atm theres just a field with no floodlights so theres like a hour of light! argh its really bad but getting a arena soon.Its difficult but we all know,no atter what we say we wouldnt change how it is and the neds are alwyas worth it!!
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yep. horse on diy with no one to help. 3 year old toddler and own business and very demanding husband. argh!!!!! still for me the time with my horse is my only time of sanity!
 
Oh yes. I have 2 horse and 2 dogs, all of which have had to have vets to them in the last 3 months. On top a full time job and a long commute. One of my horses has had to stay over at the vets 3 times in the last 3 months, at 6 she has just been diagnosed with arthritis in both hock and all the joints below her left hock. I posted on ajn1610's thread. I took her to the Edinburgh vet school yesterday. Left the yard for 6am, 3 hour drive, full day at the vets, the lorry broke down so had to get towed at someone to pick horse up and finally got back at midnight. Vet has to come back out 6 more times to give her the injections she now needs, so will have to try and fit all that in as well!!!
 
YES!! Stupid high pressure job 2 hours commute away that I hate and which leaves me shattered. Today particularly bad as my largest customer went bust owing us money (company in question will be on the news this evening).

3 horses (mucked out and got in at night for me),

Also run a small business with a friend except she is long term sick but she doesn't want it to stop.

And I think i am losing the will to live.

Totally and utterly knackered and can't seem to get off the merry go round!!
 
I have one horse at home and have a 9 - 5.30 full time job. There are times as I get out of bed at 5.45 a.m to muck out and ride in the dark before work that I think I'd much rather stay in bed but once I'm on my horse and riding I'm fine. I just tell myself that its all worth it when I'm hunting and I have to do it all to be able to go hunting 3 times a fortnight. I also have the luxury now of only one horse to do when in my old job I did 8 horses on my own and it killed me and almost killed my passion for horses!! I keep reminding myself what a luxury having one horse only to do is!!
 
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I decided it wasn't worth it, if you're so knackered that the rest of your life is affected something should give.

I decided to put work and career first - why should a hobbie come first to the extent that you're knackered and working so hard all the time? Not to mention the expense of horses. I'm young myself though so career is important.

Anyway I still have my horse but I stopped riding and moved her to a cheaper livery. She's a spoilt pet and I love having her but I'm not shattered, she doesn't take up all my time and I've got more money to spare.

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Same here. I recently moved jobs, got a reasonable pay rise and because there's going to be a fair amount of travelling and staying away in this job, my horse has gone on to 7 day a week part livery (for which I get TO and BI every day, muck out, feeds and haylage paid for, made up and fed, rugs changed, grooming, feet pick out, walker mon to fri if I want, shavings inc). It's a bit of an extravagence and it was strange having someone else do my horse for the first couple of weeks, but my life is just so much easier now. When I was on DIY/assisted DIY I barely had time to ride with work and the rest of my life, whereas now I have time to ride.
 
I'm the same, have put one horse on 7 day livery which means all I have to do is ride and groom. The other is on grass livery and the YO hays for me.
Makes life so much easier, especially when you have quite a busy high stress job.
 
it is nice to know that I am not alone!. I run from main job to horses to weekend job and horses. and now I have just had a £500 + bill for the car ( where the hell is that money going to be found from)

I am now wondering if I should put two of the beasties on loan. Does anyone want a 16hh TB Mare and a 11.1 hh section a?
*sigh*
 
I know how you all feel, feeling particularly tired today as took horse to clear rounds last night to find it had been cancelled!! Like most of you have said the early starts & late nights are worth it. I love my horse & i love the time i spend with her, its my ME time, wouldn't change it for the world. However it would help if i won the lottery!!! : )
 
God do I know how you feel! I don't work so you'd think I had all the time in the world, but I have M.E. , a stuffed up back and awful problems with my Achilles tendon at the moment
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I can't ride as have gained way too much weight after a recent downturn in my health leading to less and less exercise and eating too much as I've been so fed up
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(really stupid!) My daughter and OH usually help but daughter has gone away to college and OH is working a ridiculous amount of hours to make up for me not working, he's really missing having the time to ride too poor love.

I really *couldn't* give up my horses though, I don't spend much time with people other than family as I get very muddled and am having a lot of problems with just holding down a conversation due to brain fog and people that don't know me well look at me as though I'm either stupid, drunk on drugs or all three lol. My horses are just there and accept me as I am.

I go down to the farm armed with drinks, mobile phone and sandwiches, do a bit, have a rest in the car and something to eat, then do a bit more but it is really difficult this time of the year and nothing gets done at home as I am just too wiped out when I get home. These last couple of weeks I had to really think hard about what to do about it but I just can't bear to part with them and live in hope of getting myself better and loosing enough weight to ride again.
 
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