What do you do for a living? /how do I achieve work/life-balance?

[Alexis]

I was a stay at home mother for many years but did start volunteer work at a charity/thrift (we call them op-shops in Australia) for a few years. Until recently I really enjoyed it and found it fulfilling, despite only really getting welfare money to live on. I got a part time job at a restaurant and was able to do both for about a year, but management changed at the charity/thrift shop and I was assigned to work alongside with someone who had an alcohol problem. I wasn't happy with this new energy, from the moody new manager and the alcoholic, I found it depressing to come in so I decided to leave. The free time I have now, I'm going to spend on bettering myself. Meditation and going to gym. I think at some point I may consider doing volunteer work again, but for now I need to focus on myself.