My wife and I moved back to her home country to have our baby (better healthcare, quality of living etc) my plan was to retrain / focus on starting a business but that hasn't really happened much since our son is demanding and I keep going back for work to earn money whilst she's on maternity pay.

I know this is a temporary stage but I often get frustrated that I can't knuckle down and really focus on it as the sooner I get things moving the sooner it'll be beneficial for my family. My wife is soon to be back at work and I'll be the main parent for around 5 months as he's too young for nursery. The childcare part I'm fine with, the lack of freetime to focus on a career I'm not.

Anyone been in a similar situation?

Additional context: my work experience is pretty broad and I don't yet speak the native language (I'm slowly learning). Financially we're ok but will need to live pretty modestly until I've get a job and some income.


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