Lucy was a very hardworking single mother of 3 who just recently ended her 5-year relationship with a boyfriend. Although it was tough at first for her, she didn’t let it break her down. She worked and worked endlessly to save up to rent an apartment for herself and her 3 kids. Lisa was the oldest of the 3 and she was the biggest help to her mother. She always helped her mother with her younger siblings. It was as if she was the second mother. She was attending her first year of college when the split happened and although it was a new beginning for her education wise, she knew a new chapter of her personal life was beginning as well. After they all moved out, she knew her mother was going to oversee paying everything on her own. So, she took the initiative to start working in order to help provide for her mother as well. She worked at various retail jobs that were hiring desperately. That’s where she went wrong. She worked at shitty retail jobs with low staff and horrible management. But she was in desperate need of money because the last thing she wanted was for her mother to struggle. Her mother was already going through a heartbreak with someone she thought she might get married to. So, she felt it was unfair to also add a financial struggle on top of that as well. Her first retail job was a seasonal position at a very busy low staffed Halloween store. She worked plenty of hours and since it was her first semester and first year of college as well, it all ended up being too much for her at one point which caused her to fail a class. Although she was able to make enough money to pay side bills, she wasn’t doing the best in school and on top of that, the job was too much for her mental health. One day she decided to quit, and she expressed her concerns with her mother. Her mother understood and was totally cool with Lisa making the choice she made. Months go by and her mother started to make jokes about Lisa being lazy and not wanting to work. To Lisa, she saw this as a sign to work again. But, before she did, she wanted to talk about it with her mother. So, they went out for lunch one day and Lisa brung up how she felt about the jokes her mom has been making. It quickly turned from a simple talk to an argument when her mother started saying how she was lazy and just didn’t want to do anything despite Lisa expressing the struggle with school and her mental. She decided to end the conversation quick and start looking for work again. She landed her second job at a retail department store that ended quickly when they wouldn’t give her enough hours. Again, Lisa expressed this issue with her mother, and she urged her to quit the job and find something else. The cycle was, her mother was supportive of quitting when things went south with a job Lisa had, but then after a while would get bitter and bring up jokes which would lead to the same argument about her being lazy and purposely not wanting to work. Lisa then found another job during the summertime, and it was the worst of all. Bad management, short staffed and mistreatment to employees. However, because of the constant disagreeing pattern she noticed with her mother. She went through the mistreatment from this job just so that she wouldn’t have to deal with the disagreement conversation again. It got to a point 4 months into the job where Lisa was at her breaking point. She was mentally drained from this job and worried her mental would get worse if she stayed. She chose herself first and decided to quit. After expressing it to her mother, she understood and felt bad for what her daughter was being put through. Thankfully, during that time her mother was able to find another job that payed more and helped cover the bills. Lisa decided to focus on school the upcoming semester and make up for the failed classes she had.