I am struggling with deciding what to do with my life right now. A little backstory. I'm 24 (25 in Aug) and I've practically never had a stable job. I've done things here and there for a few months (McDonald's, factory, Rover, VipKid) but never had anything for more than 6 months. My husband is in the Navy and for the first 3 years we moved every year and then I started college full time and with only one vehicle couldn't make a job and school work with his unpredictable schedule. Two months after I graduated, I had my first baby. Now that he's a year old, I'm starting to think maybe I need to finally get my feet wet. I found a job that has pretty easy hours, but I would practically be making no money because of having to pay for childcare. I'm wondering if the experience is worth not having any income and taking that time from my son who is only this little once. My husband is supportive of whatever I want, but he has also voiced that he would hate for our son to be in childcare if he doesn't need to be. I just feel a little bit of pressure from myself to start providing for my family and building my career life. Another option I've considered is volunteering for at least some experience in something.

I guess I'm just struggling within myself because I don't really want to give up that time with my son, but I also don't want life to pass me by and I'm almost 30 scrambling to find an entry level job when my husband gets out of the Navy.

My question is what do you ladies think? Where do you think my focus should be right now? Is it possible to get a good paying job later with the life that I'm leading currently? I'm not a moocher by any means, I've done what I've needed to do for my family and practically given up my 20s to make sure my family was stable and the needs of the Navy didn't interfere with our life as much as possible, but we're in a time of transition and I'm just trying to figure out what my next steps are.

If you've made it this far, bless you for listening to my madness. Lol