Debts and dues one after the other, how do I even keep going.

I honestly don’t know where else to put it.

I’m 35, running a small food business, and lately it feels like everything is just piling up all at once. Last week alone, I was already losing money, but this week hit even harder. I’m behind on salary dues, barely making enough sales to cover daily costs, and every single day I come up short. On top of that, I have a loan from a lending firm that I have to pay daily, so there’s constant pressure no breathing room at all.

Then I got an order for 50 packed lunches. Total was just ₱6,000. Honestly, it’s way too low for the effort and cost, but I still took it because at this point, anything is better than nothing. I was already stretched thin, trying to make it work.

And then right in the middle of prep… the electricity got cut.

Not just a random outage we were disconnected. I’m 2 months behind, and I need ₱22k just to get it restored.

That moment really broke me. Imagine already hanging by a thread, then suddenly everything just stops. No power, no way to continue, no fallback.

Thankfully, my mom stepped in and helped me get the electricity back, and I’m grateful for that. But even with that solved, the reality is still there more dues, more responsibilities, more pressure waiting right after.

I’m exhausted. Mentally, emotionally, financially. It feels like no matter how hard I push, I’m just trying to survive day by day and not actually getting ahead.

I know a lot of people say “that’s just business,” but no one really talks about how heavy it gets when you’re in it alone and things start going wrong all at once.

Right now, I’m just trying to keep going… but honestly, it’s getting really hard.