u/Illustrious_Fudge476

I don’t know what to do about this but it’s starting to break me down. I basically get everyone’s complaints and crap dumped on me what feels like 24/7.

Work:

I’m in a customer facing role at a technology company and it’s just miserable. The clients I work with complain to me constantly. Every meeting, every email is something we didn’t do well enough or fast enough. The problem is I generally agree! Management no longer seems to care or provide adequate staffing. You may ask why do the customers stay? Well apparently our competitors are even worse. It‘s basically been impossible to have a good day at work over the last 6-12 month. You may ask why do I stay? Well I’m stuck here until I can get another job, but that hasn‘t been going all that well.

Mom and Sister: They are basically a mess and two peas in a pod. Overweight, unhealthy, mentally ill, and on disability. They compl to me about money problem, issues with physical and mental heath. I can’t fix them and they don’t want to help themselves. I thought about cutting them off but I worry what others will think of me. I’m “supposed” to bear this burden for life I guess.

Wife and teenage daughter: No so much complaining here, more like locked into a never ending battle royal. My daughter is doing poorly in school, is irresponsible and lacks motivation. My wife does not accept any of this and there is somewhere between 1-3 shouting matches a day in our home. I agree with my wife that her behavior is not acceptable, but the constant fighting is not.

I understand putting myself in these situations or allowing them to fester around me is ultimately my fault, but I feel in so deep I don‘t know where to start. For now it’s negativity, fighting and conflict pretty much all day everyday. I basically rue the start of everyday knowing what’s in front of me for the next 14 hours or so.

I don’t know what advice can be given. Just need to vent and I have no one to talk to.

My 13 year old son is frequently told by his coaches that he has fast hands. I understand this is generally a positive trait, but it appears to manifest itself with a lot of grounders to the left side of the infield. The balls are usually hit hard, but he appears to frequently be early and hits the ball off the end of the bat. He rarely pops up, and his liners are typically up the middle or right center when he’s able to stay back and barrel the ball. He basically never pulls the ball in the air.

He’s a smaller kid and doesn’t have a ton of power at the moment. Also on the good news front, he has excellent plate discipline, rarely strikes out and puts the ball in play nearly every at bat. He’s your classic contact hitter with very good speed but limited pop.

If he can get the ball in the air more frequently he’s going to be a very tough out. Would you guys have advice for me in the way of drills and his approach at the plate we should be working on?

Any feedback would be most appreciated. I played baseball growing up but it was just something to do as football and basketball were my sports. I played college football, coached high school football and helped run offseason training program, but teaching baseball technique is something I know little about. Now that I have a baseball obsessed son I’m really kicking myself for not taking baseball more seriously in my youth 😂