Squirrel in a wheel

Sometimes I feel like a "squirrel in a wheel". As if I`m always running and running somewhere, but always have the  feeling that  I don`t manage to do the whole volume of my daily affairs. And it makes me sad, really sad, as I`m longing to be an energetic and successful person. I want to be a good (I don`t even pretend to be the best) mother for my three little children, an affectionate and kind wife, a careful daughter, a handy housewife and of course, to be a success in some profession, when my youngest daughter grows up a little... The last one is necessary in our modern society, since people don`t consider a woman successful if she doesn't have a good well-paid job (housework doesn't count). Oh, I forgot, I must stay in touch with my friends because I love them and I don`t want to lose them. And some hobbies, of course, for instance, to read books to be an interesting person, aerobics - to be fit and to be attractive for my husband... Haven`t you ever felt  the same way? Please, be sincere, maybe it`ll help me to calm a little...

Hello Anna,

It was an interesting idiom an squirrel in a wheel - in English we talk about a hamster or a mouse in a wheel. You are perfectly right a woman has to wear many hats especially when you have young children - I don't think many men could cope as well - and sometimes you feel that it will never end. But it will, and then you will wonder what you will do with all your spare time.

Be careful with articles. If you have an adjective you don't need 'a', 'I am fit and attractive.', but as soon as you put a noun at the end you do need the article - 'I am a fit and attractive woman.'

Hope this helps

Bob