Note: This blog post is a sponsored conversation written by Lynn Smythe, the Founder and Chief Blogger for The Creative Cottage lifestyle blog. The opinions, thoughts, ideas and text are all mine.
Life knows how to throw a curveball or two at us from time to time. It usually does this when the chips are down as well, because who doesn’t need a touch more drama in their lives from time to time. From losing out on money, to realizing that you left Christmas to the last minute again, some we cause ourselves, and some life just likes to throw at us. So, we want to explore the nasty surprises around your home you’re going to get from life when you least expect it.
You’ll least expect it, because you’re most likely the one that hasn’t caused it this time. And because you haven’t caused it, it makes it far harder to deal with, especially if you haven’t deal with any of them before. So, we bet you’re wondering what the heck we’re going on about, and what parts of your life these would effect. Well, if you keep on reading, we’ll show you the top four nasty surprises that you really don’t want to have to deal with, but how you can tackle head on.
Problems With Your Home
Nasty surprises around your home are often the biggest type of problem you’ll have to deal with. Your life will most likely revolve around your home, so if anything goes wrong there, the rest of your life most definitely pays the price. But some of the problems you can have in your home are far worse than others, and a lot of them are seasonal based. So for example, you might not get the same problems you’d have in winter, such as weather damage, as you would in the summer.
In the summer, one common and nasty problem that people have to deal with, is bad smells coming from the home. It could be because a pipe is leaking underneath or just outside of the home, or it could be because of the drains being blocked. Either way, if it all starts to come to the surface, you’ve got a problem on your hands.
A septic tank service is who you would need to contact to deal with nasty surprises around your home to ensure the proper drainage of the liquid causing the smells, without getting anywhere contaminated. It’s most likely fluid mixed with all sorts of bacteria and bugs, and that’s just not what you want to have to deal with!
Problems With Your Relationship
It all depends on how long you’ve been in the relationship for, as to how bothered you are by this. But, if you’ve been with your partner for a long while, and things start to get a little bit rocky, then it’s undoubtedly that you’re going to feel stress radiate through into other areas of your life. Especially if you both have children together or a house. So the first thing that you need to try to do is, solve the problem at hand.
If you do have so much riding on your relationship, jumping ship just shouldn’t be an option. Even if it means doing something that might sound silly to you, such as couples counseling, you should definitely think about attending! Noticing your faults, as well as your partners, is also super important. One thing we always notice is that arguments are always one sided, when in fact both might partly be to blame.
Problems With Your Car
Having problems with your car is not what you want, especially if you use it to take you everywhere. Whilst you can’t do anything about it once a problem has started, you can do a lot to prevent it. Think about the simple maintenance of a car that you probably don’t do at the minute. From keeping the oil and coolant topped up, to making sure that your tires are the right tread for the road. There are plenty of articles online that will talk you through in more detail how to maintain a car monthly, just have a quick search!
Problems With Your Family
Family dramas seem to be almost as common as relationship ones at the minute, yet they’re always harder to resolve. Because once it begins with family, everyone seems to get involved. So if you’re feuding with a family member, always try and make sure that you’re being the bigger person and resolving it. Don’t rise to the arguments, and think about how your life would be if you didn’t have any family around to support you! If it is other family members and you feel like it’s not resolving, be the mediator and bring everyone together. Family is too precious to lose from arguments!
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