The things that keep me going in life are my family and my passion for exercise. I'm a dad to two wonderful boys who are my world. I try to be the best role model I can. For me, this means working hard, looking after myself and being kind to those around me.
Over the last few years, issues with my housing have become more normal. It started a few years ago when the company I worked for went bust. I couldn't pay my rent and ended up sleeping on friends' sofas. I even slept rough at one point. When COVID-19 hit, I was in a better place and was about to start renting privately. Then, I gained full responsibility for my two children and getting a place for all of us was just unaffordable. We're now staying with a family member whilst I look for somewhere we can move in to. To make things more financial stable, I need to get into work.
I'll be looking for warehouse roles but will keep my options open. I have experience in lots of different sectors so I'm hoping that will help when it comes to getting hired. In the future my dream would be to earn money from my passion which is health and fitness. I love training people and seeing someone transform to do things they didn't think were possible.
In the short-term it will take so much stress off me to have some money coming in. Once I've saved up I'm really excited to take my kids away. They've been through a tough few years so I'd love to go on a proper holiday. Going to Barcelona would be top of my list so that we could visit Camp Nou.