When life hits you, it hits hard. Sometimes life hits you hard a lot, and it's hard to keep your head up. Here's my tip. Use these things as motivation to keep your head up. Change your thinking from 'I can't do this because of [life event(s)]', to 'I'm doing this in spite of [life events]'. It makes you look better when you succeed, and if you follow this advice you will, and it gives that success just that little bit extra satisfaction too.