Life is kicking my butt

[qt4x11]

On top of all of the sadness and pain I’m experiencing with the divorce, I’m worried now about how the divorce will affect me and my family financially.
Our bank accounts are now split. My wife has rented an apartment with the kids, I will soon have to do the same. Recently child support and maintenance are being deducted from my paychecks. I think that I now about 1/3 of my take home pay will go to child support and maintenance payments.

I make a six figure salary - but I now have to basically support two households, my own and my wife’s. She made less than me, but our combined income helped us to live a pretty good life. Without her income, my lifestyle will take a major hit. I am also worried that my kid’s lifestyle has taken a major hit as well.

When we were married and combined our incomes towards a single household we were living in a luxury high rise in a very good neighborhood in my city, driving a luxury car, able to save some money. Now, I am unsure of what type of lifestyle I will be able to afford - we will definitely have to sell our house as part of the divorce, my wife moved to a neighborhood that is not as good as the one we used to live in. I will also eventually have to move to a neighborhood that’s not as good as the one we used to live in. It would probably be a good idea to sell the Audi and get a more affordable car.

Still trying to wrap my mind around this. I worked so hard to provide for my family and insure that they had the best of everything. Now everyone will have to suffer. I am thinking that I have to somehow raise my income. It will be hard because I am almost at the top of my profession and earning potential - even if I received a promotion and a raise to the next level at my company, it will only be about a 10% raise. I’m now looking into opportunities to bring extra money in through e commerce marketing as a possibility.

I hate how this divorce is limiting me financially. I will have to rise above it somehow and find some way to make more money so I can get back to living a lifestyle that I was used to - and to be able to save again. I realize now that it will take a lot of work to do this, whether I’m going to do this by working hard and getting a promotion at work, or by growing a side business to make up for ‘lost’ income. I know child support is to take care of my kids, and I know many people have it worse than me. I'm grateful for what I have but I am still very stressed about this.