Do you enjoy life?

nicholasIII

Overall? The last year has been hard for everyone but if you were to calculate the total amount of pleasure and pain in your life, would the former outweigh the latter?

Brian?

Yes. Very much so.

I’ll enjoy it a lot more when the lockdown is done, but I still have a great life with my wife, 2 kids and a dog.

Mr. Incognito

Life is attitude

Some people are grateful for what they have

Some are bitter for what they haven't.

Most of us go back and forth, daily between these feelings.

Knowing that is half of dealing with that.

Trigger Happy

Life is great. You have to make the most of it. Some people think they should get a lot more from life than they do but don't put the effort in and cant see past the 'now'.

I expect a lot of smugness from this thread.

gmisk

Yes...It's better than the alternative...

LessOutragePlz

Life is grand pandemic or not.

"We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them."

Junkyard Tom

#LiveLaughLove

ulster

I'm a bit tired these days; can't go anywhere cos of lockdown. It's annoying.

In the main though, I'd be kinda neutral. Not overjoyed or depressed. Ticking along like most people.

Kevhog1988

Tipping along nicely. Probably a bit behind some of the people i went to school with as dont have my own place yet but holding out for somewhere with land rather than buying an overpriced box in an estate. Had a few false starts, hard times and made plenty of mistakes along the way but don't really regret much. Have a great kid, a great missus and a decent job.

BrianD3

Mostly bitter with fleeting moments of sweetness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

YellowLead

Struggling to enjoy it at all at the moment. Loved it before lockdown and will go back to loving it after lockdown (unless some unforeseen bad thing happens).

Lockdown really put how lucky I am into focus.
Like somebody else said I’ve no regrets and I know I’ve done the best I can - and that’s a comfort when sleeping at night.

nicholasIII

YellowLead wrote: »

Struggling to enjoy it at all at the moment. Loved it before lockdown and will go back to loving it after lockdown (unless some unforeseen bad thing happens).

Lockdown really put how lucky I am into focus.
Like somebody else said I’ve no regrets and I know I’ve done the best I can - and that’s a comfort when sleeping at night.

In what way did it put down how lucky you are into focus?

YellowLead

nicholasIII wrote: »

In what way did it put down how lucky you are into focus?

Put down? I’ll assume a typo there

But it made me realise that for some people life is like this and will continue to be like this post lockdown.

For example if you don’t earn much money and can’t afford holidays, if you have leukaemia or other conditions and need to isolate for years while going through treatment because your immune system is so low, if you were elderly and immobile and couldn’t get out and about, if you were depressed and couldn’t find joy in exploring the world. If you had no friends and were lonely, if you were being abused and controlled and couldn’t leave your house - etc.

Brian?

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I expect a lot of smugness from this thread.

Or people who are generally happy.

Hellrazer

At the minute Id have to say Im not enjoying it one bit

Im worn out, cant even walk my dogs to the parks I used to due to Garda waiting outside to pounce and fine people.

Im basically all covid-19 doom and gloomed out...Really thought we`d at least have a plan in place to get out of this by summer but we dont.

Thought I might get away this year an then they stick a 2k fine on you for travelling.

Im still working but its painful getting up every morning since Im effectively doing 4 peoples jobs since the company only took back half of the staff that we had so Im running 3 departments on my own and getting **** all for doing all this extra work. Ive kept the place going since we reopened in May 2020 and not even a thanks.

Im married with 4 kids and they just keep telling me I look bored which I am...only so much painting and gardening you can do. Im snappy at them and cant motivate myself do do anything. I went back to college and started a course to try keep my mind going but I havent logged on in 3 weeks - just have no drive to sit down and look at a screen in the evenings.


So yep - its **** at the minute and I cant seem to get out of this rut Im in.

pappyodaniel

I almost hate to admit but I find life a little easier since this pandemic. Mainly down to the fact that I don't see my friends on social media off on their holidays or doing cool stuff anymore. FOMO is gone.