Me too - and having very low expectations does help.

Credit to Tom for thinking of others.

The lockdown has done a number on many. We get this chocolate box pushed at us where we're all supposed to be 'so much more grateful now', but clearly it's more complicated than that. The knock on issues (employment, family problems, schooling) brought to the fore are on top of often far from idyllic realities that were all part and parcel of everyday life anyway. And with plenty of time to dwell and new cruel realities to consider (such as keeping distance from elderly family members) I doubt there's many left entirely mentally untroubled.

I did have a bit of a financial windfall of late (nothing mind boggling), but really didn't give a to$s. Also, mentally I've somehow managed to queue up enough problems that I feel things will be sh!tty even after this particular cloud has lifted. So these probably are signs of an ever more gloomy outlook developing. It's certainly a good time to take stock and plan though and I think as the world opens back up I'll be more inclined to view the upside and opportunities rather than mope.

Anyway, back to the game .

Edited by BlueJay (14 Jan 2021 8.24pm)

Your parent's generation had a very different environment....and plenty were depressed then as now.

I'd say be your own worst critic but also your biggest fan. Make an honest appraisal of yourself and what you think is realistically possible for you to achieve in life. Then live by your own standards and expectations based upon that.

Treat doing what's best for yourself (obviously without looking to hurt others) as a job. Don't let life just be a series of events that happens to you, try to shape them.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Jan 2021 6.53pm)

Blimey Stirling, couldn’t agree more with every word. Nice post.

lol . A few grand on the premium bonds of all things, which can mean a lot especially in these times. But the point was more that a year back I'd have been dancing around the living room about it whereas it didn't really bring about a reaction, which in itself was a little unnerving.