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What do you need more of in your life?

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FashionCrazy · 07/02/2025 20:18

For me it's people.
Other than partner and kids , I have 2 family members, Mum and sister, and we live so far apart we rarely speak or meet up. We have nothing in common.
I have 3 friends I see every month or so.
I'm envious of people that come from big loving families.
I can go for days without speaking to anyone outside of my household. I used to be quite a sociable person. Now I have no confidence.
Loneliness sucks.

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Packingcube · 08/02/2025 07:37

A bestie! I have a few friends but nobody who would drop everything and go for coffee because I needed a shoulder to cry on and me of course for them somebody who we just get each other. Probably describing it wrong.

More time for me to just sit in a dark space with a cup of coffee and get my head together I have started getting up at 5am instead of 6am daily to allow myself that time before work but it's knackering me.

My dad back

Bit more money would never go a miss obvs!

MistressoftheDarkSide · 08/02/2025 07:28

Hope.
Time with my late DP.
Money.

This too will pass no doubt, but currently stuck in Groundhog Day and am still searching for whichever box I stuck my "resilience" in when I moved 7 months ago. It's there somewhere....

bellalou1234 · 08/02/2025 05:42

Heat
My flat is beyond cold

PeloMom · 08/02/2025 05:41

Time-as in hours in the day.
also more willpower not to eat rubbish🤣

Poppins21 · 08/02/2025 05:02

A full time masseuse would be my dream right now. I hurt my shoulder and weekly massages are not cutting it. 👍

MisterT373 · 08/02/2025 01:24

JustAboutMuddlingThrough · 07/02/2025 20:39

⬆️
This minus the cheese!!

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I was going to say the same.!

Snorandrepeat · 08/02/2025 00:52

Hugs , my husband genuinely cannot show affection,my children are not massively keen on hugs …blame their father. I have a very affectionate dog that keeps me loved !

StScholastica · 08/02/2025 00:49

Sleep.

researchers3 · 08/02/2025 00:49

Sleep
Sun
Better health

Flapearedknave · 08/02/2025 00:46

I have a pretty awesome life, so more of the same!

ToWhitToWhoo · 08/02/2025 00:43

Health. Physical co-ordination ability (or lack of disabilities). Better leaders in the world.

PassingStranger · 08/02/2025 00:41

Sunshine and money.

fromhellsheartistabatthee · 08/02/2025 00:37

Hope.

Mumto42005 · 07/02/2025 23:54

@Errors Same here with me. Apart from my children, I have no one. No meaningful conversations, no fun, nothing. Life shouldn't be this lonely.

Mumto42005 · 07/02/2025 23:53
  • Love
  • Company (I have zero family and no friends)
  • Money
  • Fun
facepalmcustard · 07/02/2025 23:48

Sleep, sex, vegetables. Not in order of priority, I'd equally appreciate an increase in any of them!

WGACA · 07/02/2025 23:15

Daylight, energy, fun

pollypocket90 · 07/02/2025 23:07

Money, sex, respect, ability to say no!

RaininSummer · 07/02/2025 23:04

Fun. I seem to spend all my life at work, recovering from work or preparing for work in one way or another.

KeebabSpider · 07/02/2025 23:00

Time on my own. To be fair I've had long periods where I've not worked and had 8 hrs or so every day to myself. But its never enough. I'd be a hermit if no one bothered me. And time to think. I can loose hours just thinking, I'd like all those hours back so I could spend it all again, thinking.

FunnysInLaJardin · 07/02/2025 22:48

I am hugely fortunate. I have everything I need!

EmeraldDreams73 · 07/02/2025 22:47

Time
Money
Sleep (snoring husband does NOT help)

Everything that needs improvement relates to one of these.

WingsofRain · 07/02/2025 22:46

Money and dogs. Definitely fewer people.

Dymaxion · 07/02/2025 22:45

I need more motivation to spend my time more wisely. This single thing would enhance my life more than any other thing. And that doesn't mean time spent on work or housekeeping per se, just spending the time I have doing things that genuinely add value as opposed to the frippery of scrolling ! And yet here I am Grin

BlanketLanyard · 07/02/2025 22:44

Sleep and time, or maybe just energy

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