What is your life and what is life like where you live right now? Not just UK!

I'm in my 40s from Australia. Live just North of Sydney. Am recovering after getting really sick and needing life saving open heart surgery as well as vascular surgery on my leg (would have lost the use of my leg otherwise).
Spent a few months in hospital including two stays in intensive care for a few weeks. I was very very sick. I have been at home for a couple of months now and after coming so close to death I'm so grateful to be alive and to live in a country that offers free healthcare that can be life changing and life saving. At the moment my goal is to get better so I'm concentrating on that. It can be a slow process but I'm getting there. Main thing is I'm alive.

Great thread.
60, retired and live in a village on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. Would normally be mucking out my 3 ponies at this time of day, but currently myself and husband having a couple of days away on North Yorkshire coast. Very windy, but sunny and warm. Hotel room overlooking the sea . Enjoying being lazy for a change.

So many people living overseas. I feel very boring! Late 40s, work as a yoga and Pilates instructor which is all I’ve done since I had DC, one who has just done A-levels and one in yr 12. SE England in a really boring town I don’t like but we aren’t sure where to move to next, waiting for DC to start and finish university before we make the move. Married 22 years. Life is good, I have a lot of free time, healthy and fit, DC are happy and having fun, and enough money for holidays and gigs (but there could always be more!)

I am very fortunate.

A new A/C was installed yesterday. The foster kitties were very excited to meet the man who installed it (Isaac), and followed him all over the house. As you can see, they're exhausted from their efforts.

Definitely wildcard option.

I emigrated as a 35 year-old single woman (much to DM’s horror - “but… but… don’t you want to get married first?!”)

It’s never too late to shake things up!

Late 40s, British, living in a mega city in China.

The plum rains are coming and going - of course it rained ALL last weekend without a break and now we are all back at work it is gloriously sunny and warm. I walked to work this morning past the local park where older ladies meet every day, weather permitting, and dance together. They wear a different colour floaty skirt every day and they look so beautiful dancing by the lake.

I'm gearing up to travel again - I've taken over 30 flights in the past year - but this time it's for a long holiday (with a bit of WFH) to Europe so it feels different this time, in a lovely way. I'm looking forward to seeing my family, especially spending time with my eldest DD who has just finished her first year at uni and it's felt like I have lost a limb, I miss her so much.

Life in China is pretty good most of the time - it's super safe and the cost of living is really low. But I'm a bit lonely and miss the shared culture small talk you get in the UK - chatting with a cabbie etc.

What a lovely thread by the way - so interesting to get a glimpse into other lives.

I'm 67 retired, live on the East Yorkshire coast with my partner and two dogs. Woke up and took the dogs around the block to go to the toilet as neither like going in the garden and we are trying to help our lawn. Had morning coffee, fed the dogs, had breakfast, read my book, did some housework, went to docs with partner, went shopping. Home for lunch, then we all went for a walk along the cliffs and down onto the beach. Into the sea with one of the dogs, ice cream, home. Sat in the sun for a bit, fed the dogs, drank g&t in the garden. Partner cooked, I watered the garden. Watched TV. Ate dinner.

@Emanes go for the wild card and shake things up a bit. (I’m also having a mid life crisis, similar kind of decisions I guess)

Live in Wales.
Am 39 and single, no children, just me and the dog.
I’m up late as have been prepping a presentation for work tomorrow.

I’m having what might turn into a mid life crisis. Can’t decide whether to stick where I am (comfortable job, beautiful countryside), move closer to family (bit lonely, possibly enhance CV, but it would be a gamble) or go for the wildcard and look for ‘something else’ in my career - shake things up a bit, and move to make it happen.

I am just feeling torn.

I also live in SE England. Today I was prescribed HRT, finally, and then got some rather awful looking highlights to try to blend my grey hair. On a happier note, my sweet cat is sitting in the window sill guarding the street.

I live in SE England and enjoying the beautiful weather. My son in Melbourne and feeling chilly 😂He loves living there but am getting a few vibes that he would love to be home for now. Am visiting in November and hopefully he will come home,even for a visit next year 🙏🙏

It’s been oddly interesting reading about people’s lives.

I feel pretty dull those days so unsure what to share, but currently living in boiling Spain where the weather currently means that leaving the house between 10-18h feels like a death sentence, so I have been spending a lot of my time indoors with the dog I am fostering.

He is currently at the dog sitter because I intended to travel to another part of Spain for a few days but changed my travel plans and now will travel much closer to home over the weekend, I still chose to bring him to the dog sitter today so I could get some stuff done instead of changing the dates but it’s now 2 am and I am feeling the urge to go get him because turns out I don’t really like being without him now, especially at night, I won’t of course, but definitely kicking myself for wanting some “me time” turns out I am not enjoying.

Apart from that, I am very late 20’s, about to turn 30 any minute now, and I made a thread not so long ago about whether or not I should quit my job and turns out I did in fact quit my job, but now feeling a bit lost after doing the same thing over a decade and I am trying to enjoy and embrace the free time I so craved but I am just not used to not work and have a purpose/direction and feel like I have massive imposter syndrome every time I try to apply for any job that’s not in my field. So I don’t, even though I used to daydream about doing anything else. Hopefully I get over that phase and start feeling motivated and purposeful again soon as not liking being in the mood.

That being said I am keeping busy with summer activities and the renovation of the second property I have just bought, it’s quite nice to see how quickly things are evolving and I am hopeful that it will all be done and ready by mid-July. It’s Spain though so endless delays without explanation is part of the process and in fact was supposed to have my kitchen delivered Monday, then today, and still no kitchen (good thing I do have a bit of a crush on the lady working the kitchen area at my local hardware store, so any excuse is a good excuse to go back and enquire about the kitchen’s whereabout, ahem, is it bad I low-key wish the kitchen gets lost for another week so I can keep kindly going back to enquire and maybe ask for her number?!)

Apart from that. Not much, got a few trips abroad planned over the next few months but mainly wanting to enjoy the summer here even if I just wish the heat would drop down 5 degrees, as to be able to really enjoy it without feeling like I am overheating.

@saltinesandcoffeecups glad to hear you are doing well and looking forward to heading back to work. Buy yourself a sailboat x

We sold our house a few weeks ago (after 12 years living in Ireland) and are moving back "home" to south east England in the coming weeks. All the logistics are sorted. Loved living here, but it's time to move on.

DH has just retired. I have a new job which I'm looking forward to (but also a little anxious about), starting in end Sept. Our kids work in tech area, so we'll be leaving one here in Ireland, and our other is already working abroad in Germany for a few years.

Looking forward to the next weeks of taking it easy, and take it from there.

This is a fun thread… Here’s my slice of life

Late 40’s live in the US Upper Midwest (middle of the country at the top). Have been off work since February for cancer treatment (Encourage everyone you know to get those HPV vaccines!). Super excited to be going back to work in 2 weeks. Have completed chemo with great results and starting radiation ☢️. My allergies 🤧 are killing me right now and I have drippy nose.

I am sitting on my screened porch, it’s a dreary day with rain off and on but it’s not hotter than satan’s armpit so I’ll gladly take it. Today my goal is laundry and I’m going to start to find all my summer work clothes. The crew just showed up at my neighbor’s house. He’s had a concrete poured for a patio. It’s a Mexican crew and their music was making me laugh the other day. It ranged from mariachi like to current pop Spanish to old-school country western. No music at the moment.

I’m coming off of chemo from last week so feel human again. I’m hoping food tastes normal today.

I am currently the most boring person on the planet 🙁 and will probably get sucked into FB videos of cake decorating or sailing at some point in the day. I won’t lie, during this adventure I’ve had to remind myself that signing contracts while under the influence of narcotics isn’t allowed. If it was I may have bought a sailboat and started planning my trips around the world.

Love seeing where you all are

Late 60's SE UK. It's lovely today, been and picked some sweet peas in the garden and dead headed some roses. Cant get to the compost bin as its surrounded from packing from the solar panels being installed. Hoping they'll be finished soon, the installers been perfectly lovely but I like my home to myself. DH will be down here later to show me it all working on his phone.

Two DDs, 1DGC. They and their partners and my DGC all light up my life

I’m 63, in South London and retired. Just been to get the car jet washed. Home. Put some washing on and hoovered the front room. Have two sons the eldest of whom has just given me my first grandchild. A little boy. Two weeks ago. He’s so cute. Warm here but a nice breeze. Going to heat up over the weekend I think

56, home alone and contemplating a nap.

It’s so fascinating reading about your lives and where you are in the world.

I hope you have a wonderful time in NZ. We are expecting a southerly change in the next few days which will bring more snow to the mountains.

@naomicrobiome go for it with what do you have to lose if you don’t like where you are? Find a place that feeds your soul as life really is too short. I moved to settle down in my early 30s and so pleased we did. Everyone says “you’re lucky to live there” but we made a conscious choice too.

Love reading this thread. I’m in my 50s married with two teenagers. Live SW England moved here so can I swim in the sea, run on the beach and cycle the country lanes. My job is mostly remote. Eldest finished college and about to go out more in the world it’s lovely and strange at the same time wafching her drive herself (in my car) to sports training. Currently feeling bit unwell with virus hoping it lifts soon as we are off on hols at weekend and so I’m hoping it’s a nice one as it could be the last time eldest daughter wants to come on a summer active holiday with us. I dearly love to retire early and travel again like in my 20s but will have to wait a bit longer until second teen is older and university costs are sorted.

Early 30s, no partner or children. I live in a very rural part of the southeastern US. Loathe the combination of heat and humidity. It wreaks havoc on my skin, and I much prefer being bundled in jumper and coat to being half-naked and sweating. It's quite depressing here, as there's no cultural diversity and very little in the way of employment opportunities or affordable housing. The cost of everything keeps rising. I've finally sorted myself and decided university is a must. (Better late than never, yes!?) Currently researching UK international student options extensively to see if that's feasible. I no longer feel safe in the US. Trump is a loose cannon.

Lovely idea for a thread OP.

Mid 50s and live in Melbourne, Australia. Currently it is about 7degrees outside - so quite a cold and wet day. Very blustery too and I got wet taking our 2 big dogs for a walk. There is talk of snow hitting the hills about a 20 minute drive away. Daughter is doing her VCE this year but is home sick. A bit of a stressful year as it is her last year and she is wanting to get into Uni. We are financially comfortable - house is paid off and I am retired - DP will retire in the next 5 years hopefully and the 2 kids will both be at Uni and living at home (less young people seem to go to a different City in Aus for Uni - only if they are living in the Country or their city doesnt offer the course etc). Looking forward to the next year few years.

Mid 50s and living in Rome here. Single parent of a 17 year old who is at international school here.

both love and am frustrated by Rome. Great lifestyle, yoga in the park, wine-tasting, weekends at the beach, amazing Tuscan countryside an hour away. But the city can be hard work and not v clean where I am.

v hot atm - around 34 dg forecast today. Thank heavens for aircon. Friend coming out with her teenage daughter this weekend & trying to think of how to keep them entertained without frying.