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Not looking forward to 2022. Anyone else?

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 20:47

I usually get excited and optimistic at the thought of a fresh new year. But this time I'm not looking forward to it at all. "Same shit, different year" is the phrase stuck in my head!

Anyone else feeling unexpectedly deflated about 2022?

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Theunamedcat · 28/12/2021 20:48

I feel like I've spent the last two years on hold

Because I have its defeatist but honest

grapewine · 28/12/2021 20:50

Yes. It's not great but it's how I feel. Same shit, different year.

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 20:51

Yes, the last 2 years have been miserable. But even so, a brand new year full of potential usually fires me up... but not this time.

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Xtraincome · 28/12/2021 20:52

Agreed. Can't be optimistic about 2022 at all. Certainly not depressed but indifferent.

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 20:52

Do you think we can get out of this mindset somehow and look forward to it? Is there anything fun happening next year for you?

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AfterEightMintyCedric · 28/12/2021 20:52

I'm trying very hard to be positive.

The last couple of years have so bloody awful on a personal level regardless of the pandemic o have to try and keep my hopes up.

EngTech · 28/12/2021 20:53

I take it one day at a time until things settle down in the new CV19 world

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 20:53

I'm trying too, @AfterEightMintyCedric but I'm struggling! In fact I want this last bit of 2021 to last as long as possible 😂

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Theunamedcat · 28/12/2021 20:53

@AfterEightMintyCedric

I'm trying very hard to be positive.

The last couple of years have so bloody awful on a personal level regardless of the pandemic o have to try and keep my hopes up.

I tried so hard to be positive I tested positive Christmas eve

Sorry its not my best joke 😷

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 20:54

@Theunamedcat that made me laugh 😂

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User48751490 · 28/12/2021 20:55

Not watching the news helps. Trying my best to get think positive about 2022.

PiddleOfPuppies · 28/12/2021 20:56

I was so full of hope that 2021 would be better than 2020, I can't summon any enthusiasm for 2022. Normally I'd be looking at holidays at this point, but I can't face it after last year's constantly moving goalposts. I really can't think beyond tomorrow at the moment.

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 20:56

Everything seems like too much effort. Normally at this time of year I'm creating uplifting Vision Boards of all the things I want to do or achieve in 2022 - big exciting goals - but this time I can't be arsed! I feel like nothing good is going to happen.

I'm scared it's a premonition or something. Hopefully it's just alcohol poisoning or SAD...

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Xtraincome · 28/12/2021 20:58

I am starting 20booksto50k to kick start my writing. I may also remove my children from mainstream education if the government continue to saturate kids with testing and chip away at creative subjects more in primary school. Covid has amplified the state of education massively for me.

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 20:58

I was so full of hope that 2021 would be better than 2020, I can't summon any enthusiasm for 2022.

Yes, same. Maybe it's the feeling of being out of control for so long?

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Kljnmw3459 · 28/12/2021 20:58

Me neither OP! I will mainly be working to improve our financial situation but with rising bills etc I really feel it's an impossible task. Everything will be a massive effort from my part and a disappointment to many. My DC may not be able to continue his hobby next year as we just can't afford it anymore. We might not be able to travel to see grandparents this year. I'm worried about landlady selling this flat and we'll have to move to another town as there's no other rental properties here in our price range. My DH is developing health issues but hasn't seen a doctor yet. Ive got a few health things that worry me that need sorting out. Couple of massive bills that will need sorting out somehow next year. It all just worries me so much.

smurfsss · 28/12/2021 20:59

Agree. I have lost all hope for 2022. Same shit, different year.

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 21:01

@Kljnmw3459 - oh you poor thing. Yes, that's uncannily similar to my situation. Big bills, health stuff, need to move house but can't. It all feels daunting.

I really hope your DH is ok. I'm sending you the biggest 💐 and 🥃 and 💰

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 21:02

@Xtraincome You sound revved up! You've got plans! What's 20booksto50k? Is that a writing challenge?

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 21:03

@smurfsss I hear you. Ugh. Miserable, isn't it? Like walking up a hill but constantly losing your foothold and sliding back down to the start again.

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AfterEightMintyCedric · 28/12/2021 21:04

@Theunamedcat

Grin how are you feeling?

Maybe it's the feeling of being out of control for so long?

Since 2016 I've left and abusive marriage and divorced, gone from p/t to f/t working, moved home twice, nursed my dad for 2.5 year after a catastrophic fall and subsequent decline from frailty which started at the beginning of the pandemic and ended when he passed away in May. I had to take a sabbatical and subsequently give up work to support my mum and heal myself in the aftermath.

I'm currently middle aged, single, overweight, menopausal, in debt and unemployed (notwithstanding caring for my mum, but that is more a social/emotional need than physical care).

I refuse to think I can't change things for the better in 2022...

...touch wood 🤞 Grin

CurbsideProphet · 28/12/2021 21:05

2022 is just more IVF for me and DH. Can't see anything to look forward to so far. Nervous to go anywhere in case I test positive for covid and it messes up treatment plans. It's all endless really.

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AlbertBridge · 28/12/2021 21:06

Is there ANYTHING good happening next year that we can cling on to? (Don't say the World cup. That's just a month of DH installed in front of the TV, preemptively shouting, "It's once every four years!" every time I walk in.)

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TheDrrWillSeeYouNow · 28/12/2021 21:06

Can you take control of the situation by setting goals etc for things that you are more likely to be able to do? For example, do some research about places in the UK (if you are in the UK) that you might like to visit and pencil in a couple of weekend breaks.

I do this and also things I can do locally - try to get a few dates in my diary for things I am going to do that are fun, even if that's just try a new cycle route nearby, or go to a local town that I do not usually go to for coffee and charity shop browsing.

dementedma · 28/12/2021 21:08

It will just be more shit to get through