Birthday next week, feeling meh. Help me think of good things I can aim for in year ahead.

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Just that really. not weight/style am happy there.

just generally meh. Work full time, late 40s, 2dc and a dh who are amazing and have great hobbies. I just feel like am floating a bit. Happy but lacking something. Fee like planning a few things just for me to do will give me a huge vitality boost.

anyone been in same boat and can recommend what to do or anyone have any thoughts more broadly?

thanks

Have you got anything 'big' to look forward to? I find having a solid event planned helps my overall mood. A holiday? (solo or with DH or with the whole family)

Thanks to replying. Yes have a holiday booked but am feeling like I need something for “me”

Would you be up for a solo holiday? There's a few threads active at the moment of people deciding to do a week/a few days holiday by themselves. Somewhere like a city you've never been, or a spa break, or beach holiday.

That sounds good but I think as I work fully time, I’d have full on guilt doing that because of dc. Not judging and sounds amazing, just know I’d have that feeling so I wouldn’t enjoy

God I love this kind of task!

Solo travel - yoga retreat, city break, arty stuff, hermit away in the treehouse? Anything!

Fitness goal - anything, do handstand, run a marathon etc

Learn an instrument

Tap dance

Local endeavours - depends on area of course but there might be a project or event to get involved with? Conservation, community garden, paint sets for amdram, etc etc

Join a choir - so good you!

Art class

as a start, more ideas will come if you start thinking!

Start a book/dinner party club something like that?

Regular dinners out with friends?

Pun quiz?

Honestly, I don’t think there is a thing you can do to stop you feeling ‘meh’. Feeling better in your life involves lots of things:

• connecting to you body - doing movement exercise that makes you feel happy and strong, improving your diet to manage energy levels, improving your sleep
• improving your image - finding your favourite outfit and buying lots of good quality versions of those things
• improving your mental well being - and whatever that looks like for you
• connecting with family and friends in ways that build you energy not drain it
• being creative - you have hobbies - are they creative? Could you choose a goal for them

its not one thing but a number of things. Do any resonate?

Yes the hobbies resonate, I think this is why I feel unfulfilled!

looking at all suggestions - thanks for replying all